Golzerensee
Golzerensee is a lake at Golzeren in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. Its surface area is 5.7 ha. Golzeren is located in the Maderanertal and can be reached by cable car from Bristen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: lake at Golzern in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Golzernsee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gross Windgällen and Chli Windgällen.
Gross Windgällen
Peak
Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Gross Windgällen is a 3,187 m high mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss in the canton of Uri. The name Gross Windgällen derives from Gälle or gellen, meaning as much as wailing, shrilling or whistling.
Chli Windgällen
Peak
Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Chli Windgällen is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss in the canton of Uri. It lies west of the Gross Windgällen, on the range north of the Maderanertal.
Berghotel Maderanertal
Hotel
The Berghotel Maderanertal is a historic mountain hotel in Silenen, Switzerland, from the "golden years of alpinism". The hotel was built in 1864 under the name Zum Schweizerischen Alpenclub by Albin Indergand, hotelier and government councillor from Amsteg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amsteg.
Golzerensee
- Categories: lake, body of water, and recreation area
- Location: Silenen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.7759° or 46° 46′ 33″ northLongitude
8.7397° or 8° 44′ 23″ eastElevation
1,411 metres (4,629 feet)Open location code
8FRCQPGQ+9VOpenStreetMap ID
way 4287161OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeWikidata ID
Q5581051
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Golzerensee” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “戈爾策湖”
- German: “Golzerensee”
- German: “Golzernsee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Golzerensee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Golzernsee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Golzernsee”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Golzerensee”. Photo: BraunW, CC BY-SA 3.0.