The geographical centre of Switzerland has the coordinates (
Swiss Grid: 660158/183641). It is located at Älggi-Alp in the municipality of
Sachseln
Sachseln is a village and municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. Besides the village of Sachseln, the municipality includes the hamlets of Edisried, Ewil and Flüeli-Ranft.
History
Sachseln is first mentioned in 1173 as ''Saxhslen' ...
,
Obwalden. The point is the
centre of mass
In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space (sometimes referred to as the balance point) is the unique point where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero. This is the point to which a force may ...
determined in 1988 by
Swisstopo.
As the point is difficult to access, a stone was set 500 m further south-east on Älggi Alp (1645 m). This symbolizes the centre of Switzerland and is located at (Swiss Grid: 660557/183338). A plaque on the stone commemorates the winner of the "
Swiss of the Year" award.
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120607113752/http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/internet/swisstopo/en/home/topics/knowledge/center_ch.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20111113181702/http://www.ch.ch/schweiz/01865/01885/01904/02135/index.html?lang=en
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224820/http://skatingland.myswitzerland.com/en/sightseeing_detail.cfm?id=340745
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120308105359/http://www.wanderland.ch/en/orte_detail.cfm?id=315425
Switzerland
Geography of Obwalden
Centre
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Mathematics
* Center (geometry), the middle of an object
* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
** Center (group theory)
** Center (ring theory)
* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentri ...
Tourist attractions in Obwalden
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