Shlisselburg

Shlisselburg, formerly Oreshek or Orekhovy is an island, town and fortress in . The fortress and the town centre are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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  • Town with about 13,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
  • Description: town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
  • Address: Кировский район, 187320
  • Postal code: 187320
  • Also known as
    “Orechovets”
    “Orekhovets”
    “Oreshek”
    “Petrokrepost’”
    “Schliisselburg”
    “Schlisselburg”
    “Schluesselburg”
    “Schlüselburg”
    “Schlüsselburg”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Orekhovy Island and Petrokrepost‘ Station.
is an island in , situated…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Imeni Morozova and Oreshek.
is an urban locality… is situated 3½ km north of Shlisselburg.
The Fortress is one of a series…
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Latitude
59.9404° or 59° 56′ 26″ north
Longitude
31.0337° or 31° 2′ 1″ east
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Open location code
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wolof—“Shlisselburg” goes by many names.
SchlüsselburgAlbanian
شليسلبورغArabic
SchlüsselburgAymara
ŞlisselburqAzerbaijani
ШлиссельбургBashkir
ШлісельбургBelarusian
ШлісэльбургBelarusian
ШлиселбургBulgarian
SchlüsselburgCatalan
SchlüsselburgCebuano
Shlissel’burgCebuano
ШлиссельбургChechen
什利謝利堡Chinese
施吕瑟尔堡Chinese
ŞlisselburgCrimean Tatar
ŠlisselburgCzech
NöteborgDanish
SjlisselburgDanish
ShlisselburgDimli (individual language)
SjlisselburgDutch
شليسلبورجEgyptian Arabic
ŜlisselburgEsperanto
ŜlisselburgoEsperanto
SchlüsselburgEstonian
Lyyssinlinna (historical)Finnish
PähkinälinnaFinnish
შლისელბურგიGeorgian
ΣλισελμπούργκGreek
מבצר שליסלבורגHebrew
שליסלבורגHebrew
NöteborgHungarian
SchlüsselburgHungarian
SlisszelburgHungarian
ShlisselburgIdo
ShlisselburgIrish
Šlissel’burgItalian
シュリッセリブルクJapanese
PähkinälinnaKarelian
SchlüsselburgKinaray-A
실리셀부르크Korean
ClidopolisLatin
NotteburgumLatin
OrescaLatin
SchlusselburgumLatin
ŠliselburgaLatvian
ShlisselburgMin Nan Chinese
SjlisselburgNorwegian
SjlisselburgNorwegian Bokmål
SjlisselburgNorwegian Nynorsk
ШлиссельбургOssetian
شلیسلبورگPersian
SzlisselburgPolish
SchlüsselburgQuechua
Нотебург (historical)Russian
Петрокрепость (historical)Russian
Шлиссельбу́ргRussian
ШлисељбургSerbian
ŠlisseľburgSlovak
ŠlisselburgSlovenian
شلیسلبورقSouth Azerbaijani
Nöteborg (historical)Swedish
SjlisselburgSwedish
ShlisselburgTagalog
ŠlisselburgTalysh
ШлисселбургTatar
ШлиссельбургTatar
SchlüsselburgTurkish
ŞlisselburgTurkish
ШліссельбургUkrainian
ŠlisselburgUpper Sorbian
شلیسل برگUrdu
Šlissel’burgVeps
SchlüsselburgVietnamese
ShlisselburgVietnamese
ShlisselburgWaray (Philippines)
SchlüsselburgWelsh
ShlisselburgWolof

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