Schwyz
Schwyz is a town of 15,000 people in Central Switzerland, and capital of the Kanton of the same name. It is home to the Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation.
- Town with about 16,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 520 metres (1,690 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code ZKK
- …is also known as “Schwyz SZ”
- Description: capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland
- Postal code: 6430
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation and Forum of Swiss History Schwyz (collection).
Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation
The Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation is a history museum in Schwyz.
Schwyz railway station
Schwyz railway station is a railway station in the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ibach and Ingenbohl.
Ibach
Ibach is a village in the municipality of Schwyz, itself in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
Ingenbohl
Village
Ingenbohl is a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Ingenbohl is situated 3½ km southwest of Schwyz.
Seewen
Seewen is a village in the municipality of Schwyz, itself in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
Schwyz
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Latitude
47.0212° or 47° 1′ 16″ north
Longitude
8.6536° or 8° 39′ 13″ east
UN/LOCODE
CH SCZ
Open location code
8FVC2MC3+FC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Schwyz” goes by many names.
SchwyzAlbanian
ሽዊይዝAmharic
شويزArabic
SchwyzAragonese
ՇվիցArmenian
Շվից (քաղաք)Armenian
ŞvitsAzerbaijani
SchwyzBasque
ШвіцBelarusian
শ্বাইজBengali
SchwyzBreton
ШвицBulgarian
SchwyzCatalan
SchwyzCebuano
ШвицChechen
施維芝Chinese
施維茨Chinese
施维茨Chinese
ШвицChuvash
SchwyzCroatian
SchwyzCzech
SchwyzDanish
SchwyzDutch
SchwyzEsperanto
ŜvicoEsperanto
SchwyzFinnish
ΣβυτςGreek
SchwyzHausa
שווייץ (עיר)Hebrew
श्वाइज़Hindi
श्वीत्सHindi
SchwyzHungarian
SchwyzIndonesian
SchwyzIrish
SchwyzItalian
SvittoItalian
シュヴィーツJapanese
SchwyzJavanese
ШвицKazakh
ШвицKirghiz
슈비츠Korean
SchwyzKurdish
SuitiusLatin
ShvitsLingala
ŠvicasLithuanian
SchwyzLombard
SvitLombard
SchwyzLuxembourgish
SchwyzMalay
SchwyzMin Nan Chinese
SchwyzNorthern Frisian
SchwyzNorwegian
SchwyzNorwegian Bokmål
SchwyzNorwegian Nynorsk
SchwyzOccitan (post 1500)
SchwyzOromo
ШвицOssetian
Швиц (сахар)Ossetian
ਸ਼ਵੀਜ਼Panjabi
اشووتسPersian
شوئیزPersian
SchwyzPiemontese
SvittoPiemontese
SchwyzPolish
شویزPushto
SchwyzRomanian
SvizRomansh
ШвицRussian
SchwyzScots
SchwyzScottish Gaelic
SchwyzSerbian
ШвицSerbian
SchwyzSerbo-Croatian
SchwytzSicilian
SvittuSicilian
SchwyzSlovak
SchwyzSlovenian
SchwyzSomali
اشووتسSouth Azerbaijani
SchwyzSwahili
SchwyzSwedish
SchwyzSwiss German
ШвицTajik
ШвицTatar
SchwyzTurkish
ШвіцUkrainian
SchwyzUpper Sorbian
شویتسUrdu
SchwyzUzbek
ShvisUzbek
ShvitsUzbek
SvitoVenetian
SchwyzVolapük
SchwyzWaray (Philippines)
SchwyzWelsh
شوائز شہرWestern Panjabi
شویسWestern Panjabi
施维茨Wu Chinese
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