Sarnen
View from Sarnersee on the south-western parts of the village: Gold Matte district, parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul and about Ramersberg
Sarnen is a municipality and the capital of the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland.
Geography
The community is located at the northern end of the Sarnersee at 470 meters above sea level. M. The lowest point is the Wichelsee to 459 m above sea level. Level, the highest point is 2,040 m above sea Fürstein with. M. The municipality includes the villages and hamlets Sarnen Bitzighofen, Kaegiswil, Kirchhofen, Ramersberg, Stalden and Wilen / Oberwilen. The Sarnersee and Wichelsee lie partially on the territory of the municipality Sarnen.
History
The name " Sarnen " is pre-Celtic in origin and contains the Indo-European root of water or sar flow with the meaning. Thus Sarnen likely to have been BC, inhabited since the early Bronze Age, ie in the first centuries after 2000. The first written mention Sarnens comes from a deed of gift of nobles echo on to the monastery of St. Leger in Lucerne. There, the local name appears as Sarnono, the donation took place at an unspecified time 825-909. In a document of Count Ulrich of the rich (Ulrich I.) of Lenzburg in the year 1036 the town by the name Sarnuna, in the old Sarner year book appears as Sarnon.
During the Helvetic Republic, 1798-1803 Sarnen was the capital of the district of the canton Sarnen Waldstätte. In mediation, then in 1803 the sovereignty of the half- canton of Obwalden has been restored and is Sarnen since then capital of Obwalden.
National transmitter Sarnen
Near Sarnen was until the mid-90s the national transmitter Sarnen, a transmitter for broadcasting within the medium-wave band with a steep beam antenna. She served on the nightly broadcast of the radio program the transmitter Beromunster. This plant is now considered medium-wave transmitter out of service, but still existent and possibly functional.
Disasters
On August 14, 1468 destroyed between one and two clock in the afternoon a devastating fire at least twenty-two houses, including the Town Hall, built in 1418. Brother Klaus is allegedly deleted from Flüeli with a sign of the cross fire. On the night of 5th April 6, 1919 was a disastrous fire in the village square of Sarnen. Here, the guild and inn burned " to key " and the house " Joller » from.
On August 9, 1831 was a big flood through the Great Melchaa. Since this was not the only one that was Melchaa 1878-1880 laid and since then no longer flows through Sarnen, but in the Sarnersee. As a result, had to be placed deeper and 1881-1882 the outflow of the Sarnersee in the Sarner Aa. In the Alps the 2005 flood of the Sarnersee met again on the shore and taught in Sarnen great damage to.
After earthquake in the 14th century occurred in 1774-1777 in the area of Sarnen several earthquakes with an intensity of at least Io = VII. In the earthquake of 17 February and from March 14, 1964 several buildings were damaged in Sarnen, so they had to be supported. The Sarner parish church of St. Peter and Paul was pulled by the earthquake of magnitude 5.7 hit.
Economy
In Sarnen there are 853 companies which employ a total of 7'138 employees, 5.6 % of the agricultural sector, 27.7 % in industry and 66.7 % in services (2008 ). Kantonsspital Obwalden 440 employees.
Attractions
The main attractions are the Landsberg ( former seat of the governors, from the 17th to the 20th century venue of the Canton Obwalden and community), the village square, the Grundacher House and the Historical Museum of Obwalden in the former barracks Sarnen.
Also worth seeing is the witch's tower on the left bank of the Sarneraa. He is one of the few remaining castle towers from the time of Confederation and is a listed building of the Central Swiss Heritage Society. It was built before 1291 and came about in 1308 after violent taking possession of the country Obwalden. In the following years he served as a prison, interrogation chamber, treasure tower, Archives and Museum. Today in the tower the Obwaldner State Archives is housed, which also includes the White Book of Sarnen. In 2009, a new self-supporting steel staircase was built.
The parish church of St. Peter and Paul in the village of Kirchhofen is a closed, late-baroque building which radiates far with its location above the lake in the area. It is a heritage of national importance under monument protection. Also listed building is the College Church of St. Martin, which is reminiscent in its form language to the work of the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier. The convent of St. Andrew is with the resulting 1360 Sarner Child Jesus a place of pilgrimage dar. In addition, the collection and musical collection of the monastery is one of the cultural property of national significance.
Pictures
Witch Tower
Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Village Square
Sarnen the Sarnersee 1900
Culture and Education
Sarnen is known for its traditional music. In summer there is a small music festival that HUIS Festival. The Canton of Obwalden library with an important historical book collection is housed in the Grade II listed Grundacher house.
Sarnen is the seat of the cantonal school Obwalden, professional and continuing education center of Obwalden, from the advanced school medical school Sarnen ( kindergarten, primary school and secondary / Integrated orientation school), two private schools and the leisure center of Obwalden.
Population
Traffic
Sarnen is well served by a full connection to the motorway A8. The journey to Lucerne is around 20 minutes. The main road Lucerne -Interlaken runs right through the village.
The Sarnen station on the Brünigbahn (now Central Railway ) allows it since 1888, to reach the town by rail. There are also bus connections with postal routes. These lead to Alpnach Village, core, Wilen and on the Glaubenberg. On the Sarnersee wrong In summer the ship starfish, the anfährt around the Sarnersee of Sarnen from all places.
In the district Kaegiswil is the airfield Kaegiswil.
For historical traffic situation of Sarnen see the information in the Canton of Obwalden.
Personalities
Were born in Sarnen:
- Johann Ignaz Just Imfeld (1691-1765), Obwalden magistrate
- Xaver Imfeld (1853-1909), engineer - topographer
- Rosalie Kuechler -Ming (1882-1946), native writer
- Hugo Imfeld (1916-1993), sculptor, relief artist, printmaker and draftsman
- Jost Dillier (* 1921), politician ( CVP)
- Josef Pfammatter (1926-2007), Roman Catholic theologian
- Karl Imfeld (* 1931), Kernser pastor, dialect researcher, folklorist, writer and author of radio plays
- Ruedi Rymann (1933-2008) yodel, singer and composer
- Franz Bucher ( born 1940 ), artist
- Angelo Garovi (* 1944), German scholar, historian, musicologist and composer
- Geri Dillier (* 1949), radio drama director, radio editor, script editor and promoter of culture
- Hannes Britschgi (* 1955), journalist, television presenter, journalist and lawyer
- Hanspeter Müller- Drossaart (* 1955), actor
- Walter Britschgi ( born 1957 ), sports climbing and mountaineering
Others
The slug for the first time found by René home on the Glaubenberg at Sarnen Sarner slug ( Limax sarnensis ) was recognized in 2009 as a new species of snail and named after the locality.