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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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  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Education
  • Transport
  • Notable people
  • References
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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.

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

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