Werthenstein
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1009
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Werthenstein centerThe parcel data lists 927 parcels in Werthenstein, covering 15.8 km². 60.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 3’258 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 927
- 0.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 15.8 km²
- 1.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 3’258 m²
- Canton: 1’199 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 60.7%
- Canton: 63.1%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1993
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Werthenstein
Werthenstein is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne and holds 0.8% of the canton's parcels on 1.1% of its area. The median parcel in Werthenstein measures 3’258 m², larger than the canton median of 1’199 m². Werthenstein is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 60.7% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (38.2%), Wald (18.9%) and Wohnzone B (13.5%). In total, Werthenstein uses 18 zone designations.
According to the building register, Werthenstein has 1’192 buildings with 990 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 56.4% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 56.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (31.3% of them), and 31.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1993, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1988).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 563 (60.7%)
Unbuilt: 364 (39.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 354 | 11.46 km² | 63.3% |
| Wald | 175 | 2.98 km² | 5.1% |
| Wohnzone B | 125 | 0.09 km² | 90.4% |
| Wohnzone C | 71 | 0.05 km² | 94.4% |
| übriges Gebiet a | 30 | 0.47 km² | 13.3% |
| Kernzone Markt | 29 | 0.03 km² | 86.2% |
| Arbeitszone 2 | 28 | 0.27 km² | 89.3% |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 27 | 0.10 km² | 81.5% |
| Dorfzone Schachen | 27 | 0.03 km² | 92.6% |
| Arbeits- und Wohnzone | 13 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Dorfzone Werthenstein | 9 | 0.01 km² | 88.9% |
| Fleckenzone Markt | 8 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (6 labels) | 31 | 0.30 km² | 64.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’192 buildings with 990 dwellings here; 254 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’192
- Dwellings
- 990
- Single-family houses
- 254
- Building volume
- 1.6 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Werthenstein
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Werthenstein. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.