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The city of Lucerne sits right at the end of the lake. Shortly after leaving Lake Lucerne River Reuss, a natural barrier forces the river to turn right to the north-east and not much later again to the left / north. Wohlen and Bremgarten are two minor towns on the way down to Brugg, where it joins River Aare.

River Kleine Emme

River Kleine Emme originates in the Lucerne (eastern) part of the prealpine hills between the valleys of Rivers Aare and Reuss. Just to bewilder nowadays tourists, the inhabitants of the region refused to find two different names for their main rivers running to the west and to the east. So the only distinction (if at all used) is the adjective "Grosse" [grand] for the western Emme joining River Aare and "Kleine" [small] for the eastern Emme joining River Reuss.

The valley of River Kleine Emme is not called Emmen valley, however, as one might expect. Its name is Entlebuch, taken from a village in the valley.

River Kleine Emme is relatively short and joins River Reuss just below Lucerne at a city called Emmen. As the first railway line from Olten to Lucerne passed the (then smaller village) by in the west to find an optimal way through the hills, they called the train station, built right next to the bridge over River Emme Emmenbrücke [Emmen Bridge] and most people in Switzerland know the city by this name, though its official name is still just Emmen.