Horw is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Horw is first mentioned in 1231 as Horwe. Horw has an …Horw is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Horw is first mentioned in 1231 as Horwe. Horw has an area of 12.8 km². Of this area, 32.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24.2% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. In the 1997 land survey, 42.42% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 30.54% is used for farming or pastures, while 1.94% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 14.61% is covered with buildings, 1.01% is industrial, 1.09% is classed as special developments, 1.79% is parks or greenbelts and 5.59% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.39% is unproductive standing water, 0.08% is unproductive flowing water and 0.54% is other unproductive land.
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