Melchsee-Kapelle

Melchsee-Kapelle is a church in Kerns, Obwalden. Melchsee-Kapelle is situated nearby to Kiesstrand, as well as near Melchsee-Frutt.

Photo: Wald-Burger8, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Turbinenanlage Stäubiloch and Glogghüs.

Turbinenanlage Stäubiloch

Cave

Photo: Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Turbinenanlage Stäubiloch is a cave, which is situated 780 metres west of Melchsee-Kapelle.

Glogghüs

Peak

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The Glogghüs is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Obwalden and Bern. On its northern side it overlooks the Melchsee and the village of Melchsee-Frutt.

Bonistock

Peak

Photo: Waldteufel78, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bonistock is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melchsee-Frutt and Innertkirchen.

Melchsee-Frutt

Village

Photo: Cooper, Public domain.

Melchsee-Frutt is a mountain resort village in Switzerland. It is located near the lake Melchsee, in the municipality of Kerns, canton Obwalden.

Innertkirchen is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014, the former municipality of Gadmen was merged into the municipality of Innertkirchen. Innertkirchen is situated 8 km southwest of Melchsee-Kapelle.

Meiringen

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Meiringen is a town in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. with a population in 2020 of 4666. It's a winter sports and mountain hiking resort, best known for the Reichenbach Falls, scene of the fictional death of Sherlock Holmes and his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty.

Melchsee-Kapelle

Type: Church
Also known as: “Fruttkapelle”
Categories: chapel, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Kerns, Obwalden, Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.77268° or 46° 46′ 22″ north

Longitude

8.2772° or 8° 16′ 38″ east

Open location code

8FRCQ7FG+3V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 319367428

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=chapel

Wikidata ID

Q56825862

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In Other Languages

“Melchsee-Kapelle” goes by many names.

German: “Melchsee-Kapelle”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kiesstrand and Melchsee-Frutt.

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