Lachen

Lachen is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lachen railway station and Lachner Aahorn Turm.

Lachen railway station

Railway station

Lachen railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lachen in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, near Obersee. The station is located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line, on the border of fare zones 997 and 998 of the Ostwind Fare Network.

Lachner Aahorn Turm

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Allesmüller, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lachner Aahorn Turm is a scenic viewpoint.

Alt Rapperswil Castle

Castle

Altendorf Castle was a medieval hill castle in the municipality of Altendorf in the canton of Schwyz. On the foundation of the round castle chapel stands the choir of the chapel of St. Johann.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rapperswil and Pfäffikon.

Rapperswil

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Rapperswil is a city that borders Northeastern Switzerland & Central Switzerland and lays direct at the end of Lake Zurich and Obersee. Rapperswil merged lately with the city of Jona and is a picturesque town and popular destination for hikers, bikers and families at the weekend in the vicinity of Zurich.

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.

Rapperswil

Town

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rapperswil is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the constituency of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located between Obersee and the main part of Lake Zurich. Rapperswil is situated 5 km northwest of Lachen.

Lachen

Type: Locality with 8,880 residents
Also known as: “CH1344”
Location: March District, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.1933° or 47° 11′ 36″ north

Longitude

8.8579° or 8° 51′ 28″ east

Population

8,880

Elevation

412 metres (1,352 feet)

Open location code

8FVC5VV5+84

GeoNames ID

7286243

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