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Freienbach

Total population

2,889

Elevation418 m
Land area13.8 km²
Coordinates47.20°, 8.76°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Elevation
418 m
Area
13.8 km²
Official website
www.freienbach.ch

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Freienbach is a municipality in Höfe District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

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History & geography

History

Freienbach is first mentioned in 972 as Friginbach.

Geography

Freienbach has an area, , of . Of this area, 40.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 31% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on Lake Zurich, including its upper section known as Obersee, and stretches from the lake (elevation ) to the Etzel mountain (elevation ). It consists of the villages of Freienbach, Pfäffikon (not to be confused with Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich), Wilen, Bäch, Hurden (located on the Hurden Peninsula) and the two islands of Lützelau and Ufenau (Ufnau).

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Geography

Latitude
47.2044
Longitude
8.7599
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

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Walter Bosshard
Swiss photographer, teacher, explorer, botanist, botanical collector (1892-1975)
Johann Jakob Scherer
Johann Jakob Scherer
member of the Swiss Federal Council (1825-1878)
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Karl Adolf Huber
Swiss politician (1811-1889)
F
Felix Poletti
Swiss skeleton racer
J
Johann Jakob Hofmann
Swiss painter, drawer and printmaker (1730-1772)
M
Max Rüeger
Swiss radio host and writer (1934-2009)
H
Hans Fürst
Swiss politician (1902-1968)
H
Heinrich Brändli
Swiss politician (1900-1981)
H
Heinrich Funk
Swiss organist, conductor, musician and music educator (1904–1977)
J
Johann Jakob Heusser
Swiss physician (1783-1859)
Alfred Wolfer
Alfred Wolfer
Swiss astronomer (1854-1931)
K
Karin Ott
Swiss operatic soprano
Karl Stamm
Karl Stamm
Swiss author (1890-1919)
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Tumen
Swiss singer
E
Eduard Suter
politician (1820-1891)
P
Peter Walt
Swiss radio host

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Schwyz

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.4
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,240

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
375
Avg daily Wikipedia views
13
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Freienbach

Das Jahrzeitbuch der Pfarrkirche Ufenau (vor 1415)
Albert Hug · 2008
Schwyzer Sagen
Hans Steinegger · 1979

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Recent natural events nearby

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
1322
Population (Wikidata)
16,391
Wikidata
Q69780

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771