Etzel
The Etzel is a mountain on the south side of Lake Zurich in Switzerland. Although its elevation, of 1,098 metres, is relatively modest, it is notable for its aspect when viewed from the lake and its surroundings.Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,097 metres
- Description: mountain in the Swiss canton of Schwyz
- Also known as: “Etzel (mountain)” and “Hohe Etzel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Etzel Pass and Meinrad chapel and St. Meinrad pilgrims‘ house.
Etzel Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Etzel Pass is a mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. It connects Pfäffikon and Einsiedeln. It lies on the route of pilgrimage to the abbey at Einsiedeln and on to Santiago de Compostela…
Meinrad chapel and St. Meinrad pilgrims‘ house
Church
Photo: Schofför, CC BY-SA 2.5 ch.
Meinrad chapel and St. Meinrad pilgrims‘ house is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Feusisberg and Pfäffikon.
Feusisberg
Village
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Feusisberg is a municipality in Höfe District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
Pfäffikon
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pfäffikon SZ is a small city in Central Switzerland in the greater Zürich metropolitan area, between the Lake of Zurich and the Obersee. Pfäffikon is home to about 7,000 people and is the third biggest city in the canton Schwyz.
Freienbach
Village
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Freienbach is a municipality in Höfe District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Freienbach is situated 3 km north of Etzel.
Etzel
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Einsiedeln, Bezirk Einsiedeln, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Etzel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيتزل”
- Bulgarian: “Етзел”
- Catalan: “Etzel”
- Cebuano: “Etzel”
- Chinese: “埃策尔山”
- Chinese: “埃策爾山”
- Dutch: “Etzel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ايتزل”
- French: “Etzel”
- German: “Etzel”
- Italian: “Etzel”
- Ladin: “Etzel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Etzel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Etzel-fjellet”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Etzel”
- Persian: “کوه اتزل”
- Spanish: “Etzel”
- Swiss German: “Etzel”
- Tosk Albanian: “Etzel”
- Venetian: “Etzel”
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Localities in the Area
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