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Lucerne-Matthof-Castle Meggerhorn

Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Lucerne-Matthof-Castle Meggerhorn

Length6.2 mi
Elev. Gain393.6 ft
Est. Steps14000

Forest

Lake

Scenic views

Wild flowers

City walk

Beach

No shade

Bugs

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Introduction
Lucerne-Matthof-Castle Meggerhorn is a 6.3 mile (14,000-step) route located near Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. This route has an elevation gain of about 393.6 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Der Weg führt vom Tribschenquartier bis zum Meggerhorn. Anschliessend geht es nach Meggen. Dort kann man mit der S-Bahn oder dem Bus nach Luzern zurück. Auf der gesamten Strecke geniesst man ein traumhaftes Panorama mit See und Bergen.

Kapellbrücke

Place
The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the River Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in a 1993 fire.

Lucerne Festival

Place
The Lucerne Festival is a series of classical music festivals based in Lucerne, Switzerland. Founded in 1938, it currently produces three festivals per year, attracting some 110,000 visitors annually taking place since 2004 primarily at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre (KKL) designed by Jean Nouvel.

Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre

Place
The Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne (or KKL for Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern) is a multi-functional building with a concert hall that is esteemed for its high-profile acoustics. It was built according to the plans of the architect Jean Nouvel and was inaugurated in 1998 with a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Abbado.

Swiss Museum of Transport

Place
The Swiss Transport Museum or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (literally "Transportation House of Switzerland") in Lucerne opened in July 1959 and exhibits all forms of transport, including locomotive, automobiles, ships, and aircraft) as well as communication technology. It is Switzerland's most popular museum.

Lucerne railway station

Place
Lucerne railway station (German: Bahnhof Luzern) is a major hub of the rail network of Switzerland, in the city of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne. It is a terminal station serving domestic and international traffic on several rail lines, and is situated in a city centre and waterfront location on the south side of Lake Lucerne.

Church of St. Leodegar (Lucerne)

Place
The Church of St. Leodegar (German: St. Leodegar im Hof or Hofkirche St. Leodegar) is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. It was built in parts from 1633 to 1639 on the foundation of the Roman basilica which had burnt in 1633. This church was one of the few built north of the Alps during the Thirty Years War and one of the largest art history rich churches of the German late renaissance period.

University of Lucerne

Place
The University of Lucerne (UNILU; German: Universität Luzern) is a public university with a campus in Lucerne, Switzerland. 1,460 undergraduates and 1,258 postgraduate students attend the university, which makes it Switzerland's smallest university.Despite its size, it holds an international reputation in several areas.

Auguste Piccard (PX-8)

Place
The Auguste Piccard mesoscaphe, also known simply as the Mésoscaphe, was a manned underwater submarine designed in 1964 by Jacques Piccard, son of Auguste Piccard. It was the world's first passenger submarine, built for Expo64, the 1964 Swiss national exhibition in Lausanne. It was built at the Giovanola fabrication plant in Monthey and the first immersion took place in Le Bouveret on 27 February 1964.

Tribschen

Place
Tribschen (also seen as Triebschen) is a district of the city of Lucerne, in the Canton of Lucerne in central Switzerland.Tribschen is best known today as the home of the German composer Richard Wagner from 30 March 1866 to 22 April 1872. When Wagner was obliged to leave Munich in March 1866, he moved to a spacious villa in Tribschen on a headland projecting into Lake Lucerne.

Swiss Life Arena

Place
The Swiss Life Arena is an ice hockey and sports arena for 12,000 fans of the ZSC Lions Club in Altstetten. The opening is planned for June 2022.
Route Details

Length

6.2 mi

Elev. Gain

393.6 ft

Est. Steps

14000
Created by
Hansruedi 🇨🇭
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