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Sachseln
Sachseln is a village and municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. Besides the village of Sachseln, the municipality includes the hamlets of Edisried, Ewil and Flüeli-Ranft. History Sachseln is first mentioned in 1173 as ''Saxhslen''. Geography Sachseln has an area, , of . Of this area, 45.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (12.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on Lake Sarnen (''Sarnersee''). It consists of the village of Sachseln and the hamlets of Edisried, Ewil and Flüeli-Ranft. The geographic center of Switzerland is in Sachseln. Demographics Sachseln has a population (as of ) of . , 13.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachseln Railway Station
Sachseln railway station is a Switzerland, Swiss railway station on the Brünig railway line, Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links Lucerne and Interlaken. The station is in the Sachseln, municipality of Sachseln in the canton of Obwalden. Services The following services stop at Sachseln: * Panorama Express ''Luzern-Interlaken Express'': hourly service between and . * Lucerne S-Bahn: ** : half-hourly service between Lucerne and . ** : rush-hour service to Lucerne. Sachseln Railway Station 1.jpg, station from above (2022) Bahnhof Sachseln, 1967 (ETH-BIB-LBS H1-027057).tif, station from above (1967) SBB Historic - F 122 00900 001 - Sachseln Stationsgebaeude mit Gueterschuppen Bahnseite.jpg, train side (1979) References External links * * {{SBB web, 17088 Railway stations in the canton of Obwalden Sachseln Zentralbahn stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxon Motor
Maxon Group is a Swiss manufacturer of electric motor drive systems, consisting of AC motors, DC motors, encoders, gears, motor controllers, and sensors. History Maxon began in December 5, 1961, as Interelectric AG. After the factory building in Sachseln was completed in 1963, Interelectric began producing shearing foils for Braun GmbH, specifically for their electric shavers. At that time, there were 17 employees. The basis of the company was a technical process called galvanoplasty, or electroforming. Soon afterward, a separate development department for electromechanical devices was created. In 1967, Braun was sold to Gillette. Following up on the work on DC motors that had been carried out in the company's R&D department, the engineers were able to develop an entire range of models for DC motors. At the same time, the engineers in Sachseln patented the manufacturing process for the ironless rotor with the diamond-shaped winding. In 1970, the DC Motors were registered un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewil Maxon Railway Station
Ewil Maxon railway station is a Swiss railway station on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links Lucerne and Interlaken. The station is in the municipality of Sachseln in the canton of Obwalden. It takes its name from the nearby hamlet of Ewil, together with the precision electric motor manufacturer Maxon Motor, whose plant adjoins the station. Services The following services stop at Ewil Maxon: * Lucerne S-Bahn The Lucerne S-Bahn () is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail network focusing on Lucerne in Central Switzerland. Opened on 12 December 2004, the network forms part of the Central Switzerland S-Bahn project (), which also includes the Zug Stadtbahn (). ... : half-hourly service between and . References External links * * {{SBB web Railway stations in the canton of Obwalden Sachseln Zentralbahn stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obwalden
Canton of Obwalden or Obwald ( ; ; ; ) is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of seven municipalities and the seat of the government and parliament is in Sarnen. It is traditionally considered a "half-canton", the other half being Nidwalden. Obwalden lies in Central Switzerland and contains the geographical centre of Switzerland. It is bordered by the canton of Canton of Lucerne, Lucerne to the north, the canton of Nidwalden and Canton of Uri, Uri to the east and the canton of Canton of Bern, Bern to the south. The canton is essentially in the valley of the Sarner Aa south of Lake Lucerne, with an exclave around Engelberg. It is one of the smallest cantons. The largest town is Sarnen, followed by Kerns, Switzerland, Kerns and Alpnach. Together with Nidwalden, Obwalden was part of the forest canton of Unterwalden, one of the three participants in the foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy, named in the Pact of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Sarnen
Lake Sarnen (German: ''Sarnersee'') is a lake in the Swiss canton of Obwalden. The lake is on the Sarner Aa, which flows out of the Lake Lungern, through the Lake Sarnen, and into Lake Lucerne. The municipalities of Sarnen and Sachseln are located on the shores of the lake, and the Brünig railway line follows the eastern shore. The lake's area is about and its maximum depth is 51 m. It is about long and, at its widest, wide. The lake is the subject of a watercolour painting by J. M. W. Turner, ''The Sarner See, Evening'', c. 1842. See also * List of lakes of Switzerland References External links *Waterlevels of Lake Sarnenat Sarnen Sarnen Sarnen Sarnen is a small List of towns in Switzerland, historic town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the capital of the canton of Obwalden situated on the northern shores of Lake Sarnen () in Switzerland. It has a population of just ov ... LSarnen {{Obwalden-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brünig Railway Line
The Brünig steam railway line () is a Switzerland, Swiss narrow gauge railway line that links Lucerne, in central Switzerland, with Interlaken, in the Bernese Oberland. The line runs via Alpnachstad, Giswil, Meiringen and Brienz, and passes over the Brünig Pass, using sections of rack railway to overcome the gradients, but with most of the line operated by normal adhesion methods. The line is long. It opened in stages between 1888 and 1916, and was, between 1903 and 2004, the only narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge line of the Swiss Federal Railways. Today the line forms part, along with the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg railway line, Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line, of the Zentralbahn company. The line is served by InterRegio trains that operate the full length of the line, with regular (non-rack) Regio (Swiss railway train), Regio trains between Interlaken and Meiringen, and Lucerne S-Bahn trains between Lucerne and Giswil. The section between Hergiswil and Lucerne is shared with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giswil
