Handegg
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This article is about the Swiss village. For a definition of the word "handegg", see the Wiktionary entry handegg.
| Handegg | |
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| Coordinates: 46°37′N 8°18′E / 46.617°N 8.3°E | |
| Country |  Switzerland |
| Canton | Berne |
| District | Interlaken-Oberhasli |
| Municipality | Guttannen |
| Elevation | 1,423 m (4,669 ft) |
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.
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[edit] Geography
Handegg is located approximately 46 miles (75km) east of Bern and 39 miles (63km) north west of Locarno.
[edit] 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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