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Horw
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Also known as Horw LU

Horw (; Swiss German: Horb) is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Horw
Swiss town.image_photo
Horw 3.tiff
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Horw COA 2025.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Horw Flag 2025.svg
Swiss town.canton
Lucerne
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-LU
Swiss town.district
Lucerne
Swiss town.postal_code
6005 St. Niklausen6047 Kastanienbaum6048 Horw
Swiss town.municipality_code
1058
Swiss town.area
20.43
Swiss town.elevation
441
Swiss town.website
www.horw.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Gaudenz Zemp
Swiss town.mayor_asof
2020
Swiss town.mayor_title
Gemeindepräsident
Swiss town.executive_name
Gemeinderat
Swiss town.executive_number_of_members
5

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Horw
Population
14243
Area
12.86
Elevation
441
Official website
www.horw.ch
Image
Horw 3.tiff
Dialing code
041
Licence plate code
LU
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Commons category
Horw
postal code
6048
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1058
time of earliest written record
1251-00-00
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Horw (; Swiss German: Horb) is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

==History== Horw is first mentioned in 1231 as Horwe.

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