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Nidwaldner Museum

Nidwaldner Museum

0.05km from Festung Fürigen

Nidwaldner Museum has a collection of objects and works of art that document the art and cultural history of the canton. The museum, like many regional museums, was created at the instigation of the local historical association. The basis of the museum is the collection, the maintenance of which is part of the house's task as a social educational mandate. At three locations, Winkelriedhaus and pavilion, salt store , Fürigen fortress , the Nidwalden Museum shows themed special exhibitions, solo

Bürgenstock

Bürgenstock

2.44km from Festung Fürigen

The Bürgenstock is a mountain in Switzerland located partway along the shore of Lake Lucerne. Bürgenstock is also a resort located at 874 m a.s.l. on the same mountain. The lookout point at the summit of the Bürgenstock, the Hammetschwand, offers an extensive view, for the mountain is almost entirely surrounded by Lake Lucerne.

Lopper

Lopper

2.8km from Festung Fürigen

The Lopper, a mountain in the Swiss canton of Nidwalden, is a southeastern branch of the Pilatus. The Lopper forms a narrow peninsula to the Vierwaldstätter and Alpnachersee. Its ridge reaches a height of 961 m in the Haslihorn. Its flanks are unstable and drop steeply on both sides up to 500 meters to the lakes. It was one of the beautiful destinations in this area and also a good trekking destination too.

Winkelrieddenkmal

Winkelrieddenkmal

3.29km from Festung Fürigen

The Winkelried Monument is a monument to Arnold Winkelried on the village square of Stans, Canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland. The location between the church and the town hall underlines the importance of the monument. A group of three figures in Carrara marble is depicted. The Winkelried Monument represents the attempt to capture a heroic gesture in a harmonious, classicist triangular shape. This represented a new form of the war memorial, which however remained without a successor.

Bürgenstock Funicular

Bürgenstock Funicular

3.35km from Festung Fürigen

The Bürgenstock Funicular is a funicular railway in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland. The line links the landing stage at Kehrsiten-Bürgenstock, served by the regular passenger boats of the Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees, with the Bürgenstock resort and its famous hotels. The funicular was opened in 1888 and was originally a water-ballast funicular with an Abt rack braking rail. The funicular is electric and automatic, but until the closure in 2011, it still used the origin

Alpnachersee

Alpnachersee

3.74km from Festung Fürigen

The Alpnachersee is not an independent lake, but a branch of the Vierwaldstättersee. It lies in the two cantons of Nidwalden and Obwalden and is around 4.8 km long and 1.4 km wide. The southern flank of the Pilatus massif borders the northern bank. In particular, the Lopper slides like a bolt between the Alpnachersee and the Horwerbucht of the Vierwaldstättersee. The south-east bank mostly rises steeply to the Mueterschwanderberg or to the Rotzberg with the Rotzberg castle ruins.

Hammetschwand Elevator

Hammetschwand Elevator

4.11km from Festung Fürigen

The 152.8 meter-high lift to the Bürgenstock looks like a heaven-bound rocket. And views from Hammetschwand over Lucerne and its lake are best described as heavenly!. Built by hotel and railway businessman Franz Josef Bucher it was the first of its type in Switzerland when first opened in 1905. The lift carries passengers 153 metres up to the summit of the Hammetschwand in under a minute.

Meggenhorn Castle

Meggenhorn Castle

5.77km from Festung Fürigen

The Meggenhorn castle and its gardens are positioned on a hillside on a peninsula south of Lucerne. It was inspired by Châteaux Chambord in the Loire Valley France and the grounds are open to the public since 1974. The castle overlooks a vineyard and is a popular place for picnicking with access to the lake for swimming. There is also a family playground with farm animals that children can see close up.

Bireggwald hiking

Bireggwald hiking

5.88km from Festung Fürigen

Hike to the Bireggwald which offers a rich array of beautiful views of the Lucern Lake and Mt. Pilatus.

Stanserhorn

Stanserhorn

6.01km from Festung Fürigen

The Stanserhorn is a mountain in Switzerland, located in the canton of Nidwalden near to the border with Obwalden, with the peak at 1,898 metres above sea level. It is a popular tourist destination, which can be reached from the adjacent town of Stans by a funicular railway and cable car, or via walking routes from Stans or Dallenwil.

