Küssnacht

Küssnacht
Küssnacht
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Küssnacht
	Küssnacht Küssnacht
	Coordinates: 47°4′N 8°26′E / 47.067°N 8.433°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Schwyz
District	Küssnacht
Government
• Mayor	Bezirksammann; Michael Fuchs
Area
• Total	36.2 km2 (14.0 sq mi)
Elevation (Hauptplatz, Küssnacht)	441 m (1,447 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	13,084
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6403
SFOS number	1331
Localities	Küssnacht SZ, Immensee, Merlischachen
Surrounded by	Greppen, Meggen, Adligenswil, Udligenswil and Meierskappel (Canton of Lucerne); Risch and Walchwil (Canton of Zug) and Arth
Twin towns	Küssaberg (Germany), Zduny (Poland)
Website	www.kuessnacht.ch ; SFSO statistics

Küssnacht am Rigi (official name since 2004: Küssnacht) is a village, a municipality and a district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. It is the capital and municipality of the district of Küssnacht.

History

Küssnacht was first mentioned in 830 as Cossiniacum, defining the estate of the Roman Lord Cossinius.

In 1424, Küssnacht became a district of the Canton of Schwyz.

According to the legend of Wilhelm Tell, the hero shot the Austrian bailiff Gessler at the Hohle Gasse near the Gesslerburg with his crossbow.

On 29 August 1935, Queen Astrid of the Belgians was killed here in a road accident. A memorial chapel ("Königin-Astrid-Kapelle") was built at the accident scene.

A well-known folklore event on December 5 each year is the Klausjagen.

Geography

It is at the northern shore of Lake Lucerne and at the southern shore of Lake Zug below mount Rigi (1,797 metres (5,896 feet)).

Villages

The municipality has three villages Küssnacht, Immensee, and Merlischachen, the hamlet Haltikon, the industrial area Fänn, and the alp Seeboden.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

Other websites

Media related to Küssnacht at Wikimedia Commons

Official webpage
Tourist webpage
Future plans of Küssnacht
Hohle Gasse Archived 2010-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Klausjagen

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[wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v10-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[wikidata-08bd17aa84cda5e3983f082e36c9004a86cf08fc-v10-2] "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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