Schwyz
The town of Schwyz is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The Federal Charter of 1291 or Bundesbrief, the charter that eventually led to the foundation of Switzerland, can be seen at the Bundesbriefmuseum.Photo: MRB, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 14,800 residents
- Description: capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland
- Postal code: 6430
Notable Places in the Area
Schwyz railway station
Photo: Pakeha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schwyz railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Schwyz, the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
Forum of Swiss History Schwyz (collection)
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Forum of Swiss History Schwyz (collection) is a museum.
Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation
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The Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation is a history museum in Schwyz.
Localities in the Area
Ibach
Photo: Waldteufel78, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Ibach is a village in the municipality of Schwyz, itself in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
Ingenbohl
Ingenbohl is a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Ingenbohl is situated 3½ km southwest of Schwyz.Seewen
Photo: Waldteufel78, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seewen is a village in the municipality of Schwyz, itself in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
Schwyz
Latitude
47.0212° or 47° 1' 16" northLongitude
8.6536° or 8° 39' 13" eastPopulation
14,800Elevation
521 metres (1,709 feet)IATA airport code
ZKKUnited Nations Location Code
CH SCZOpen Location Code
8FVC2MC3+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 25844325OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2658665Wikidata ID
Q68155Schwyz Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Albanian: Schwyz
- Arabic: 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
- English: Schwyz SZ
- 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
- Norwegian: Schwyz
- Norwegian Bokmål: Schwyz
- Norwegian Nynorsk: 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
- 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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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Schwyz. Photo: MRB, CC BY-SA 2.0.