Laughter SZ
| SZ is the abbreviation for the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Lachen . |
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| Canton : |
 Schwyz (SZ)
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| District : | March |
| BFS no. : | 1344 |
| Postal code : | 8853 |
| UN / LOCODE : | CH LHN |
| Coordinates : | 707 461 / 227686 |
| Height : | 408 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 405–440 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 2.42 km² |
| Residents: | 8752 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 3617 inhabitants per km² |
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Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
29.3% (December 31, 2,015) |
| Website: | www.lachen.ch |
 Laughter, seen from the Obersee. |
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Lachen (in the local dialect of Märchler -German [lɑχːæ] ) is a political municipality and capital of the March district in the Swiss canton of Schwyz .
geography
The municipality of Lachen is located on the upper part of Lake Zurich , the Obersee . The highest point is 420 m above sea level. M., the deepest at 406 m above sea level. M. (altitude). The municipal area is 519 ha (5.2 km²), 54.7% of which is on Lake Zurich.
economy
Companies
Lachen is the seat of the pharmaceutical company Octapharma . The Estée Lauder Companies has a production facility for perfumes in Lachen.
tourism
In the background, the striking peaks of the Wägitaler Voralpen, Lachen not only invites you to swim in Lake Zurich or to take a boat trip, but is also a popular starting point for easy hikes through to extended mountain or ski tours and challenging climbing.
Due to its southeastern location on the shores of Lake Zurich, Lachen is known for its view of one of the most beautiful sunsets on the entire lake.
traffic
There are bus connections in the direction of Reichenburg and Pfäffikon. The station has connections with the Swiss Federal Railways to Zurich and in the direction of Ziegelbrücke. The S25 (the former Glarner Sprinter ) has a direct connection to Zurich's main train station every hour . During the summer months there is a scheduled excursion service from the pier on the lake with the Zürichsee-Schiffahrtsgesellschaft .
schools
Lachen is the location of the commercial vocational school and the high school . There are also play groups, kindergartens and a primary school .
history
The name Lachen comes from the Old High German lahha "Lache, Sumpf" and refers to the marshy bank on the Obersee, on which Lachen lies. The earlier derivation from the Latin ad lacum "at the lake" is rejected today. The place was first attested in 1217 as de Lachun "von Lachen".
The pool, which lies in a natural bay, was of great importance for market trade early on.
The Lachner primary school teacher Marzell Stählin wrote many poems about the community of Lachen, which were published in 1985 in the book "Mys Dorf am Sey".
Attractions
- Holy Cross Catholic Parish Church. It was built between 1707 and 1711 by Peter Thumb , together with his brother Gabriel. The plans and the collaboration are attributed to the Hermit monastery architect Brother Caspar Moosbrugger (1656–1723). In the Einsiedler Stiftsarchiv there are still five unused plans by Moosbrugger for the Lachner parish church. The wall pillar church with double tower facade is the first work of Thumb, who was 26 when the contract was signed. He is the son-in-law of master builder Franz Beer von Bleichten , through whose mediation he received the order, and from whose parish church St. Martin in Tannheim (Württemberg) he took up suggestions. The decisive role model was the pilgrimage church Ellwangen-Schönenberg (Baden-Württemberg), which his father Michael Thumb built in 1681–1683.
- Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows in "Ried".
- Town hall of the countryside March
- Memorial to the composer Joachim Raff, who was born in Lachen, at the harbor
Personalities
- Eberli Bolt († 1525), Baptist
- Sebastian Steinegger (1736–1807), religious and abbot of the Wettingen monastery
- Joachim Raff (1822–1882), composer and music teacher
- Josef Anton Georg Büeler (1824–1891), entrepreneur and politician
- Marius Beul (1849–1914), painter
- Josef Anton Ferdinand Büeler (1858–1939), politician
- Anna Hirzel-Langenhan (1874–1951), pianist and piano teacher
- Carl August Hegner (1880–1964), ophthalmologist and founder of the Swiss Aid Committee for Starving Peoples
- Fritz Gallati (* 1935), racing cyclist
- Al Imfeld (1935–2017), publicist and writer
- Anton Bruhin (* 1949), painter and musician
- Paul Vogt (* 1957), heart surgeon and university professor
- Beat Züger (* 1961), chess player
- Beat Keller (* 1966), politician and cantonal councilor
- Lars Weibel (* 1974), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Alessandro Spezialetti (* 1975), racing cyclist
- Judith Keller (* 1985), writer
- Beatrice Egli (* 1988), pop singer
- Roman Güntensperger (* 1991), soccer player
Twin town
Lachen has been twinned with Schramberg in Germany since 1965 .
photos
Entrance to the village of Lachen, coming from Altendorf
Holy Cross Catholic Parish Church
Organ of the Holy Cross Church
Lakeside in Lachen
Herrengasse in the center
New Bank Linth
Sunset on the lake
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literature
- Linus Birchler : The art monuments of the canton Schwyz. Volume I: The districts of Einsiedeln, Höfe and March (= Swiss art monuments. Volume 1). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1927.
- Albert Jörger: The art monuments of the canton Schwyz. Volume 2: The March District. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 82). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1989, ISBN 3-909158-22-6 , pp. 180–285.
- Josef Wiget: Laughter. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Unprinted material from the Linguistic Atlas of German-speaking Switzerland ; see ortsnames.ch s. v. The indication [låːχə] in the lexicon of Swiss municipality names s. v. is not applicable.
- ↑ Laughter (SZ): pure sunset. Retrieved August 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Viktor Weibel, Albert Hug: Schwyzer name book. The place and field names of the canton of Schwyz. Edited by the Board of Trustees Schwyzer Orts- und Flurnamenbuch under the direction of Toni Dettling. 6 vols. Schwyz 2012. See also: Lexicon of Swiss municipality names. Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 502.
- ^ Bernhard Anderes, Markus Bamert: The parish church Holy Cross and the Ried chapel in Lachen. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 892, Series 90). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2011, ISBN 978-3-03797-022-5 .
