Silenen

Also known as Silenen UR

Silenen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Silenen
Swiss town.image_photo: Silenen-Meierturm-Burghofstatt.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Wappen Silenen.svg
Swiss town.canton: Uri
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-UR
Swiss town.district: n.a.
Swiss town.postal_code: 6473 Silenen6474 Amsteg6475 Bristen
Swiss town.municipality_code: 1216
Swiss town.area: 144.78
Swiss town.elevation: 510
Swiss town.website: www.silenen.ch

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Silenen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

==Geography== thumb|Aerial view from 2000 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1932) Silenen municipality comprises the villages of Silenen (divided into three parts, Dörfli, Russ, Rusli), Amsteg, and Acherli, besides numerous smaller hamlets or dispersed settlements, including Schützen, Buechholz, Öfibach, Dägerlohn, Frentschenberg, Ried (Vorderried, Hinterried), Maderanerthal valley (St. Anton = Vorderbristen, Bristen = Hinterbristen, Cholplatz, Hälteli, Steinmatte, Schattigmatt etc.), Hofstetten, Silblen, and the Golzeren plateau (Egg, Hüseren, Seewen, etc.)