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Chapel · Luzern - Vierwaldstättersee · 1,894 m

Milking Lake

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1765 Construction of the first Frutt Chapel on the northern shore of Lake Melch by Pastor Franz Meinrad Anderhalden

Size: 35 people
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Organ: Yes

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2'664'050E 1'180'509N

46.772678, 8.277231

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46°46'21.6"N 8°16'38.0"E

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32T 444818 5180156

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