Organ (Chororgel) by Nikolaus Schönenbüel, 1646, 1 manual — from the main organ (1690) only front extant.

Birthplace of Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, *1786.

P.J. Leonti Meyer von Schauensee lived in this castle from 1750.

Manufacturer of alphorns (long wooden mountain horns). see http://www.alphorn.com

Mendelssohn visited the monastery in 1831, playing the two 18th c. organs (of which only the cases survive).

House of Serge Rakhmaninov 1932–39, Paganini variations, Symphony no. 3 — still family property.

Rachmaninov monument

House of Hans Huber; Richard Strauss stayed with him in 1903, composed a canon a 4 Hans Huber in Vitznau sei schönstens bedankt.

Gravestone of Hans Huber (reburied).

Birthplace of Alberich Zwyssig, *1808 — composer of the Swiss national anthem Schweizerpsalm.

grave Alberich Zwyssig

Birthplace of Othmar Schoeck, *1886–1900 and 1908.

Schoeck monument Die Ergriffene by Josef Bisa, 1959.

Wagner stayed in former hotel Goldener Adler in the 1860s, intending to erect a Festspielhaus here — now residences.

Alberich Zwyssig composed here the Swiss national anthem Schweizerpsalm (1841).

Organ by Viktor Ferd. Bossard, 1765 — portative organ (1755).

Centre of church music — Eastern and Passion plays from the 11th c. — rich music library (MSs J.Chr. Bach, Mozart a.o.) — 2 organs, concerts.

Tree and plaque 'Robert-Stolz-Linde' (1980).

Richard Strauss lived here, Oct. 1945–May 1949, avoiding the current denazification process.

Commemorative tablet of Alberich Zwyssig, composer of the Swiss national anthem.