Tellskapelle

The Tellskapelle is located on the Tellsplatte or Tellenplatte on the shore of Lake Lucerne at the foot of the Axenberg cliffs, in the Sisikon municipality, canton of Uri, Switzerland.

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Type: Church
Description: chapel building in Sisikon in the canton of Uri, Switzerland
Also known as: “Tell’s Chapel” and “Tellsplatte”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rophaien and Sisikon railway station.

Rophaien

Peak

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The Rophaien is a mountain of the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking Lake Lucerne in the canton of Uri. It lies west of the Rossstock, at the western end of the range north of the Schächental. Rophaien is situated 2½ km east of Tellskapelle.

Sisikon railway station

Railway stop

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Sisikon railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Sisikon. The station is situated on the Gotthard railway between Arth-Goldau and Erstfeld. Sisikon has two side platforms serving two tracks. Sisikon railway station is situated 2 km north of Tellskapelle.

Flüelen railway station

Railway station

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Flüelen railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Flüelen. It is located on the Gotthard railway. The station is situated between the parallel Axenstrasse, the main road through Flüelen, and Bahnhofstrasse, with the main station buildings on Bahnhofstrasse. Flüelen railway station is situated 3½ km south of Tellskapelle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isleten and Sisikon.

Isleten

Village

Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Isleten is a village in the municipality of Isenthal, Uri, Switzerland.

Sisikon

Village

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Sisikon is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It is situated on the shore of Lake Lucerne.

Bauen

Village

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Bauen is a former municipality on Lake Lucerne in the Swiss canton of Uri. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Bauen merged into the municipality of Seedorf. Bauen is situated 2½ km west of Tellskapelle.

Tellskapelle

Categories: chapel, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Flüelen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Central Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.93265° or 46° 55′ 58″ north

Longitude

8.61183° or 8° 36′ 43″ east

Open location code

8FRCWJM6+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 37536803

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=chapel

Wikidata ID

Q1765686

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Spanish—“Tellskapelle” goes by many names.

Bengali: “টেলসকাপেল”
French: “chapelle de Tell”
French: “Chapelle de Tell”
German: “Tellskapelle”
Italian: “Cappella di Tell”
Japanese: “テル礼拝堂”
Korean: “텔 예배당”
Polish: “Kaplica Wilhelma Tella nad jeziorem Urner”
Spanish: “Capilla de Tell”

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