Obergesteln

Obergesteln is a railway stop in Obergoms, Goms District, Valais. Obergesteln is situated nearby to the church Saint Martin of Tours, as well as near the village Ulrichen.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Obergesteln railway station and Saint Martin of Tours.

Obergesteln railway station

Railway stop

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Obergesteln railway station, is a railway station in the locality of Obergesteln, within the municipality of Obergoms, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.

Saint Martin of Tours

Church

Photo: Sascha, CC0.

Saint Martin of Tours is a church, which is situated 220 metres northwest of Obergesteln.

Sankt Anna zum Loch

Church

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Sankt Anna zum Loch is a church, which is situated 1 km southwest of Obergesteln.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Obergesteln and Ulrichen.

Obergesteln

Village

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Obergesteln is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Obergesteln was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Oberwald and Ulrichen to form the municipality Obergoms.

Ulrichen

Village

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Ulrichen is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The population was 219. Ulrichen was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Oberwald and Obergesteln to form the municipality Obergoms.

Ulrichen Airport

Locality

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Ulrichen Airport is a locality.

Obergesteln

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Obergoms, Goms District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.51309° or 46° 30′ 47″ north

Longitude

8.3257° or 8° 19′ 33″ east

Open location code

8FRCG87G+67

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8388228917

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

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