Giswil is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. History Giswil is first mentioned in the 11th century, as ''Kisevilare''. Geography The municipality is located on the southern end of Lake Sarnen. It consists of the village sections of Grossteil, Kleinteil, Rudenz and Diechtersmatt, as well as scattered farm houses and hamlet (place), hamlets. To the south-west, the municipality rises up to the summits of the Giswilerstock, Brienzer Rothorn, Arnihaaggen and Höch Gumme. The Glaubenbielen Pass crosses to Sörenberg in the Entlebuch region of the canton of Lucerne. Giswil has an area, , of . Of this area, 35.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 53.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers , or mountains). Demographics Giswil has a population (as of ) of . , 8.9% of the population was made up of forei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucerne S-Bahn
The Lucerne S-Bahn () is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail network focusing on Lucerne in Central Switzerland. Opened on 12 December 2004, the network forms part of the Central Switzerland S-Bahn project (), which also includes the Zug Stadtbahn (). The system connects to services of Aargau S-Bahn, Bern S-Bahn and Zurich S-Bahn. At larger stations, notably , and , its lines also connect to long-distance trains ( RE, IR, IC, EC). It also connects to mountain railways, such as the Pilatus Railway or the Arth-Rigi railway. Lakeside stations are often close to landing sites served by the Lake Lucerne Navigation Company. Current map Lines , the network consisted of the following lines: See also * Trolleybuses in Lucerne *Rail transport in Switzerland References External links BLS– official site {{coord missing, Switzerland S-Bahn in Switzerland S-Bahn The S-Bahn ( , ), , is a hybrid urban rail, urban–suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerns, Switzerland
Kerns is a municipalities of Switzerland, village in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. History Kerns is first mentioned in 1036 as ''Chernz'' though this mention is from a 14th Century copy of the original document. After 1101 it was normally mentioned as ''Chernes''. Geography Kerns has an area, , of . Of this area, 46.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (21.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on a terrace on the south-west slope of the Stanserhorn and Arvigrat mountains in the ''Sarneraatal'' and ''Melchtal'' valleys. It is the largest municipality in the canton. It consists of the village of Kerns with the sections of Dorf, Siebeneich, Wisserlen, Halten and Dietried, the hamlet (place), hamlets of Sankt Niklausen and Melchtal as well as the resort of Melchsee-Frutt. Demographics Kerns has a population (as of ) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S5 (Lucerne S-Bahn)
The Lucerne S-Bahn () is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail network focusing on Lucerne in Central Switzerland. Opened on 12 December 2004, the network forms part of the Central Switzerland S-Bahn project (), which also includes the Zug Stadtbahn (). The system connects to services of Aargau S-Bahn, Bern S-Bahn and Zurich S-Bahn. At larger stations, notably , and , its lines also connect to long-distance trains (RegioExpress, RE, InterRegio, IR, InterCity (Switzerland), IC, EuroCity, EC). It also connects to mountain railways, such as the Pilatus Railway or the Arth-Rigi railway. Lakeside stations are often close to landing sites served by the Lake Lucerne Navigation Company. Current map Lines , the network consisted of the following lines: See also *Trolleybuses in Lucerne *Rail transport in Switzerland References External links BLS – official site {{coord missing, Switzerland S-Bahn in Switzerland Transport in Lucerne, S-Bahn 2004 establishments in Switzerlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lungern
Lungern is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It encompasses Lake Lungern and, besides the village of Lungern, the settlements of Bürglen, Kaiserstuhl and Obsee. Geography The village of Lungern lies above sea level in the highest part of the canton of Obwalden, on the eastern shore of the Lake of Lungern and at the foot of the Brünig Pass. It is the highest village of the Sarneraa-Valley, in a basin open only to the north and surrounded on all other sides by steep and woody inclinations and rocks. To the south-west the municipality extends to the Brünig Pass. On its north-western side, the municipal boundary is set by the Wilerhorn (Emmental Alps), Wilerhorn and Höch Gumme mountains, and includes the whole of the Lake of Lungern. To the east, the boundary reaches as far as the Hochstollen and Chingstuel mountains, and includes the Güpfi mountain and part of the Kleine Melchtal valley. Besides th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarnen
Sarnen is a small List of towns in Switzerland, historic town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the capital of the canton of Obwalden situated on the northern shores of Lake Sarnen () in Switzerland. It has a population of just over 10,000 and is surrounded by countryside and mountains. Sarnen is located 20 km south of Lucerne. The official language of Sarnen is (the Swiss variety of Standard) Swiss Standard German, German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic German, Alemannic Swiss German (linguistics), Swiss German dialect. History Stone Age and Bronze Age finds show that the Sarnen valley was inhabited from the earliest times. Over the years Sarnen developed into an important trading center. Geography Sarnen is situated at an altitude of on the northern shore of Lake Sarnen () along the outflow of the Sarner Aa. Lake Sarnen covers approximately an area of . The town is surrounded by mountain chains and a protected bog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
