Handegg
Handegg (Handeck) is a village in the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland,[1] near the lake Gelmersee. The lake may be reached by Gelmerbahn from Handegg.
Handegg | |
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Village | |
| Handegg | |
 Grimsel Pass road to Handegg | |
| Coordinates: 46°37′N 8°18′E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Interlaken-Oberhasli |
| Municipality | Guttannen |
| Elevation | 1,423 m (4,669 ft) |
Geography
Handegg is located approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi) east of Bern and 63 km (39 mi) northwest of Locarno.
Culture
Part of the permanent collection at The Cleveland Museum of Art is an oil painting entitled Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland by French painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme which depicts the beauty of this locale still today, as it was during his world travels in the 1850s.[2]
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