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]