Römerswil is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Herlisberg is first mentioned in 1173 as Heigesperhc. In 1242 it was mentioned as Hergesberch.
Römerswil has an area of 16.7 km (6.4 sq mi). Of this area, 77% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountain...
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Römerswil is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Herlisberg is first mentioned in 1173 as Heigesperhc. In 1242 it was mentioned as Hergesberch.
Römerswil has an area of 16.7 km (6.4 sq mi). Of this area, 77% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey, 16.22% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 68.53% is used for farming or pastures, while 8.53% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.3% is covered with buildings, 0.3% is industrial, 0.66% is classed as special developments, 0.12% is parks or greenbelts and 2.16% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.06% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.12% is other unproductive land.
It lies 3 km (1.9 mi) to the west of the district capital of...
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