Kraftwerk Bitsch

Kraftwerk Bitsch is a power station in Bitsch, Raron District, Valais. Kraftwerk Bitsch is situated nearby to the climbing site Elektra Massa, as well as near Massaboden power station.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Massaboden power station and Bitsch railway station.

Massaboden power station

Power station

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Massaboden power station is situated 290 metres southeast of Kraftwerk Bitsch.

Bitsch railway station is a station in the municipality of Bitsch, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate and request stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, served by local trains only. Bitsch railway station is situated 730 metres east of Kraftwerk Bitsch.

St. Mauritius church

Church

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St. Mauritius church is situated 2 km southwest of Kraftwerk Bitsch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bitsch and Termen.

Bitsch

Village

Photo: karico, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bitsch is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Termen

Village

Photo: Albins, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Termen is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Naters

Village

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Naters is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Birgisch and Mund merged into the municipality of Naters, which also includes the villages of Hegdorn, Geimen, Mehlbaum, Rischinen and Blatten bei Naters.

Kraftwerk Bitsch

Type: Power station
Categories: hydroelectric power station and industry
Location: Bitsch, Raron District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.33345° or 46° 20′ 0″ north

Longitude

8.00831° or 8° 0′ 30″ east

Operator

Alpiq

Open location code

8FRC82M5+98

OpenStreetMap ID

way 754064376

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q46994611

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In Other Languages

From French to Ukrainian—“Kraftwerk Bitsch” goes by many names.

French: “Centrale de Bitsch”
German: “Kraftwerk Bitsch”
Ukrainian: “ГЕС Bitsch”
Ukrainian: “ГЕС Біч”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Elektra Massa and Verlassenes Haus.

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