Brunnen
For town in Bavaria, see Brunnen, Bavaria.
Brunnen and the Lake of Lucerne 2010 (Panorama)
Brunnen is a resort on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, part of the municipality Ingenbohl (Canton of Schwyz), at 46°59′44″N 8°36′17″E / 46.99556°N 8.60472°ECoordinates: 46°59′44″N 8°36′17″E / 46.99556°N 8.60472°E.
Brunnen railway station, on the Gotthard railway, is served by hourly InterRegio trains, and by lines S2 of the Stadtbahn Zug, which operates hourly between Zug, Arth-Goldau and Erstfeld, and S3 of the S-Bahn Luzern, which operates hourly to Lucerne.
Brunnen also has a cablecar that goes to the Urmiberg, a part of the Rigi offering wonderful views of Lake Lucerne and the Alps.
Winston Churchill spent his honeymoon in Brunnen. Turner painted several views from Brunnen, among his late watercolours, in the 1840s.
People
- Ugo Rondinone, a Swiss artist, was born in Brunnen
- Maria Theresia Scherer, nun of the convent Ingenbohl died in Brunnen
- Othmar Schoeck, a Swiss composer was born in Brunnen
External links
- www.brunnen.ch - Portal of the municipality of Ingenbohl-Brunnen
- Brunnen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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