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 Giswil & the lake seen from
Bruenig-Pass by globetrott, 4 more photos
Mostly quite close to the road is also the train-line : Bruenig-Bahn is a cog-wheel-train, that also has a different track-size, that is the reason, why there are NO direct trains from Zurich to Brienz. That cog-wheel-trainline starts at Luzern and ends at Interlaken OST.
When you take the train, take a look at the right, when you pass by a lake and you will see the spire of a church-tower looking out of the water, last time when driving over Bruenig-pass, I did not see it, maybe the road does not pass by there, maybe it is finally drowned in the artificial lake. Leave a Comment
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Suider'sche Apotheke is a Must for all fans of old and interesting architecture and the building is dating back to the year 1428. Take a look at my pictures in order to see the various styles that were combined there to a great and interesting building. In one of the windows you may see the interior of a medieval pharmacy (see my last picture)
Suider'sche Apotheke is between Jesuiten-Kirche and Franziskaner-Kirche - don't miss it ! Leave a Comment
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Schwyz is certainly a great place to go to from Lucerne / Luzern as a day-excursion. Schwyz is just a small village of 12.000 inhabitants, but THIS is the place that gave the name for all of Switzerland. Already in the year 972 Schwyz was mentioned in history and it used to be an important stop-over for the merchants travelling over the Gotthard-Route to Italy or Germany. Schwyz made a union in 1291 with 2 other cantons: Waldstaetten Uri and Unterwalden. Schwyz is not only the name of that small town, but also of the Kanton / canton.
Take a look at this lovely townhall that is decorated by precious frescos all over the facades.
There are also a few watch-towers of the old medieval fortifications left in the village and of course there is a great church with a lovely interior.
In Schwyz you may also see an interesting Museum inside the Ital-Reding-Hofstatt : it was built in 1609 and has still the original furniture of that time !
Next to Ital Reding-Hof , and still inside the fence of it you may see "Haus Bethlehem" dating back to the year 1287 - it is the oldest wooden building in Switzerland
Ital-Reding-Hofstatt & Bethlehem-Haus is open for visitors:
April-November :Tuesday-Friday 02.00p-m- - 05.00p.m.
Saturday & Sunday 10.00a.m.-12.00
+ 02.00p.m.- 05.00p.m Leave a Comment
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 Einsiedeln - a great
excursion from Luzern by globetrott,
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The Benedictinean monastery of Maria Einsiedeln dates back to the 10th century and it was built at the same place, where the benedictinean eremit Holy Meinrad was killed by robbers back in the year 861. The monks started to cultivate the woods around the monastery, built vineries and breed horses.
The monastery burned down 5 times and the baroque architecture that you may still see today dates back to the year 1656-1723 , constructed by Kaspar Moosbrugger.
The Basilica was built 1719-1735 in the centre of the 4 wings of the monastery and it has 2 spires, each of them 56 meters high. The interior of the Basilika is beautifully decorated with frescos by the brothers Damian and Egid Quirin Asam from Bavaria. ("Asam-Baroque" used to be some sort of a "trade-mark" for ornate decorations and frescos and there is even an Asam-church in Munich, built and and neven payed by themselves !)
There is a miracle-working-image of a "Black Madonna" in a seperate chapel, opposite of the entrance to the basilika. The wooden sculpture of that Madonna is dressed in beautiful robes and all day long it is really hard to get to that place.
Almost all days there are church-services held for the thousands of tourists coming to that church every day.
By train you may get to Einsiedeln within 1 hour from Luzern ! Leave a Comment
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Sonnenberghaus im Zoepfli is a beautiful house down at the river, built next to the bridge and almost opposite of Jesuitenkirche. This beautiful building was first mentioned in the chronicals of Luzern in 1513. At that time it used to be a wooden house, and it was rebuilt in 1662. In 1787 it was sold to Marshall Jakob Anton Thuering von Sonnenberg who rebuilt it in the way you may see it today: great frescos at the facades, the clock under the roof, and a precious interior with nice tapestries and tiles-ovens. Leave a Comment
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Meiringen is the Mekka for all fans of Sherlok Holmes. Of course we all know, Holmes has never lived, BUT for all fans of the famous dedective Meiringen is the place, where he died, when he had a fight with Prof. Moriarty in Reichenbachfall, a big waterfall opposite of Meiringen, about 2 km to the south from the Sherlok-Holmes-museum.
