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Egolzwil
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Also known as Egolzwil LU, Eigoltiswile

Egolzwil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Egolzwil
Swiss town.image_photo
Egolzwil 035.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Egolzwil COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Egolzwil Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Lucerne
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-LU
Swiss town.district
Willisau
Swiss town.postal_code
6243
Swiss town.municipality_code
1127
Swiss town.area
4.17
Swiss town.elevation
523
Swiss town.website
www.egolzwil.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Dagmersellen, Nebikon, Schötz, Wauwil

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  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • References
  • External links

Egolzwil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

==History== Egolzwil is first mentioned around 1160 as Eigoltiswile. During World War II, Allied soldiers who were caught after their escape from the Swiss internment camps were detained in the prison camp Wauwilermoos.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Egolzwil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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