Hammetschwand Elevator
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The Hammetschwand Elevator, near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, is the highest and fastest outdoor elevator in Europe. It connects a lower station built inside Bürgenstock, a mountain beside Lake Lucerne,
Hammetschwand's upper station
The elevator at night
Franz Josef Bucher
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Franz Josef Bucher was a Swiss business magnate, politician and patron who built his wealth in hotels and railroads. Bucher established the Bürgenstock hotel complex and was the owner and patron of Eu
Hammetschwand Elevator
…Lucerne, with an upper station at Hammetschwand, the peak of the mountain, traveling a distance of 153 m (502 ft). Built by hotel and railway businessmen Franz Josef Bucher and Josef Durrer, who also constructed the nearby Bürgenstock Resort, it was the first of its type in Switzerland when first opened in 1905. The original…
Franz Joseph Bucher Durrer