Alpthal

This article deals with the political community "Alpthal", for the valley see Alptal .

Alpthal
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Schwyz (SZ)
District :	Schwyz
BFS no. :	1361
Postal code :	8849
UN / LOCODE :	CH ATH
Coordinates :	697 008  /  214.07 thousand coordinates: 47 ° 4 '14 "  N , 8 ° 42' 57"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred ninety-seven thousand and eight  /  214,070
Height :	996  m above sea level M.
Height range :	953–1656 m above sea level M.
Area :	22.88  km²
Residents:	616 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	8.2% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.alpthal.ch
Alpthal seen from Mythen; in the foreground Brunni.
Location of the municipality

The village of Alpthal seen from the Holzegg

Village center

Historical aerial photo from 1000 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1923

Alpthal (in local dialect Alpel [ ˈɑlpəl ] or Dörfli ) is a village, a valley and a political municipality in the Schwyz district of the Swiss canton of Schwyz .

geography

The community consists of the districts Alpthal, Brunni SZ and Eigen. It lies in the rear part of the Alptal and is traversed by the Alp .

history

In 1018 Emperor Heinrich II donated the Albetal to the Einsiedeln monastery . In the fairy tale dispute between the abbey and Schwyz , according to a document dated 1217, Count Rudolf the Elder of Habsburg awarded the valley to the Schwyzians, which was confirmed with the peace of 1350.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Alpthal

economy

With the development of the adjacent slopes by cable cars (1950, Brunni-Holzegg) and ski lifts (1965, Brunni; 1974 Haggenegg), the hamlet of Brunni, located at the northern foot of the Mythen , has achieved a certain level of popularity. Thanks to its proximity to the Zurich agglomeration, the area is a popular day trip destination. In addition to tourism, agriculture and the timber industry are other sources of income in the community.

Personalities

• Heini Walter , racing car driver
• Marcel Oechslin , hillclimb and motorcycle rider

literature

• Linus Birchler : The art monuments of the canton Schwyz, Volume II: The districts Gersau, Küssnacht and Schwyz. Art historical overview. (= Swiss art monuments. Volume 2). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1930.

Web links

Commons : Alpthal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Alpthal
• Andreas Meyerhans: Alptha. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Alpthal on the ETHorama platform

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Andres Kristol: Alpthal SZ (Schwyz) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 84.

Alpthal schoolhouse