Gallusheim

Gallusheim is a public building in Kriens, Lucerne-Land District, Canton of Lucerne which is located on Gemeindehausstrasse. Gallusheim is situated nearby to the park Alex-Wili-Platz, as well as near Teiggi.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum im Bellpark and Schauensee Castle.

Museum im Bellpark

Museum

The Museum im Bellpark is a forum for photography, history, and art in Kriens, Switzerland. It has existed since 1991. The Museum maintains an archive that documents the development of Kriens from a village to an conurbation, and is building up a collection of Swiss drawings. Museum im Bellpark is situated 320 metres southeast of Gallusheim.

Schauensee Castle

Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Schauensee Castle is a castle in the municipality of Kriens of the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Schauensee Castle is situated 1 km south of Gallusheim.

Sonnenberg Tunnel

Museum

Photo: Cooper, Public domain.

The Sonnenberg Tunnel is a 1,550 m long motorway tunnel, constructed between 1971 and 1976 and located in Lucerne, Switzerland. At its completion it was also the world's largest civilian nuclear fallout shelter, designed to protect 20,000 civilians in the eventuality of war or disaster. Sonnenberg Tunnel is situated 2 km northeast of Gallusheim.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kriens and Littau.

Kriens

Town

Photo: Tilman-AB, Public domain.

Kriens is a city and a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. The municipality lies at the foot of the mountain Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne.

Littau

Suburb

Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Littau is a former municipality, and now part of the city of Lucerne, in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the municipality of Lucerne.

Lucerne

Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lucerne is a beautiful small city which sits on the shores of Lake Lucerne in the heartland of Switzerland. Lucerne is a popular destination for the city itself and the accessible outings around the lake and local Alps that it offers.

Gallusheim

Type: Public building
Address: Gemeindehausstrasse 9, Kriens, 6010
Categories: building and government building
Location: Kriens, Lucerne-Land District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.03563° or 47° 2′ 8″ north

Longitude

8.27889° or 8° 16′ 44″ east

Levels

Open location code

8FVC27PH+7H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 88192233

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

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