🇨🇭 Sachseln

Major

Suiza

Sachseln is a estación in the canton of Obwalden in central Switzerland, located on the occidental shore of Lake Sarnen in the Sarner Aa valle. It is served by Zentralbahn trenes on the Luzern–Interlaken Express ruta and servicios regionales between Luzern and Meiringen or Interlaken Ost, offering scenic mountain views. The village of Sachseln is a Catholic pilgrimage site, home to the shrine of Saint Nicholas of Flüe, patron saint of Switzerland.

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País	🇨🇭 Suiza
Tipo	Major
Coordenadas	46,870951, 8,23829
Zona horaria	Europe/Zurich
Conexiones	775
Código UIC	8508313

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Preguntas frecuentes

Sachseln station is about a 5-minute walk from the village centre and the lakeside. Walk towards the church and Lake Sarnen. The village sits on the southern shore of Lake Sarnen in Obwalden canton.

Zentralbahn trains on the Lucerne-Meiringen line stop at Sachseln. The journey to Lucerne takes about 25 minutes. The station is between Sarnen and Giswil on the Brunig line.

Sachseln station has basic facilities. The village is small and walkable. The main attraction, the Bruder Klaus church and hermitage, is accessible from the village centre.

Sachseln is the burial place of Saint Nicholas of Flue (Bruder Klaus), Switzerland's patron saint. The baroque parish church houses his tomb and is a pilgrimage site. Lake Sarnen offers swimming and boating, and the Flue Ranft hermitage where the saint lived is a scenic walk away.

Nicholas of Flue (1417-1487), known as Bruder Klaus, is Switzerland's patron saint. A farmer and mystic who lived as a hermit in the Ranft gorge near Sachseln, he is credited with preventing civil war among the Swiss cantons in 1481. His hermitage and tomb remain important pilgrimage destinations.

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