Schwyz

Information about Schwyz

Coordinates:
Schwyz
Canton Schwyz
DistrictSchwyz
Coordinates
Population14,302   (December 2005)
Area km ( sq mi)
Elevation m ( ft)
Postal code6430
SFOS number1372
MayorBeat Bürgler
Surrounded by
(view map)		Alpthal, Illgau, Ingenbohl, Lauerz, Morschach, Muotathal, Oberiberg, Rothenthurm, Sattel, Steinen
Twin towns
Websitewww.schwyz.ch
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The town of Schwyz (helpinfo) (French: Schwyz, Italian: Svitto) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

As of 2005 its population is 14,302. With the territory of 53.17 km², the population density is 269/km².

The Bundesbrief can be seen at the Bundesbriefmuseum.

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Schwyz with Brunnen on Lake Lucerne, Mount Rigi and Lake Lauerz, seen from Grosser Mythen

History of the toponym

The name Schwyz is first attested in 972 as the village Suittes and is parhaps related to Old High German suedan "to burn", referring to the area of forest that was burned and cleared to build[1]. The name was extended to the area dominated by Schwyz (the Canton of Schwyz), and later to the entire Old Swiss Confederacy: while other cantons tended to resent this in the 15th century, the term Schwyzer was widely adopted as self-designation after 1499, out of spite, as it had been employed as a term of abuse by the Swabian side during the Swabian War, and Eidgenossenschaft and Schwytzerland could be used interchangeably in the 16th century.


References

1. ^ Room, Adrian. Placenames of the World. London: MacFarland and Co., Inc., 1997.

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Municipalities in the district of Schwyz, Switzerland
Alpthal | Arth | Illgau | Ingenbohl | Lauerz | Morschach | Muotathal | Oberiberg | Riemenstalden | Rothenthurm | Sattel | Schwyz | Steinen | Steinerberg | Unteriberg

Canton of Schwyz | Districts of Canton Schwyz | Municipalities of the canton of Schwyz



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Alpthal is a municipality in the district of Schwyz in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

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Ingenbohl is a municipality in the district of Schwyz in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

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