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'''Handegg''' ('' |
'''Handegg''' (''Hand-dick'') is a village in the municipality of [[Guttannen]], [[Switzerland]]<ref>http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/n15703/hotel-typicilly-swiss-hotels/familienhotel-handeck.html</ref>, near the lake [[Gelmersee]]. The lake may be reached by [[Gelmerbahn]] from Handegg. |
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Revision as of 06:03, 10 June 2011
Handegg | |
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Village | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Berne |
District | Interlaken-Oberhasli |
Municipality | Guttannen |
Elevation | 1,423 m (4,669 ft) |
Handegg (Hand-dick) is a village in the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland[2], near the lake Gelmersee. The lake may be reached by Gelmerbahn from Handegg.
Geography
Handegg is located approximately 46 miles (75km) east of Bern and 39 miles (63km) north west of Locarno.
Culure
Part of the permanent collection at The Cleveland Museum of Art is an oil painting entitled Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland by French painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme which depicts the beauty of this locale still today, as it was during his world travels in the 1850s.[3]