Lucerna is the capital of the corner with he himself name. The city is located in the North end of the Lake of the Four Corners where is the effusion of the Reuss river. Lucerna is the commercial and cultural center of central Switzerland.
The economy of Lucerna is based on the tourism and the commerce, also offers transport services, health and of consultancy. Something more than four uses and means fall on the sector services by each use to the industry or agriculture. Lucerna has a small university that will be extended in the next years. The theological faculty enjoys particular reputation.

History
The city of Lucerna was in the Average Age a dependency of the alsaciano monastery of Murbach, but with time it was recovering his old autonomy. Year 1178 was a decisive year in its relations with the monastery and is considered the year in which it obtained the right villazgo. After the opening of it happens of the Gotardo in the beginnings of century XIII grew the wealth of the city because one was in a crucial point in the transshipment route between Italy and northern Europe. The city joined the Swiss Confederation in 1332.