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The town of () is the capital of the canton
Cantons of Switzerland

File:Karte 13 Alte Orte.pngThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the State s of the federation of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereignty state with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848....
 of Schwyz
Canton of Schwyz

Schwyz is a canton of Switzerland in central Switzerland between the Swiss Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne in the east and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz....
 in Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
.

its population is 14'171. With the territory of 53.17 kmē
1 E7 mē

To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 square kilometre and 100 km? . See also orders of magnitude ....
, the population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 is 269/kmē.

The Bundesbrief
Federal Charter of 1291

The Federal Charter or Letter of Alliance documents the Eternal Alliance or League Of The Three Forest Cantons , the union of three canton in what is now central Switzerland, traditionally dated in early August, 1291 and associated with the current August 1 national holiday....
 can be seen at the Bundesbriefmuseum.

name Schwyz is first attested in 972
972

972 was a year in the 10th century....
 as the village Suittes and is perhaps related to Old High German suedan "to burn", referring to the area of forest that was burned and cleared to build.






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The town of () is the capital of the canton
Cantons of Switzerland

File:Karte 13 Alte Orte.pngThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the State s of the federation of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereignty state with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848....
 of Schwyz
Canton of Schwyz

Schwyz is a canton of Switzerland in central Switzerland between the Swiss Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne in the east and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz....
 in Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
.

its population is 14'171. With the territory of 53.17 kmē
1 E7 mē

To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 square kilometre and 100 km? . See also orders of magnitude ....
, the population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 is 269/kmē.

The Bundesbrief
Federal Charter of 1291

The Federal Charter or Letter of Alliance documents the Eternal Alliance or League Of The Three Forest Cantons , the union of three canton in what is now central Switzerland, traditionally dated in early August, 1291 and associated with the current August 1 national holiday....
 can be seen at the Bundesbriefmuseum.

History of the toponym

The name Schwyz is first attested in 972
972

972 was a year in the 10th century....
 as the village Suittes and is perhaps related to Old High German suedan "to burn", referring to the area of forest that was burned and cleared to build. The name was extended to the area dominated by Schwyz (the Canton of Schwyz
Canton of Schwyz

Schwyz is a canton of Switzerland in central Switzerland between the Swiss Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne in the east and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz....
), and later to the entire Old Swiss Confederacy
Old Swiss Confederacy

The Old Swiss Confederacy was the precursor of modern-day Switzerland. The Swiss Eidgenossenschaft, as the Confederacy was called, was a loose federation of largely independent small states called Cantons of Switzerland that existed from the late 13th century until 1798, when it was invaded by the France Republic, who transformed it into...
: while other cantons tended to resent this in the 15th century, the term Schwyzer was widely adopted as self-designation after 1499, out of spite, as it had been employed as a term of abuse by the Swabian side during the Swabian War
Swabian War

The Swabian War of 1499 was the last major armed conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Habsburg. What had begun as a local conflict over the control of the Val M?stair and the Umbrail Pass in the Grisons soon got out of hand when both parties called upon their allies for help; the Habsburgs demanding the support of the...
, and Eidgenossenschaft
Eidgenossenschaft

Eidgenossenschaft is a German language word meaning confederation. The term literally translates as "oath fellowship". An Eidgenossenschaft is a confederacy of equal partners, which can be individuals or groups such as states, formed by a pact sealed by a solemn oath....
 and Schwytzerland could be used interchangeably in the 16th century. Today, Swiss-German people use the name Schwyz as the Swiss name of the country. Famous is the sentence "Hop hop Schwyz", which most Swiss people yell in an international soccer game.




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