Hinterer Schwendisee

Hinterer Schwendisee is a lake in Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Hinterer Schwendisee is situated nearby to the locality Winkelweid, as well as near Grüllen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Schwendisee and Thur waterfalls.

Schwendisee

Lake

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Schwendisee is a small lake above Wildhaus on the slopes of the Churfirsten, in Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Besides the main lake, there is a smaller lake nearby. Together they are referred to as the Schwendiseen in German.

Thur waterfalls

Waterfall

Photo: Hardcoreraveman, CC0.

The Thur waterfalls are two cascades located on the upper part of the river Thur, approximately ten minutes walking distance from the village square of Unterwasser in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Zwingli’s birth house

Museum

Photo: Evacc, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Zwingli’s birth house is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wildhaus and Alt St. Johann.

Wildhaus

Village

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 2.5.

Wildhaus is a village and former municipality in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, since 2010 by merger with Alt St. Johann part of the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann.

Alt St. Johann

Village

Photo: Breeze, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alt St. Johann is a village in the Toggenburg region, since 2010 part of the municipality Wildhaus-Alt St.Johann in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Unterwasser

Village

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 2.5.

Unterwasser is a village in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, situated at the confluence of the two streams forming the upper Thur.

Hinterer Schwendisee

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.1849° or 47° 11′ 6″ north

Longitude

9.329° or 9° 19′ 45″ east

Open location code

8FVF58MH+XJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4935529

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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