Horw: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1058 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’897
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 31
- Median utilization
- 59 %
Canton: 49 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.31
Canton: 0.13
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- -
Canton: -
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Horw
Horw is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne. The parcel data lists 2’897 parcels in 31 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 0.35 (676), Wohnzone landschaftlich empf. Lage W2 0.25 (574) and Wohnzone W2 0.30 (296).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 59 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 99 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Horw sits above it.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 147 % (362 parcels), higher than the 97 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 0.35 | 676 | 68 % |
| Wohnzone landschaftlich empf. Lage W2 0.25 | 574 | 60 % |
| Wohnzone W2 0.30 | 296 | 68 % |
| Wohnzone W3 0.55 | 243 | 83 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 194 | 23 % |
| Wald | 135 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W4 0.75 | 97 | 68 % |
| Uferschutzzone | 96 | 0 % |
| Zentrumszone Z 1.3 | 80 | 55 % |
| Wohnzone W3 0.45 | 64 | 72 % |
| Arbeits- und Wohnzone | 62 | 116 % |
| Übriges Gebiet A | 61 | 0 % |
| Other zones (19) | 319 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’859 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 99 %. The median is 59 % and the mean 89 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %43 %
- 50 % to below 100 %32 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’859 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.59. The median is 0.31 and the mean 0.41.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5069 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0023 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 1’572 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.3. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 339 %
- 3 to below 544 %
- 5 and above6 %
Building age cohorts
Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.
| Built in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 2’897 | 97 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’414 | 114 % |
| Last 40 years | 898 | 122 % |
| Last 20 years | 362 | 147 % |
| Last 15 years | 255 | 152 % |
| Last 10 years | 147 | 155 % |
| Last 5 years | 66 | 134 % |
How to read this page
room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).