Egolzwil
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
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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.
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