Horw
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Horw
Summary
Horw is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Horw ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Horw was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
- Horw is located in Canton of Lucerne[4].
- Horw is located in Luzern-Land Constituency[5].
- Horw is in the country of Switzerland[6].
- Horw is on the body of water Lake Lucerne[7].
- Horw's image is recorded as Horw 3.tiff[8].
- Horw's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[9].
- Horw's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland[10].
- Horw's official language is recorded as German[11].
- Horw's flag image is recorded as CHE Horw Flag 2025.svg[12].
- Horw's shares border with is recorded as Hergiswil[13].
- Horw's shares border with is recorded as Kriens[14].
- Horw's shares border with is recorded as Meggen[15].
- Horw's shares border with is recorded as Lucerne[16].
- Horw's shares border with is recorded as Stansstad[17].
- Horw's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Horw COA 2025.svg[18].
- Horw's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bratsch[19].
- Horw's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 155932717[20].
- Horw's GND ID is recorded as 4226481-9[21].
- Horw's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Horw 2010.png[22].
- Horw's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80012147[23].
- Horw's postal code is recorded as 6048[24].
- Horw's Commons category is recorded as Horw[25].
- Horw's licence plate code is recorded as LU[26].
- Horw's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1682879[27].
Body
Geography
Horw is in the country of Switzerland[6]. Located in include Canton of Lucerne[4], a canton of Switzerland[28], in Switzerland[29], founded in 1332[30] and Luzern-Land Constituency[5], a constituency of the canton of Lucerne[31], in Switzerland[32]. Horw is on the body of water Lake Lucerne[7].
Physical Characteristics
Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+20.43'}[33] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.86'}[34]. Horw's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+441'}[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+13915'}[36], {'amount': '+14107'}[37], and {'amount': '+14243'}[38].
Designation and Status
Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland[9] and city of Switzerland[10].
Why It Matters
Horw ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2] Horw has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]