Religion in Switzerland
Christianity is the predominant religion of Switzerland (70.8% of total resident population). 21.4% of the total population are unaffiliated.
Latitude and longitude of Schwyz
Satellite map of Schwyz
The town of Schwyz (German pronunciation: [ʃviːt͡s]; Italian: Svitto) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
Population: 14,177
Latitude: 47° 01' 14.74" N
Longitude: 8° 39' 14.90" E
Articles of interest in Schwyz
57 Articles of interest near Schwyz, Switzerland
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Einsiedeln Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, the title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, for the first inhabitant…
Rütli
Rütli (German pronunciation: [ˈryːtli]) or Grütli (French: [ɡʁytli]; Italian: [ˈɡrutli]) is a mountain meadow on Lake Lucerne, in the Seelisberg municipality of the Swiss canton of Uri. Here the legendary oath of the Rütlischwur first occurred and i…
Central Switzerland
Central Switzerland is the region of the Alpine foothills geographically the heart and historically the origin of Switzerland, with the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Lucerne and Zug.
Rigi Railways
Rigi Railways (German: Rigi-Bahnen) is a group of railways on Mount Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland.
Pfäffikon, Schwyz
Pfäffikon is the principal town of the Municipality of Freienbach in the canton of Schwyz (SZ) in Switzerland. Together with Wollerau, Pfäffikon is considered the principal town of the district (Bezirk) of Höfe and the center of the region of Ausser…
Brunnen
Brunnen is a resort on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, part of the municipality Ingenbohl (Canton of Schwyz), at (46°59′44″N8°36′17″E).
Lake Zug
Lake Zug (German: Zugersee) is a lake in Central Switzerland, situated between Lake Lucerne and Lake Zurich. It stretches for 14 km between Arth and the Cham-Zug bay. The Lorze as the main feeder river empties its waters into the lake at its norther…
Goldau
Goldau is a city in the community of Arth, canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It lies between two mountains, the Rigi (known as Queen of the Mountains) and the Rossberg.
Ibach, Switzerland
Ibach is a town in the municipality of Schwyz, Schwyz District, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.
Au peninsula
The Au peninsula is located in the Swiss Lake Zürich at the municipality Au between Wädenswil and Horgen in the Canton of Zurich.
Hölloch
The Hölloch is a 200.4 kilometres (124.5 mi) long cave in the Muotathal municipality in Switzerland. It is also notable for having a depth of 938.6 metres (3,079 ft) and being the second longest cave in Europe. The initial exploration started in 187…
Ägerisee
Ägerisee (or Lake Aegeri) is a glacial lake in the Canton of Zug, Switzerland. The two municipalities along its shore are Oberägeri and Unterägeri. The main tributary is the Hüribach; the Lorze river drains the Ägerisee.
Tell Monument
The 'Tell Monument' (German: Telldenkmal) is a memorial to William Tell in the market place of Altdorf, Canton of Uri, Switzerland.
Sihlsee
The Sihlsee (in English sometimes called Lake Sihl) is an artificial lake near Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.
Grosser Mythen
The Grosser Mythen (also Grosse Mythe) is a mountain in the Schwyzer Voralpen, located near Schwyz in Central Switzerland.
Arth-Goldau railway station
Arth-Goldau railway station (German: Bahnhof SBB Arth-Goldau) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and municipality of Arth.
Stoos
Stoos is a village located in the municipality of Morschach. It lies at 1,300 metres in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, and has about 100 inhabitants (population was counted at 106 during a 2007 census). It is used as a small ski resort with a cable car…