Conan Doyle - the author of Sherlok Holmes - was a regular guest in Meiringen and he was so very much impressed of the scenery of Reichenbachfall, that he thought, this would be the perfect place to die for his famous dedective.
Another famous sight of Meiringen is Aareschlucht, a gorge, where the river Aare flows through a rather narrow valley - at first the rocks on both sides of the gorge are in a distance of 200 meters and at the end you may touch the rocks on both sides at the same time. 1400 meters of artificial paths, tunnels and bridges are leading you through the gorge. In my personal opinion Aareschlucht is somehow over-rated and only recommendable, when you have not seen similar places like Truemmelbach in Lauterbrunnen first.
The village of Meiringen has still plenty of old wooden houses and so it makes sense to take a little walk. Next to the church you will see some of the most beautiful houses with lovely balconies, full of flowers - read more about it on my Meiringen-page !
Meiringen is in a distance of 75 minutes from Luzern. Direct trains will run once an hour and will be included in the Tell-Pass ! Leave a Comment
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Vitznau is a small village at the Lake Lucerne / Vierwaldstaetter See. You may get there by car, by train or by ship. Most people go to Vitznau in order to take the mountain-cog-railway to RIGI , one of the highlights of your stay in Luzern and Vierwaldstaetter See. On a clear day you will have a terrific panorama-view of the lakes and mountains around Lucerne and may even see the summits of Eiger, Moench, Jungfrau etc. in a far distance.
Rigi is 1798 meters high and Mark Twain enjoyed a sunrise there in 1880 and explained it in one of his books !
On your way back you may use the cablecar to Weggis and return by ship to Luzern.
the Rigi-Zahnradbahn / cogwheel-train
runs daily 07.00a.m. till 10.00p.m.
the ride takes about 30 minutes to Rigi-Kulm
The cablecar to Weggis takes just 10 minutes
and is operated daily 07.00a.m. till 07.45p.m. Leave a Comment
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Brienz & the scenic Bruenig-pass might be another great day-excursion from Luzern. At Brienz you may leave the train at Hauptbahnhof and cross the street in order to board the old steam-trains taking you up to Brienzer Rothorn for one of the most scenic train-rides and panorama-views of Switzerland.
Brienz is also famous for since several centuries already for it's wooden houses - many of them are hundreds of years old and saw celebrities like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lord Byron and Ludwig Uhland, who visited Brienz and stayed there for some time - see my last picture of Hotel Weisses Kreuz, the hotel where these famous people had stayed.
The total train-ride will take 90 minutes and a direct train is leaving once an hour from Luzern Hauptbahnhof, the journey from Luzern to Brienz is included in the Tell-Pass, BUT Brienzer Rothorn is NOT !!
When you intend to go to the Brienzer Rothorn + several other funiculars and mountain-trains around the Jungfrauregion, the Regionalpass Berner Oberland will be the best option ! Leave a Comment
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Kuessnacht is just a small village close to Luzern and you may easily go there by car, by train or even by ship. According to the legends it was in Kuessnacht, where Wilhelm Tell killed Gessler in the "Hohle Gasse".
Hohle Gasse means "narrow pass" and when you enlarge my pictures, you will see how this is ment : This "Hohle Gasse" was the only way for Gessler to ride up and down from his castle, high above Lake Lucerne (you may still see the ruins of that castle).
So it was rather easy for Wilhelm Tell to just wait behind the bushes for the right moment to kill Gessler, who could in this very moment not be protected by his guards , because they eighter had to ride in front or behind of him.
At one end of the Hohle Gasse there is the Tell-chapel and at the lower end there is a a small museum with a few exhibits and explanations.
That museum is open all the time it is made just by a few windows inside a house without doors.
Hohle gasse is a bit outside of the village, BUT plenty of signposts will lead you there. The distance to the lake is maybe 800 meters and the local bus goes there as well and stops at the stop, called : Hohle Gasse.
Hotel Engel in Kuessnacht am Rigi is a traditional hotel and and certainly the most beautiful building of that small village. Hotel Engel was also the place, where the "Eidgenossen" had their meeting first in 1424 and afterwards several times again untill 1712 A.D.
In October 7th, 1797 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spent the night in that hotel. Leave a Comment
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 Alphorn Factory, Kriens by NateWill22
Address: Alphornbau, J Stocker, Schweighof, CH-6010 Kriens Leave a Comment
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