Wasserkraftwerk Oberalp

Wasserkraftwerk Oberalp is a building in Andermatt, Uri. Wasserkraftwerk Oberalp is situated nearby to the historic site Kil.37, as well as near the pitch Zielbereich.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Andermatt railway station and St. Wendelin Chapel.

Andermatt railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gürbetaler, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Andermatt railway station is a railway station and junction on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp Bahn, serving the town and municipality of Andermatt, in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. Andermatt railway station is situated 1 km west of Wasserkraftwerk Oberalp.

St. Wendelin Chapel

Church

Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Wendelin Chapel is a church, which is situated 590 metres northwest of Wasserkraftwerk Oberalp.

Chapel Maria Hilf

Church

Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chapel Maria Hilf is a church, which is situated 650 metres west of Wasserkraftwerk Oberalp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hospental and Göschenen.

Hospental

Village

Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hospental is a village and a municipality in the middle of the Alpine valley called Urseren in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. Hospental is situated 3½ km southwest of Wasserkraftwerk Oberalp.

Göschenen

Village

Photo: Jan K, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Göschenen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site. Göschenen is situated 4 km north of Wasserkraftwerk Oberalp.

Tschamut

Hamlet

Photo: Kecko, CC BY 2.0.

Tschamut is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km east of Wasserkraftwerk Oberalp.

Wasserkraftwerk Oberalp

Type: Building
Also known as: “WKW Oberalp”
Location: Andermatt, Uri, Canton of Uri, Central Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.63307° or 46° 37′ 59″ north

Longitude

8.60682° or 8° 36′ 25″ east

Inception

1962

Operator

Elektrizitätswerk Ursern

Open location code

8FRCJJM4+6P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 92678308

OpenStreetMap feature

building=service

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