Schwendisee
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.Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: small lake above Wildhaus on the slopes of the Churfirsten, in Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Vorderer Schwendisee”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zwingli’s birth house and Thur waterfalls.
Zwingli’s birth house
Museum
Photo: Evacc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zwingli’s birth house is a museum, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Schwendisee.
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. Thur waterfalls is situated 2 km northwest of Schwendisee.
Wildhaus Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wildhaus Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of St. Gallen in Eastern Switzerland. The main road culminates at 1,090 metres, while the pass itself lies at an elevation of 1,027 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Unterwasser and Wildhaus.
Unterwasser
Village
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.
Wildhaus
Village
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. Alt St. Johann is situated 3½ km west of Schwendisee.
Schwendisee
- Category: lake
- Location: Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.1873° or 47° 11′ 14″ northLongitude
9.33122° or 9° 19′ 52″ eastOpen location code
8FVF58PJ+WFOpenStreetMap ID
way 4942631OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q1800177
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tosk Albanian—“Schwendisee” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “施文迪湖”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ستشوينديسى”
- French: “Schwendisee”
- German: “Schwendisee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schwendisee”
- Swiss German: “Hendere Schwendisee”
- Swiss German: “Schwendisee”
- Swiss German: “Vordere Schwendisee”
- Tosk Albanian: “Schwendisee”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ChäserruggGuck and Klanghaus Toggenburg.
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