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Gelfingen
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Also known as Gelfingen LU

Gelfingen is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 it became part of the municipality of Hitzkirch.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Gelfingen
Swiss town.image_photo
Gelfigen-und-Schloss-Heidegg 001.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Coat of arms of Gelfingen.svg
Swiss town.canton
Lucerne
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-LU
Swiss town.district
Hochdorf
Swiss town.postal_code
6284
Swiss town.municipality_code
1027
Swiss town.area
3.86
Swiss town.elevation
472
Swiss town.population
764
Swiss town.populationof
December 2007
Swiss town.popofyear
2007
Swiss town.website
www.gelfingen.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Hitzkirch, Hohenrain, Lieli, Retschwil, Römerswil, Sulz

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Part of
Hitzkirch
Located in
Hitzkirch
Official language
German
Elevation
472
Shares border with
Hohenrain
Official website
www.gelfingen.ch
Image
Gelfigen-und-Schloss-Heidegg 001.jpg
Dialing code
041
Licence plate code
LU
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Commons category
Gelfingen
postal code
6284
replaced by
Hitzkirch
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • References
  • External links

Gelfingen is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 it became part of the municipality of Hitzkirch.

==History== thumb|left|Schloss Heidegg above Gelfingen Gelfingen is first mentioned in 1045 as Gelvingun.

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

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