Willerzell
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 Schwyz (SZ)
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| District : | Einsiedeln | |
| Municipality : | Einsiedeln | |
| Postal code : | 8846 | |
| Coordinates : | 702 781 / 220776 | |
| Height : | 890 m above sea level M. | |
| Residents: | 1072 (2020) | |
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Willerzell is a neighborhood in the municipality of Einsiedeln in Switzerland .
Willerzell is first mentioned in a document as Vilercella in a letter from 1319 . The name is interpreted as a small monastic settlement with a small church in a hamlet. It is said to have been a settlement of forest brothers who successfully imitated the life of the first inhabitants of the monastery around Abbot Eberhard in the forests of the Sihl valley in the 11th century.
In Willerzell, the Swiss composer Artur Beul wrote his most famous songs as a young teacher, such as 'Stägeli uf, Stägeli ab', 'Übre Gotthard flüged Bräme' and others.
coat of arms
The blazon from 1601 reads: "In blue on a green shield base, white church".
gallery
Willerzell Church
Country inn
school
View from Etzel (mountain) to Willerzell and the Sihlsee
Willerzell (still without Sihlsee), historical aerial photo from 1924, taken from a height of 900 meters by Walter Mittelholzer
Attractions
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.
- Anja Buschow Oechslin, Werner Oechslin: The art monuments of the canton of Schwitz. New edition III.II. Einsiedeln II. Einsiedeln village and district. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 203, (Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 101). ISBN 3-906131-75-0 .
Web links
- Einsiedeln website
- Andreas Meyerhans: Willerzell. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
