Sachseln railway station

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.

The Grosse Melchaa (also Melchaa) is a 18.5 km long affluent of the Lake Sarnen in the Canton Obwalden, Switzerland.

The Sachseln Tunnel is a tunnel in the Swiss canton of Obwalden. It runs to the south-east of the Lake of Sarnen (Sarner See) between Giswil and Sarnen, bypassing the old road along the lake side, and forms part of the A8 motorway. The tunnel was completed in 1997 and is 5,231 metres (17,162 ft) long.The speed limit through the tunnel is 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph).As the tunnel does not meet modern safety standards, work is being undertaken to uprate it, with the construction of a parallel safety tunnel with cross connections at least every 300 metres (980 ft), and the renewal of ventilation and other safety equipment. The work is expected to be completed by 2019.

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.

The Hexenturm is a stone tower in the municipality of Sarnen in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The name ("witch tower") refers to its use as a prison for suspected witches in the 17th century. Today it houses the Cantonal Archives of Obwalden.

Sarnen 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 Sarnen in the canton of Obwalden.

Sarnen is a small historic town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Obwalden situated on the northern shores of Lake Sarnen (German: Sarnersee) 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) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.

Landenberg Castle is a ruined castle atop a hill in the municipality of Sarnen in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. In the 18th century an armory and firing range were built on the site. The Landenberg Armory is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The ruins of the castle was the meeting place of the Landsgemeinde or Cantonal assembly for over three centuries.

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 7.5 km2 (2.9 sq mi) and its maximum depth is 51 m. It is about 5.7 km (3.5 mi) long and, at its widest, 1.6 km (0.99 mi) wide.The lake is the subject of a watercolour painting by J. M. W. Turner, The Sarner See, Evening, c. 1842.

Sarnen Nord railway station (German: Bahnhof Sarnen Nord) is a railway station in the municipality of Sarnen, in the Swiss canton of Obwalden. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Brünig line of the Zentralbahn. The station opened with the timetable change on 11 December 2016, following the completion of a double-tracking project between Sarnen and Kägiswil.

The Hotel Paxmontana is a Grade II listed Art Nouveau hotel in Flüeli-Ranft, Sachseln, Obwalden, in central Switzerland. A four-story mansion in the grand old Victorian resort style, it was built in 1896 as Kurhaus Nünalphorn by the tourism pioneer Franz Hess-Michel. In the 1950s, it was renamed the Paxmontana. It was extensively restored between 1999 and 2011. Its restaurant has a distinct 47 metres (154 ft) long veranda at the front. The hotel is listed as a cultural property of national significance.

Kerns is a village in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland.