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If you're already in the area, you should definitely come here. An idyllic spot not far from civilization. Wagenmoosweiher is an artificially created lake in the Meggerwald forest, within the municipality of Udligenswil in the canton of Lucerne. It's located in a forest clearing at an altitude of 597 meters above sea level. The lake is surrounded by reeds. On the western shore of Wagenmoosweiher, you'll find a lovely picnic area with a barbecue and a water fountain.

If you haven't had enough of hiking, you can do some exercise in between.

The pond lies in the heart of the Lower Forest nature reserve, surrounded by various fens. A fen in a nature reserve is a damp, often boggy area, usually found in river valleys, near lakes, or in depressions. It is a special habitat characterized by high biodiversity and sensitive ecological conditions. The vegetation often consists of reeds, sedges, rushes, rushes, and other wet meadow plants. It provides a habitat for many endangered animal and plant species.

Idyll in the middle of the forest

A must-see of course

Anyone interested in the history of the Swiss Confederation cannot help but pay a visit to the Winkelried Memorial (the place where he is said to have died heroically). The nearby and unfortunately busy "Battle Street" makes it difficult to imagine that the Swiss and Habsburgs once stood hostilely against each other here.

Battlefield, battle inn, battle memorial The battlefield is still the property of the state of Lucerne. On it is the battle chapel, the Winkelriedstein (1864) and an inn (1963). The Winkelriedstein is said to mark the place where Winkelried's voluntary heroic death supposedly made the victory of the Swiss Confederation possible. The inn is the successor building to the home of the so-called battle brother, who was responsible for looking after the battlefield, acting as sexton and entertaining guests. The Sempach battlefield is on the road that leads from Sempach to Hildisrieden. It is the place where a battle took place on July 9, 1386 between troops from Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden and a force of knights led by Duke Leopold during the long conflict between the young Swiss Confederation and the House of Habsburg. The battle ended in defeat for Habsburg and his army of knights, and the city of Lucerne used the victory to increase its territorial expansion efforts. Text / Source: Sempach City Administration, Stadtstrasse 8, 6204 Sempach https://www.sempach.ch/sehenswuerdigkeiten

Winkelried Memorial, Sempach (July 9, 1386) Arnold Winkelried, or Arnold von Winkelried, is the hero of the Battle of Sempach (July 9, 1386) in traditional Swiss national history. Through his voluntary sacrificial death, he is said to have made the victory of the Eight Old Places against the superior power of Habsburg Austria possible. In the 19th century, Winkelried became one of the central figures of national romanticism alongside William Tell, and in the culture of remembrance around Sempach, a "real hero worship" began, which in the 20th century was often classified as a "national myth". Text / Source: wikipedia.org https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Winkelried