Pilatus Railway

Pilatus Railway

6.24km from Festung Fürigen

The Pilatus Railway is a mountain railway in Switzerland and is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%. The line runs from Alpnachstad, on Lake Lucerne, to a terminus near the Esel summit of Pilatus at an elevation of 2,073 m, which makes it the highest railway in the canton of Obwalden and the second highest in Central Switzerland after the Furka line.

Richard Wagner Museum Lucerne

Richard Wagner Museum Lucerne

6.7km from Festung Fürigen

Richard Wagner is one of the most famous composers in the history of music. The Landhaus, in which Wagner created a number of his works, is now a museum containing photographs, paintings, and a valuable collection of scores and letters illustrating the life and work of the artist. The centerpiece of the collection is the Erard grand piano. The museum also puts on temporary exhibitions alongside the permanent Wagner collection on display. These focus on aspects of his work and times.

Pilatus Kulm

Pilatus Kulm

7.07km from Festung Fürigen

A massive mountain that overlooks theLucerene with several highest peaks and valleys. The mountain has fortified radar and weather stations on the Oberhaupt summit, not open to the public view, and used all year round. It is also one of the famous trekking destinations in this area and also one of the beautiful tourist destinations

Mount Pilatus

Mount Pilatus

7.12km from Festung Fürigen

Consists of several peaks, of which the tallest stands 2,128 meters above sea level. The top can be reached through railways and cable cars.

Buochserhorn

Buochserhorn

7.41km from Festung Fürigen

One of the b3autiful mountains in this area is blessed with natural beauty and there are so many things to see. It leads over alpine pastures, most notably Musenalp, where cheese is still made. Then it continues through a wild landscape of rock formations and over the ridge to Buochserhorn, a popular scenic mountain.

Klimsenhorn

Klimsenhorn

7.46km from Festung Fürigen

The Klimenshorn is a beautiful summit from the Pilatus. The view of Lake Lucerne is beautiful from up here. One of the most visited attractions in this area and It gives a nice view of the area.

Swiss Museum of Transport

Swiss Museum of Transport

7.76km from Festung Fürigen

The Swiss Museum of Transport takes a fascinating, interactive look at the development of transport and mobility on road, rail and water, not forgetting air and space travel. On display are more than 3,000 objects, simulators, multimedia shows and interactive exhibits occupying an area some 20,000 m2 in size.

Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre

Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre

7.93km from Festung Fürigen

The Lucerne Culture and Convention Centre is located right on the shore of the stunning Lake Lucerne. There are 19 different areas for congresses, meetings, conferences and cultural events available in the building designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. 500 national and international events in the fields of culture, business, science and education are held annually at KKL Luzern, and they delight around 500,000 visitors per year with their unique combination of culture, convention and cuisine

Sammlung Rosengart

Sammlung Rosengart

7.98km from Festung Fürigen

The Rosengart Collection Lucerne brings together over 300 Classic Modernist and Impressionist works of art. A circuit of the museum extends over three floors. Experience some inspiring moments surrounded by wonderful art . This exquisite collection moved into its new and utterly coherent home in what is a former branch of the Swiss National Bank in March 2002.

Jesuit Church, Lucerne

Jesuit Church, Lucerne

8.13km from Festung Fürigen

Lucerne's Jesuit Church is the first large baroque church built in Switzerland north of the alps. First and foremost is an expression of the Catholic Church's 17th century struggle to regain spiritual leadership in the counter-reformation At the same time it does show, that the Catholics then refused to accept any discussion on major points of criticism by the protestant churches.

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Festung Fürigen

Festung Fürigen

Kehrsitenstrasse 15, 6362 Stansstad, Switzerland

The Fürigen fortress was built as a rock and was part of the Swiss Reduit defense system in World War II. The building, built-in 1942, was abandoned by the army in 1987 and opened in 1991 as one of the first more modern fortress museums in Switzerland. In 1987 the fortress was abandoned by the army. Today it is one of four exhibition houses in the Nidwalden Museum. The rooms and facilities are largely from the time it was built.