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Encyclopedia Britannica



SARNEN

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 220 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAR-SCY
SARNEN , the
capital
  of the western half (or Obwalden) of the Swiss
canton
  of Unterwalden. It stands 1558 ft. above sea-level, at the north end of the lake of Sarnen (3 sq. m. in extent) and on the river Aa. Pop. (1900) 3949 It has a large parish
church
  and two convents. In the archives is preserved the famous MS. known from the colour of its binding as the
White
 
Book
  of Sarnen, which contains one of the earliest known versions of the Tell legend (see TELL). Sarnen is a station on the Briinig Railway, being 42 M. from Alpnachstad, its port on the lake of Lucerne. (W. A. B. C.)


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