Äschkapelle

Äschkapelle is a church in Unterschächen, Uri. Äschkapelle is situated nearby to the waterfall Stäubenfall, as well as near the historic site Km.21.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Klausen Pass and Schächentaler Windgällen.

Klausen Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: FeG, Public domain.

Klausen Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Altdorf in the canton of Uri with Linthal in the canton of Glarus. Somewhat unusually, the boundary between the two cantons does not lie at the summit of the pass, but some 8 kilometres down the slope towards Linthal, with the summit being in Uri. Klausen Pass is situated 3 km east of Äschkapelle.

Schächentaler Windgällen

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

The Schächentaler Windgällen is a mountain massif in the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking Unterschächen in the canton of Uri. The two named peaks are Höch Windgällen and Läged Windgällen. Schächentaler Windgällen is situated 3 km northwest of Äschkapelle.

St. Anna Chapel

Chapel

Photo: Jag9889, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Anna Chapel is situated 2 km west of Äschkapelle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spiringen and Urnerboden.

Spiringen

Village

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Spiringen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. The municipality comprises two disjoint areas, separated by the municipality of Unterschächen and the Klausen Pass. Spiringen is situated 7 km west of Äschkapelle.

Urnerboden

Village

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The Urnerboden is a village in the high valley of Urner Boden, and also an alp and a small high Alpine permanent settlement in the Swiss canton of Uri. Urnerboden is situated 7 km east of Äschkapelle.

Äschkapelle

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

46.86549° or 46° 51′ 56″ north

Longitude

8.81593° or 8° 48′ 57″ east

Open location code

8FRCVR88+59

OpenStreetMap ID

way 400694958

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=chapel

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