Sarnen
see also: Etymology of Sarnen
Sarnen is a commune Suisse, capital of the canton of Obwald.
Geography
The city is located on Aa de Sarnen, at the septentrional end of the lake of Sarnen.
History
Depending at the beginning on XIe century on the abbeys on Lenzbourg and Beromünster, the locality passed under the control of the family of Lautenberg, which, at the beginning of XIIIe century made raise a castle on the hill which bears this name.
Economy
- MediaCard, prepaid telephone charts
- Sarna, synthetic matters for the car
Transport
- Railway line CF Lucerne - Interlaken
- Highway A8, left 35 and 36
Personalities
- the USSR Eiselin, snowboarder
- Xaver Imfeld, topographer
- Hanspeter Müller, actor
- Hans Vollenweider, the last condemned to death carried out in Switzerland
Monuments and curiosities
- the Castle of Landenberg
- Town hall
- House of wood Am Grund
- House of Arquebusiers
- regional Museum (Heimatmuseum)
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