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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: mountain in the Swiss canton of Schwyz
- Also known as: “Etzel (mountain)”
Places of Interest Nearby
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, which is situated 600 metres southeast of Etzel.
Egochs House
Farmhouse
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Egochs House is a farmhouse, which is situated 540 metres south of Etzel.
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, tourism, and peak
- Location: Einsiedeln, Bezirk Einsiedeln, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.17748° or 47° 10′ 39″ northLongitude
8.76761° or 8° 46′ 3″ eastElevation
1,098 metres (3,602 feet)Open location code
8FVC5QG9+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 534428909OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointWikidata ID
Q16656
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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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Meinradsbrunnen and Geburtsstätte von Paracelsus 1493.
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