Flühli

History

Flühli is first mentioned in the 17th century as güetli uf dem Flüöli. The battle of Sörenberg was fought in 1380 between Obwalden and Entlebuch. The region was only settled year-round in the 17th century.

Geography

The municipality of Flühli is the largest in the canton of Lucerne and is located in the Alpine foothills in the valley of the Waldemme river. It consists of the villages of Flühli and, further up the valley, Sörenberg. The municipality then rises up to its highest points, at the Brienzer Rothorn and Tannhorn summits of the Emmental Alps. The municipality of Flühli has an area of . Of this area, 44.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (15.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 37.89% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 44.79% is used for farming or pastures, while 0.06% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 0.94% is covered with buildings, 0.06% is industrial, 0.18% is classed as special developments, 0.04% is parks or greenbelts and 0.99% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.02% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 1.01% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 14.03% is other unproductive land.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  6,879
• Ringlet

  Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,767
• Small Skipper

  Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda, 1761) · Insecta
  3,928
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  3,122
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,935
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,398
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  1,851
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  1,775

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland