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Gelfingen

village and former municipality in Hitzkirch in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
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Summary

Gelfingen is a former municipality of Switzerland[1]. Gelfingen ranks in the top 8% of former municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hitzkirch[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Instance of: village[5]
  • Official language: German[6]
  • Shares border with: Hohenrain[7]
  • Postal code: 6284[8]
  • Part of: Hitzkirch[9]
  • Commons category: Gelfingen[10]
  • Licence plate code: LU[11]
  • Local dialing code: 041[12]
  • Official website: http://www.gelfingen.ch[13]
  • Replaced by: Hitzkirch[14]
  • Official name: Gelfingen[15]
  • Elevation above sea level: 472 m[16]

Why It Matters

Gelfingen has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Gelfingen is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.gelfingen.ch
    Instance of → —
    Country → Switzerland
    Part of → Hitzkirch
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official name: Gelfingen, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
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