Gersau

Summary

Gersau is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Gersau ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gersau is located in Gersau District^[3].
• Gersau is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Gersau is on the body of water Lake Lucerne^[5].
• Gersau's image is recorded as Picswiss SZ-22-04.jpg^[6].
• Gersau's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7].
• Gersau's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[8].
• Gersau's shares border with is recorded as Buochs^[9].
• Gersau's shares border with is recorded as Ingenbohl^[10].
• Gersau's shares border with is recorded as Lauerz^[11].
• Gersau's shares border with is recorded as Vitznau^[12].
• Gersau's shares border with is recorded as Arth^[13].
• Gersau's shares border with is recorded as Beckenried^[14].
• Gersau's shares border with is recorded as Emmetten^[15].
• Gersau's shares border with is recorded as Ennetbürgen^[16].
• Gersau's coat of arms image is recorded as Wappen Gersau.svg^[17].
• Gersau's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 147233692^[18].
• Gersau's GND ID is recorded as 4137859-3^[19].
• Gersau's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinden des Bezirks Gersau.png^[20].
• Gersau's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83024503^[21].
• Gersau's postal code is recorded as 6442^[22].
• Gersau's Commons category is recorded as Gersau^[23].
• Gersau's licence plate code is recorded as SZ^[24].
• Gersau's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683075^[25].
• Gersau's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[26].
• Gersau's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[27].

Body

Geography

Gersau is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. Gersau is located in Gersau District^[3]. Gersau is on the body of water Lake Lucerne^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+23.70'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.35'}^[29]. Gersau's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+435'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2279'}^[31], {'amount': '+2319'}^[32], {'amount': '+2332'}^[33], and {'amount': '+2462'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Gersau's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7]. Gersau's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[35].

History and Context

+1433-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gersau^[36].

Why It Matters

Gersau ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).^[2] Gersau has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Gersau is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]