Engelberg

municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q64108
Engelberg
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Summary

Engelberg is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Engelberg ranks in the top 3% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,366 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Obwalden[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Engelberger Aa[6]
  • Official language: German[7]
  • Shares border with: Attinghausen[8], Gadmen[9], Innertkirchen[10], Isenthal[11], Wolfenschiessen[12], Wassen[13]
  • Postal code: 6390[14]
  • Commons category: Engelberg[15]
  • Licence plate code: OW[16]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[17], UTC+02:00[18]
  • Local dialing code: 041[19]
  • Exclave of: Canton of Obwalden[20]
  • Official website: http://www.gde-engelberg.ch[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Engelberg[22]
  • Population: 4155[23], 4181[24], 4194[25]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1402[26]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], The Encyclopedia Americana[28], New International Encyclopedia[29]
  • Official name: Engelberg[30]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Engelberg[31]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Engelberg[32]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Engelberg, Switzerland[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Engelberg, Switzerland[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1015 m[35]
  • Area: 74.87 km²[36]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[37]

Why It Matters

Engelberg has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Engelberg is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
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  2. 9w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → A60528
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  3. 16w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Flag image → CHE Engelberg Flag.svg
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag image: CHE Engelberg Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
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