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Discover Wissibach
Wissibach in Nidwalden (Canton of Nidwalden) is a place in Switzerland about 46 mi (or 74 km) east of Bern, the country's capital city.
Current time in Wissibach is now 08:33 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 12 airports near Wissibach, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Buochs Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 2 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site is Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps in Austria at a distance of 24 mi (or 38 km). The closest in Switzerland is Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch in a distance of 37 mi (or 38 km), North-West. We encountered 10 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Ennetburgen, Stans, Emmetten, Gersau and Kussnacht. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 1°C / 33 °F
Morning Temperature | -2°C / 29 °F |
Evening Temperature | -2°C / 29 °F |
Night Temperature | -2°C / 29 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 17% |
Air Humidity | 88% |
Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Snow |
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
5°C (40 °F)
2°C (35 °F)
Light snow, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
7°C (45 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
8°C (46 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Vitznauerhof
Villa Honegg Hotel
Boutique Hotel Schluessel
Gerbi Hotel Restaurant
Alexander Wellnesshotel
CAMPUS HOTEL HERTENSTEIN-WEGGIS
Wellnesshotel Rössli
Romantik Hotel Beau-Rivage
Krone
Friedheim
Videos from this area
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Rollout Pilatus Aircraft PC 24
Photo slide show from the rollout ceremony at Airport Buochs, Switzerland. This is the first Business Jet, build from Pilatus Aircraft, Stans, Switzerland.
REVITA - revitalisation of an Sleeping Base in Central Switzerland
After last repetition course in 2003, Buochs (Stans, LSMU) saw again some heavy military activity in Mai 2014 with some Hornet and F-5 Tiger II jet aircrafts. Hundreds of Spotter and Aviation...
Very long landing
Anflug und Landung eines Motorseglers Taifun 17 E II auf der zwei Kilometer langen Piste von Buochs NW.
SWISSVIEW - NW, Vierwaldstättersee, Buochs Aawasseregg
Nidwalden, Vierwaldstättersee, Buochs, Engelberger Aa, Aawasseregg.
JU-52 take-off from Buochs, Switzerland
HB-HOS, one of Ju Air's oldtimers, takes off from Buochs in central Switzerland. It is a overcast day on this 23 June 2011. But the sound is awesome as always. The three radial engines are...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Hammetschwand Elevator
The Hammetschwand Lift is the highest exterior elevator of Europe and is located in Switzerland. It connects a spectacular rock path with the lookout point Hammetschwand on the Bürgenstock plateau overlooking Lake Lucerne.
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.
Engelberger Aa
Engelberger Aa (or Engelbergeraa) is a river in Switzerland. It rises west of Surenenpass in the Canton of Uri, flows through the valley of Engelberg and Nidwalden. At Buochs, it empties into Lake Lucerne and is thus a tributary of the river Reuss, which drains that lake.
Bürgenstock railway
The Bürgenstock railway is a funicular railway in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland. The line links the landing stage at Kehrsiten-Bürgenstock, served by the regular passenger boats of the Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees, with the Bürgenstock resort and its famous hotels. The railway was opened in 1888 and was originally a water-ballast funicular with an Abt rack braking rail. Today the funicular is electric and automatic, but it still uses the original cabins.
Dallenwil railway station
Dallenwil is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Dallenwil 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:
Niederrickenbach railway station
Niederrickenbach Station is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Wolfenschiessen in the canton of Nidwalden. It is on the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line, owned by the Zentralbahn railway company. The station is adjacent to the lower station of the cable car, to the hamlet of Niederrickenbach and the convent of Maria-Rickenbach, from which it takes its name. It should be noted that Niederrickenbach station is 2.3 km horizontally and 650 m vertically from Niederrickenbach hamlet.