Brunnen
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Brunnen (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a resort on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, part of the municipality Ingenbohl (Canton of Schwyz), at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..
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]
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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
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sudolski, Zbigniew (1997). Krasiński. Opowieść biograficzna. Warsaw. p. 106.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bangs,Richard (2008) Quest for the Sublime: Finding Nature's Secret in Switzerland, Menasha Ridge Press, page 70
- ^ Shanes, Eric (2012) The Life and Masterworks of J.M.W. Turner, Parkstone International, page 225
- ^ a b Template:In lang "Les 10 succès de Pro Natura" (page visited on 26 July 2016).
External links
- www.brunnen.ch - Portal of the municipality of Ingenbohl-Brunnen
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- Brunnen Tourist Office
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