Well SZ

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SZ is the abbreviation for the canton Schwyz in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Brunnen .
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Coat of arms from Brunnen
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of SchwyzCanton of Schwyz Schwyz (SZ)
District : Schwyzw
Municipality : Ingenbohli2 w1
Postal code : 6440
UN / LOCODE : CH BRU
Coordinates : 688 693  /  205602 coordinates: 46 ° 59 '44 "  N , 8 ° 36' 17"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty-eight thousand six hundred and ninety-three  /  205602
Height : 435  m above sea level M.
Website: www.brunnen.ch
Well with paddle steamer Uri

Well with paddle steamer Uri
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Brunnen SZ (Switzerland)
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Brunnen SZ and Fronalpstock (right) and Mythen (left)

Brunnen is a village in the political municipality of Ingenbohl and is located on Lake Lucerne in the Schwyz district of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland .

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The historical building ensemble "Schilte-Nüni" reconstructed after a fire in January 2004

The place name Brunnen is derived from the Middle High German  bronn, bronnen , which means 'source' or 'sources'. In the plain ob Brunnen, leewater rises from springs with an impressive amount of water. This is the origin of the place name Brunnen as the name of the municipality.

Pronunciation of fountain

history

Between the confluence of the Leewater in Lake Lucerne and the slope of the Ingenbohl Forest, the waterfront settlement of Brunnen was built in the High Middle Ages. Fishermen and boatmen lived in the small village, which with the increasing importance of the Gotthard route became the port of the state of Schwyz and the loading point for the important cattle trade with Ticino and Italy. In this context, the country people built a Letzi (protective wall) from Gütsch to the foot of the Urmiberg and wooden breakwaters on the bank in front of the village. In Brunnen, Uri , Schwyz and Unterwalden concluded the second Confederation of the Swiss Confederation, or Bund von Brunnen, on December 9, 1315, after the Battle of Morgarten , which was victorious against Habsburg . In memory of this, the Trinity Chapel, consecrated in 1635, was called the “Federal Chapel”. Her showpiece is the high altar painting by Justus van Egmont from the Netherlands .

Fountain, historical aerial photo from 1919, taken from a height of 800 meters by Walter Mittelholzer
Well the Great Myths seen ago

Ingenbohl and the village of Brunnen belonged to the large parish of Schwyz until 1618 . From 1658 to 1661, the parish church of St. Leonhard was built on the Ingenbohl instead of a chapel from the late 15th century. The political community that was established in 1848 was given the name "Ingenbohl" because of the old church organization and the peasant seeds that were still dominant in the community ban at that time. The hamlet of Unterschönenbuch with the St. Wendelin pilgrimage chapel and the district of Wylen with the Laurentius chapel and extensive new residential quarters also belong to the municipality of Ingenbohl.

coat of arms

Since the village part of Brunnen grew to Ingenbohl, it was decided in 1947 to produce a new coat of arms that stands for both villages or parts of the village. A split coat of arms was created. The white cross in red stands for Ingenbohl, a white ship in blue stands for fountain.

economy

Holcim

An important employer was the cement plant of the world's second largest cement company, Holcim , which operated a quarry in the district of Unterschönenbuch. In January 2008, Holcim announced the closure of the cement factory. The Unterschönenbuch site is to continue to be operated, but the quarry lost its largest customer. The fallow area, which was acquired by the Schwyzer Kantonalbank , will be built over in several stages over a period of 15 years with a residential, office, business and leisure district called Nova Brunnen . The building application for the first stage, which should be ready for occupancy in 2014, took place at the end of October 2011. In 2009 this became the property of the Schwyzer Kantonalbank, SZKB. The railway from the cement works to the Unterschönenbuch quarry, the so-called Mühlibähnli , has since been shut down, and the future of the facility is uncertain.

Radio stations

Until 2014, Brunnen had chosen the Radio Central group as its headquarters, which consists of the companies Radio Central and Radio Eviva .

tourism

After Lucerne, Brunnen is the second most important tourist destination on Lake Lucerne. Brunnen Tourismus is the local tourist office in the holiday resort of Brunnen. The Swiss Path ends in Brunnen .

Attractions

  • Village chapel named as the federal chapel
  • Reformed church and rectory
  • The 35 m long covered wooden bridge - Wyler Bridge
  • At the lake in front of the Wehrihaggen Fönenhafen , also the place for the Swiss Abroad
  • Village center known as "Schilten Nüni"
  • Victorinox Museum

Waters

In Brunnen, in addition to the Muota , smaller streams also flow into Lake Lucerne, including the Leewasser.

photos

  • View of Brunnen and Lake Lucerne 2010 (panorama)

  • Fountain, Hotel Waldstätterhof

  • Bahnhofstrasse

  • Fountain around 1900

  • Fountain in the 19th century. In the background the myths (litho)

  • Railway station and goods shed, Ingenbohl Monastery and the Mythen (before 1892)

  • Jetty

  • The Federal Chapel

people

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Wells  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joint media release by the Syna, Unia and Holcim (Schweiz) AG unions ( Memento of the original dated December 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 15, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.holcim.ch
  2. ↑ Nova Brunnen: Building application for 1st stage received
  3. ^ Theophil F. Wiget: Dorfkapelle zu Brunnen ( Swiss Art Guide. No. 193). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1976, ISBN 978-3-85782-193-6 .
  4. ↑ Reformed Church and Rectory ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on brunnentourismus.ch @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brunnentourismus.ch