Sarnen

Sarnen is the capital of the canton of Obwalden and sits on the shore of Lake Sarnen. Sarnen is an ideal starting point for numerous excursions by train, car or bike; a variety of sports can be practised here or in the immediate vicinity.
  • Town with about 10,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 470 metres (1,550 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code ZKC
  • …is also known as “Sarnen OW”
  • Description: capital of the canton of Obwalden, Switzerland
  • Postal code: 6060

Places of Interest

Discover Sarnen railway station and Hexenturm.
The is a stone tower in the municipality…
is a ruined castle atop a hill…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kerns and Sachseln.
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Latitude
46.8957° or 46° 53′ 44″ north
Longitude
8.2461° or 8° 14′ 46″ east
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Sarnen” goes by many names.
SarnenAlbanian
ሳርነንAmharic
سارنينArabic
SarnenAragonese
ԶարնենArmenian
SarnenAzerbaijani
SarnenBasque
ЗарненBelarusian
ЗарнэнBelarusian
সার্নেনBengali
SarnenBreton
ЗарненBulgarian
SarnenCatalan
SarnenCebuano
Sarnen (munisipyo)Cebuano
ЗарненChechen
萨尔嫩Chinese
薩爾嫩Chinese
ЗарненChuvash
SarnenCroatian
SarnenCzech
SarnenDanish
SarnenDutch
SarnenEsperanto
SarnoEsperanto
Sarno OWEsperanto
ΖάρνενGreek
SarnenHausa
זארנןHebrew
סרנןHebrew
ज़ार्ननHindi
सर्नेनHindi
SarnenHungarian
SarnenIndonesian
SarnenIrish
SarnenItalian
Sarnen OWItalian
ザルネンJapanese
SarnenJavanese
ЗарненKazakh
ЗарненKirghiz
자르넨Korean
SarnenKurdish
SarnenLatin
ZarnenasLithuanian
SarnenLombard
SarnenLuxembourgish
ЗарненMacedonian
SarnenMalay
SarnenNorthern Frisian
SarnenNorwegian
SarnenNorwegian Bokmål
SarnenNorwegian Nynorsk
SarnenOccitan (post 1500)
SarnenOromo
ਸਾਰਨੇਨPanjabi
سرنانPersian
SarnenPiemontese
SarnenPolish
سارننPushto
SarnenRomanian
ЗарненRussian
SarnenScots
SarnenScottish Gaelic
SarnenSerbian
ЗарненSerbian
СарненSerbian
SarnenSerbo-Croatian
SarnenSlovak
SarnenSlovenian
SarnenSomali
SarnenSwahili
SarnenSwedish
SaarneSwiss German
SarnenSwiss German
ЗарненTajik
ЗарненTatar
ซาร์เนินThai
SarnenTurkish
ЗарненUkrainian
SarnenUpper Sorbian
زارننUrdu
SarnenUzbek
SarnenVenetian
SarnenVolapük
SarnenWaray (Philippines)
SarnenWelsh
سرنینWestern Panjabi
萨尔嫩Wu Chinese

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