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Sarnen, capital of Obwalden Halbkanton (demicanton), central Switzerland, at the efflux of the Sarner River from the northern end of Lake Sarnen, southwest of Lucerne. In its town hall (1729–31), the Weisses Buch (“White Book”) contains the oldest chronicle extant (c. 1470) of the history of Swiss liberation; the book is also the principal source of the legend of William Tell, the Swiss patriot who was sentenced to shoot, with a crossbow, an apple from his son’s head. Notable buildings include the parish church (1739–42), the Schützenhaus (1752), Benedictine and Capuchin monasteries, and a college. Sarnen is a tourist centre ...(100 of 130 words)

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