Horw

Summary

Horw is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Horw ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 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 instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Horw's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[9].
• Horw's official language is recorded as German^[10].
• Horw's shares border with is recorded as Hergiswil^[11].
• Horw's shares border with is recorded as Kriens^[12].
• Horw's shares border with is recorded as Meggen^[13].
• Horw's shares border with is recorded as Lucerne^[14].
• Horw's shares border with is recorded as Stansstad^[15].
• Horw's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bratsch^[16].
• Horw's postal code is recorded as 6048^[17].
• Horw's Commons category is recorded as Horw^[18].
• Horw's licence plate code is recorded as LU^[19].
• Horw's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[20].
• Horw's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[21].
• Horw's local dialing code is recorded as 041^[22].
• Horw's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.016388888889, 'lon': 8.3111111111111}^[23].
• Horw's official website is recorded as http://www.horw.ch^[24].
• Horw's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Horw^[25].
• Horw has a population of {'amount': '+13915'}^[26].
• Horw has a population of {'amount': '+14107'}^[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 sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+441'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+13915'}^[26], {'amount': '+14107'}^[27], and {'amount': '+14243'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[8] and city of Switzerland^[9].

Why It Matters

Horw ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).^[2] Horw has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37]