Brunnen

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.

For town in Bavaria, see Brunnen, Bavaria.
Brunnen (foreground), Fronalpstock (right) and Mythen (left)
Brunnen and Lake Lucerne (2010)

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

Winston Churchill spent his honeymoon in Brunnen.[1] J. M. W. Turner painted several views from Brunnen, among his late watercolours, in the 1840s.[2]

In 1947, the Swiss League for the Protection of Nature organised an international conference on the protection of nature in Brunnen.[3] It resulted in the creation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 1948.[3]

  • The river Muota, Brunnen, Lake Lucerne and Uri Rotstock from the north, c. 1870/80. Oil sketch (6.5 × 10 cm) by Heinrich Müller
    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 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
    Brunnen, Mythen and Morschach (right) from the west, c. 1870. Heinrich Müller

People

References
  1. Bangs,Richard (2008) Quest for the Sublime: Finding Nature's Secret in Switzerland, Menasha Ridge Press, page 70
  2. Shanes, Eric (2012) The Life and Masterworks of J.M.W. Turner, Parkstone International, page 225
  3. (in French) "Les 10 succès de Pro Natura" (page visited on 26 July 2016).


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