Emmetten

History

Emmetten is first mentioned about 1160 as Empnoten.

Geography

Emmetten has an area, , of . Of this area, 37.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (13.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located along the cantonal highway between Beckenried and Seelisberg on both sides of the Egg crossing over the edge of Lake Lucerne.

Most-observed species

• Butterfly-bush

  Buddleja davidii Franch. · Magnoliopsida
  6,107
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  5,753
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,945
• Japanese Knotweed

  Reynoutria japonica Houtt. · Magnoliopsida
  4,007
• Ringlet

  Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,279
• Common Toad

  Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Amphibia
  2,134
• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,953
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,905

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland