Brunnen
Part of Ingenbohl, Switzerland
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Brunnen (Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈbrʊnən] ⓘ) 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.
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 views of Lake Lucerne and the Alps.
History
Three Polish romantic poets, Adam Mickiewicz, Zygmunt Krasiński and Antoni Edward Odyniec stayed here overnight on 27/28 August 1830.[1]
Winston Churchill spent his honeymoon in Brunnen.[2] J. M. W. Turner painted several views from Brunnen, among his late watercolours, in the 1840s.[3]
In 1947, the Swiss League for the Protection of Nature organised an international conference on the protection of nature in Brunnen.[4] It resulted in the creation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 1948.[4]
The river Muota, Brunnen, Lake Lucerne and Uri Rotstock from the north, c. 1870/80. Oil sketch (6.5 × 10 cm) by Heinrich Müller
Brunnen and Rigi Hochflue from the south-east, c. 1880. Hand-coloured etching by Heinrich Müller
Brunnen, Mythen and Morschach (right) from the west, c. 1870. Heinrich Müller
People
- Ugo Rondinone, a Swiss artist, was born in Brunnen
- Maria Katherina Scherer, nun of the convent Ingenbohl died in Brunnen
- Othmar Schoeck, a Swiss composer was born in Brunnen
