Switzerland
Canton of Schwyz
Bezirk Einsiedeln

Einsiedeln

Einsiedeln is a municipality and district in the in known for its monastery, the Benedictine , established in the 10th century.
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  • Type: Town with 12,600 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Einsiedeln SZ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Einsiedeln railway station and Panorama Einsiedeln.

Railway station
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Einsiedeln is a railway station in the and municipality of Einsiedeln. The station is the southern terminus of the Wädenswil to Einsiedeln railway line, which is owned by the Südostbahn.

Museum
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is a museum.

Mountain saddle
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is a mountain pass in the in the canton of Schwyz in . It connects Einsiedeln and Altmatt and was a route of pilgrimage to the abbey at Einsiedeln.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biberbrugg and Trachslau.

Hamlet
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is a village in the canton of Schwyz in . It is shared by the municipality and district of Einsiedeln and the municipality of in the district of Höfe. is situated 3½ km northwest of Einsiedeln.

Village
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is a village inside the municipality of Einsiedeln, in the Swiss canton of Schwyz. The village is in the flow of the . First documented in 1331 as Trechsellum. is situated 3½ km southwest of Einsiedeln.

Village
Photo: Chris.urs-o, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Einsiedeln

Latitude
47.1286° or 47° 7′ 43″ north
Longitude
8.75° or 8° 45′ 0″ east
Population
12,600
Elevation
881 metres (2,890 feet)
Open location code
8FVC4QH2+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240070146
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7285715
Wiki­data ID
Q68950
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Einsiedeln” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Arabic: “اينسيديلن”
  • Armenian: “Այնզիդելն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aynzideln”
  • Basque: “Einsiedeln”
  • Belarusian: “Айнзідэльн”
  • Belarusian: “Айнзыдэльн”
  • Breton: “Einsiedeln”
  • Catalan: “Einsiedeln”
  • Cebuano: “Einsiedeln (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Einsiedeln (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Einsiedeln”
  • Chinese: “Einsiedeln”
  • Chinese: “艾因西德伦”
  • Chinese: “艾因西德倫”
  • Chinese: “艾恩西德尔恩”
  • Chuvash: “Айнзидельн”
  • Croatian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Czech: “Einsiedeln”
  • Danish: “Einsiedeln SZ”
  • Danish: “Einsiedeln”
  • Dutch: “Einsiedeln”
  • Esperanto: “Bennau”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Einsiedeln”
  • Esperanto: “Egg SZ”
  • Esperanto: “Egg”
  • Esperanto: “Einsiedeln”
  • Esperanto: “Euthal”
  • Esperanto: “Gross”
  • Esperanto: “Trachslau”
  • Esperanto: “Willerzell”
  • Finnish: “Einsiedeln”
  • French: “Einsiedeln”
  • German: “Einsiedeln SZ”
  • German: “Einsiedeln”
  • German: “Rabennest SZ”
  • Hebrew: “איינזידלן”
  • Hungarian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Irish: “Einsiedeln”
  • Italian: “Bennau”
  • Italian: “Egg am Etzel”
  • Italian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Japanese: “アインジーデルン”
  • Kazakh: “Айнзидельн”
  • Korean: “아인지델른”
  • Kurdish: “Einsiedeln”
  • Lombard: “Einsiedeln”
  • Macedonian: “Ајнзиделн”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Einsiedeln”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Einsiedeln”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Einsiedeln”
  • Norwegian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Einsiedeln”
  • Persian: “آینزیدلن، سوئیس”
  • Persian: “انسیودلن، سوئیس”
  • Piemontese: “Einsiedeln”
  • Polish: “Einsiedeln”
  • Portuguese: “Einsiedeln”
  • Romanian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Romansh: “Nossadunaun”
  • Russian: “Айнзидельн”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Einsiedeln”
  • Serbian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Serbian: “Ајнзиделн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ajnzildeln”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Sicilian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Slovenian: “Einsiedeln”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آین‌سیدن، سوئیس”
  • Spanish: “Einsiedeln”
  • Swahili: “Einsiedeln”
  • Swedish: “Einsiedeln”
  • Swiss German: “Einsidle”
  • Thai: “ไอน์ซีเดิลน์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Turkish: “Einsiedeln”
  • Ukrainian: “Айнзідельн”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Uzbek: “Aynzideln”
  • Uzbek: “Einsiedeln”
  • Uzbek: “Айнзиделн”
  • Venetian: “Einsiedeln”
  • Vietnamese: “Einsiedeln”
  • Volapük: “Einsiedeln”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Einsiedeln, Swiza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Einsiedeln”
  • Welsh: “Einsiedeln”

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