Rigi
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The Rigi is a mountain massif of the Alps, located in Central Switzerland. The whole massif is almost entirely surrounded by the water of three different bodies of water: Lake Lucerne, Lake Zug and La
Rigi behind Lake Lauerz
Depiction of Rigi as the center of the Swiss Confederacy (Albrecht von Bonstetten, 1479)
Rigi-Kulm station with trains of Vitznau-Rigi and Arth-Rigi railway
Rigi-Kulm with the two rack railways around 1880. Oil sketch by Heinrich Müller
Rigi Kulm Hotel
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The Rigi Kulm Hotel is located immediately below the 1,798 metres summit of Mount Rigi in the Alps in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, about 10 miles south of Zurich and 8 mi east of Lucerne. Opened
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…the cantons of Schwyz and Lucerne, although the main summit, named Rigi Kulm, at 1,797 meters above sea level, lies within the canton of Schwyz. The Rigi Kulm Hotel, established in 1816, is located on the summit. The Rigi Kulm and other areas, such as the resort of Rigi Kaltbad, are served by Europe's oldest mountain…
The hotel in 2017, looking northwest
Looking north. From left to right: Lake Lucerne, Lake Zug and the Rigi Kulm Hotel
c. 1905
Mittelholzer Rigi vor 1920