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Geographical Center of Switzerland

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Geographical Center of Switzerland

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Geographical Center of Switzerland

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Location: Sachseln, Obwalden, Zentralschweiz, Switzerland

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1. Hiking loop from Melchtal

9.79km

03:32

400m

Expert hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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2. Melchaadossen Viewpoint – Spectacular Gorge Trail loop from Giswil

19.9km

07:17

1,170m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Hiking loop from Melchtal

2.80km

00:47

50m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Garen

July 16, 2019

Beautiful area and a well "designed" center with stone walls in the shape of the national borders, picnic area and Steinmanndli adventure trail.

The true geographic center is a few hundred meters down the slope, and it's also marked with a nice metal pyramid like a survey point, but it's really hard to access.

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Dirk Schmidt

June 4, 2019

Barbecue area around the center of Switzerland

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Garen

July 17, 2019

On the occasion of its 150th birthday (1988), the Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo calculated the country's centroid from the newly digitized Swiss national borders. If you stuck a map of Switzerland on cardboard and cut it out along the border, it would be in equilibrium on a needle point. The exact WGS84 coordinates are 46 ° 48 '4 "N, 8 ° 13' 36" E.

In reality, this point is located above a cliff west of Chli Älggi (municipality Sachseln, canton Obwalden). Therefore, he was moved to 500 meters to the southeast, to an easily accessible, very scenic location. The point is well marked in the terrain today.

(Source: myswitzerland.com)

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Location: Sachseln, Obwalden, Zentralschweiz, Switzerland

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Geographical Center of Switzerland

1. Hiking loop from Melchtal

2. Melchaadossen Viewpoint – Spectacular Gorge Trail loop from Giswil

3. Hiking loop from Melchtal

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