Soppensee

Soppensee is a lake in Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. The surface area is 22.7 ha. The lake and its surroundings are located in the municipalities of Buttisholz, Menznau, and Ruswil.

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pilgrimage Chapel St. Ottilien and Buttisholz Castle.

Pilgrimage Chapel St. Ottilien

Church

Pilgrimage Chapel St. Ottilien

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Pilgrimage Chapel St. Ottilien is a church, which is situated 2 km northeast of Soppensee.

Buttisholz Castle

Castle

Buttisholz Castle

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Buttisholz Castle is a castle in the municipality of Buttisholz of the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Buttisholz Castle is situated 3 km northeast of Soppensee.

Wolhusen railway station

Railway station

Wolhusen railway station

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Wolhusen railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Wolhusen, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Bern–Lucerne line of Swiss Federal Railways and the Huttwil–Wolhusen line of BLS AG. Wolhusen railway station is situated 4 km south of Soppensee.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Geiss and Menznau.

Geiss

Hamlet

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Geiss is a hamlet.

Menznau

Village

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Menznau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Menznau is situated 3 km west of Soppensee.

Wolhusen

Village

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Wolhusen is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Wolhusen is situated 3½ km south of Soppensee.

Soppensee

Type: Body of water
Description: lake in Buttisholz in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
Category: lake
Location: Buttisholz, Sursee District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.08952° or 47° 5′ 22″ north

Longitude

8.07985° or 8° 4′ 48″ east

Open location code

8FVC33QH+RW

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Portuguese—“Soppensee” goes by many names.

Chinese: “索彭湖”
Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره سوپينسى”
French: “Soppensee”
German: “Soppensee”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Soppensee”
Portuguese: “Lago Soppensee”

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