Vitznau
Sign in to saveVitznau is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Vitznau
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Prise de vue de Vitznau 01 - Bürgenstock.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- Municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Vitznau COA.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Lucerne
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-LU
- Swiss town.district
- Lucerne
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6354
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 1068
- Swiss town.area
- 11.76
- Swiss town.elevation
- 438
- Swiss town.website
- www.vitznau.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Arth (SZ), Ennetbürgen (NW), Gersau (SZ), Weggis
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Vitznau is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
==History== thumb|left|Vitznau c. 1880, with rack railway (opened in 1871) and [[steamboat. Etching by Heinrich Müller]] Vitznau was first mentioned in 998. In the 19th century, it became a popular destination for tourism, especially from England; the imposing Park Hotel Vitznau west of the town dates from the 1900s.