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Wirzweli Destination Guide

Discover Wirzweli in Switzerland

Wirzweli in the region of Nidwalden is a town located in Switzerland - some 43 mi or ( 70 km ) East of Berne , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Wirzweli

Local time in Wirzweli is now 07:41 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Zurich " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Zurich, Weggis, Sarnen, Lucerne, and Grafenort. When in this area, you might want to check out Zurich . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Wirzweli ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Walking in Memphis (Marc Cohn feat. Cher)

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ATTENTION! once and for all: NO, I WON'T POST THE ORIGINAL SONG because it will be deleted due to copyright issues! so there's no need to ask for it! I just edited those two songs and put them togethe ..

Top 25 Goals PES 2010 Vol. 3

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Our third Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 compilation! As always with our top 25 goals, which we have scored since the last video. All goals were scored against human players or computer (Top Player)! The c ..


Lamborghini Gallardo Polizia Stradale in Hotel Stans-Süd

1:15 min by jaapsuper65
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Lamborghini Gallardo of the Polizia Stradale is leaving the underground hotelparking for making a trip with Jaap ..

Alpen Bobsled Ride

2:36 min by Bernard667
Views: 5139 Rating: 4.33

An awesome luge type ride in the spectacular swiss alps! ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Winkelried

Winkelried was a family of Unterwalden, recorded as members of the lower nobility during the second half of the 13th century and as commoners during the 14th to early 16th centuries. The name is mostly associated with Arnold von Winkelried, the hero of the Battle of Sempach (1386) in Swiss historiography. Because of the importance of Arnold Winkelried in 19th-century Swiss nationalism, much research has gone into the genealogy of this family.

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Located at 46.95 8.34 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Medieval Switzerland, Swiss families

Stans railway station

Stans is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Stans in the canton of Nidwalden. It is on the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line, owned by the Zentralbahn railway company. The station is served by the following passenger trains:

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Located at 46.96 8.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Railway stations in the canton of Nidwalden, Stans

Maria-Rickenbach

Maria-Rickenbach is a Benedictine monastery for women. It is situated above the village of Niederrickenbach in the municipality of Oberdorf in the Swiss canton of Nidwalden. The monastery is accessible only by cable car from Niederrickenbach Station on the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg railway line. The monastery was established after a 1528 painting of the Madonna was placed in a hollow maple tree on that site.

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Located at 46.93 8.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 1528 establishments, Benedictine monasteries of nuns in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in Nidwalden, Religious organizations established in the 1520s, Visitor attractions in Nidwalden

Mueterschwanderberg

Mueterschwanderberg (also Mueterschwandenberg) is a ridge forming the southern shore of Alpnachersee, just northwest of Stanserhorn and west of the village of Ennetmoos, Nidwalden, Switzerland. Its peak is at an elevation of 860 m (some 425 m above the lake surface). The peak is known as Drachenflue (Drachenfluh), with the Drachenloch cave nearby, named for the dragon which according to legend was slain here by Heinrich von Winkelried.

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Located at 46.95 8.31 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Former fortresses, Fortifications of Switzerland in the 20th century, Forts in Switzerland, Mountains of Nidwalden, Mountains of Switzerland

Unterwalden

Unterwalden (Latinized Sylvania, later also Subsylvania as opposed to Supersylvania) is the old name of a forest-canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy in central Switzerland, south of Lake Lucerne, consisting of two valleys or Talschaften, now organized as two half-cantons, an upper part, Obwalden, and a lower part, Nidwalden. Unterwalden was one of the three participants in the foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy, named in the Pact of Brunnen of 1315 with Uri and Schwyz.

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Located at 46.87 8.31 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Former cantons of Switzerland, Imperial valleys, Regions of Switzerland