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Lake Lucerne (German: Vierwaldstättersee, literally 'Lake of the four forested settlements' (in English usually translated as forest cantons), French: lac des Quatre-Cantons, Italian: lago dei Quattro Cantoni) is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country.
Rütli (German pronunciation:) or Grütli (French:; Italian:) is a mountain meadow on Lake Lucerne, in the Seelisberg municipality of the Swiss canton of Uri. It is the site of the Rütlischwur in traditional Swiss historiography , the oath marking the foundation of the original Swiss Confederacy .
The largest wholly Swiss lake is Lake Neuchâtel. The remaining lakes over 100 km 2 (39 sq mi) are Lake Maggiore and Lake Lucerne . In total 103 lakes exist that are more than 30 ha (74 acres) in surface area, and a considerable number of smaller lakes.
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Bürgenstock stretches over 10 km (6.2 mi) and is surrounded to the north, east and southeast by Lake Lucerne. The northern slope drops steeply into the lake, 685 m (2,247 ft) below the peak. At the bottom of its southern slope is the municipality of Ennetbürgen; The municipality Stansstad is situated at the bottom of its western end.
5. Saxon Switzerland National Park. The Saxon Switzerland National Park lies near Dresden in Saxony and is Germany’s only rock national park. The landscape of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, has ...