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Municipality in Switzerland
Schwyz
Municipality
Coat of arms of SchwyzCoat of arms
Location of Schwyz
CountrySwitzerland
CantonSchwyz
DistrictSchwyz
Government
 • MayorBeat Bürgler
Area
 • Total53.28 km (20.57 sq mi)
Elevation516 m (1,693 ft)
Population
 • Total15,181
 • Density280/km (740/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)6430
SFOS number1372
ISO 3166 codeCH-SZ
Surrounded byAlpthal, Illgau, Ingenbohl, Lauerz, Morschach, Muotathal, Oberiberg, Rothenthurm, Sattel, Steinen
Websitewww.schwyz.ch
SFSO statistics

The town of Schwyz (Template:Lang-fr, Template:Lang-it) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

As of 2006 its population is 14'171. With the territory of 53.17 km², the population density is 269/km².

The Bundesbrief can be seen at the Bundesbriefmuseum.

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 perhaps related to Old High German suedan "to burn", referring to the area of forest that was burned and cleared to build. 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. ^ "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/fr/px-x-0102020000_201/-/px-x-0102020000_201.px. Retrieved 2 June 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Room, Adrian. Placenames of the World. London: MacFarland and Co., Inc., 1997.

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