St. Niklausen

St. Niklausen is a church in Willisau, Canton of Lucerne. St. Niklausen is situated nearby to the historic site Alt Wilisau, as well as near the fire station Feuerwehr Magazin Willisau.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Willisau railway station and Heiligblut pilgrimage chapel.

Willisau railway station

Railway station

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Willisau railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Willisau, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Huttwil–Wolhusen line of BLS AG. Willisau railway station is situated 510 metres north of St. Niklausen.

Heiligblut pilgrimage chapel

Church

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Heiligblut pilgrimage chapel is a church, which is situated 720 metres west of St. Niklausen.

Wyher Castle

Castle

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

Wyher Castle is a moated castle, which lies south of the village center of Ettiswil in the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It was first mentioned in 1304 as the home of the Freiherr von Wediswil. Wyher Castle is situated 3½ km northeast of St. Niklausen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Willisau and Gettnau.

Willisau

Village

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Willisau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the Lucerne canton of Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2006 from the municipalities of Willisau Land and Willisau Stadt. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Gettnau merged into Willisau.

Gettnau

Locality

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Gettnau is a former municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Gettnau merged into Willisau. Gettnau is situated 3½ km northwest of St. Niklausen.

Ettiswil

Village

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Ettiswil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On January 1, 2006 the municipality of Kottwil, lying several kilometres to the northeast, was incorporated into Ettiswil. Ettiswil is situated 3½ km north of St. Niklausen.

St. Niklausen

Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Categories: building, chapel, place of worship, and religion
Location: Willisau, Willisau District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.11805° or 47° 7′ 5″ north

Longitude

7.9976° or 7° 59′ 51″ east

Open location code

8FV94X9X+62

OpenStreetMap ID

way 233414730

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=chapel

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

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