Central Switzerland
Canton of Schwyz
Schwyz District

Schwyz

Schwyz is a town of 15,000 people in , and capital of the Kanton of the same name. It is home to the Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation.
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  • Type: Town with 14,800 residents
  • Description: capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Schwyz SZ”
  • Postal code: 6430

Places of Interest

Highlights include Schwyz railway station and Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of Schwyz, the capital of the in . Opened in 1882, it is owned and operated by the Swiss Federal Railways, and forms part of the Gotthard railway, which links northern Switzerland and with and Italy, via the Gotthard Tunnel.

Museum
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The is a history museum in Schwyz. It was built in 1936 as a national shrine for the Federal Charter of 1291, which was believed to be the founding document of the Swiss Confederation.

Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ibach and Ingenbohl.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of Schwyz, itself in the in . It lies some 1.5 km to the south of the town centre of Schwyz, at the point where the road from Schwyz to bridges the Muota river.

Village
is a municipality in in the in . is situated 3½ km southwest of Schwyz.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of Schwyz, itself in the in . It lies some 2 km to the west of the town centre of Schwyz, and near the shore of .

Schwyz

Latitude
47.0212° or 47° 1′ 16″ north
Longitude
8.6536° or 8° 39′ 13″ east
Population
14,800
Elevation
521 metres (1,709 feet)
IATA airport code
ZKK
United Nations Location Code
CH SCZ
Open location code
8FVC2MC3+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25844325
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2658665
Wiki­data ID
Q68155
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Schwyz” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Schwyz”
  • Arabic: “شويز”
  • Armenian: “Շվից (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Շվից”
  • Basque: “Schwyz”
  • Belarusian: “Швіц”
  • Breton: “Schwyz”
  • Bulgarian: “Швиц”
  • Catalan: “Schwyz”
  • Cebuano: “Schwyz”
  • Chechen: “Швиц”
  • Chinese: “Schwyz”
  • Chinese: “施維芝”
  • Chinese: “施維茨”
  • Chinese: “施维茨”
  • Chuvash: “Швиц”
  • Croatian: “Schwyz”
  • Czech: “Schwyz”
  • Danish: “Schwyz”
  • Dutch: “Schwyz”
  • Esperanto: “Schwyz”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝvico”
  • Finnish: “Schwyz”
  • French: “Schwytz”
  • German: “Schwyz”
  • Greek: “Σβυτς”
  • Hebrew: “שווייץ (עיר)”
  • Hungarian: “Schwyz”
  • Indonesian: “Schwyz”
  • Irish: “Schwyz”
  • Italian: “Schwyz”
  • Italian: “Svitto”
  • Japanese: “シュヴィーツ”
  • Kazakh: “Швиц”
  • Korean: “슈비츠”
  • Kurdish: “Schwyz”
  • Latin: “Suitius”
  • Lingala: “Shvits”
  • Lithuanian: “Švicas”
  • Lombard: “Schwyz”
  • Lombard: “Svit”
  • Luxembourgish: “Schwyz”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Schwyz”
  • Northern Frisian: “Schwyz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schwyz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schwyz”
  • Norwegian: “Schwyz”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Schwyz”
  • Ossetian: “Швиц (сахар)”
  • Ossetian: “Швиц”
  • Persian: “اشووتس”
  • Persian: “شوئیز”
  • Piemontese: “Schwyz”
  • Piemontese: “Svitto”
  • Polish: “Schwyz”
  • Portuguese: “Schwyz”
  • Portuguese: “Svitto”
  • Romansh: “Sviz”
  • Russian: “Швиц”
  • Scots: “Schwyz”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Schwyz”
  • Serbian: “Schwyz”
  • Serbian: “Швиц”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Schwyz”
  • Sicilian: “Schwytz”
  • Sicilian: “Svittu”
  • Slovak: “Schwyz”
  • Slovenian: “Schwyz”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اشووتس”
  • Spanish: “Schwyz”
  • Swahili: “Schwyz”
  • Swedish: “Schwyz”
  • Swiss German: “Schwyz”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Schwyz”
  • Turkish: “Schwyz”
  • Ukrainian: “Швіц”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Schwyz”
  • Urdu: “شویتس”
  • Uzbek: “Schwyz”
  • Uzbek: “Shvis”
  • Venetian: “Svito”
  • Volapük: “Schwyz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Schwyz”
  • Welsh: “Schwyz”
  • Western Panjabi: “شوائز شہر”
  • Western Panjabi: “شویس”
  • Wu Chinese: “施维茨”

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