Küssnacht

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Küssnacht

Total population

10,704

Coordinates47.08°, 8.44°

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

Overview

Küssnacht am Rigi is a village, municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in central Switzerland. The municipality consists of the three villages Küssnacht, Immensee, and Merlischachen, the hamlet Haltikon, the industrial area Fänn, and the alp Seeboden. It is situated at the north shore of Lake Lucerne and at the south shore of Lake Zug below mount Rigi.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Joseph Niklaus Bütler

Swiss artist (1822-1885)

Hans Hürlimann

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1918–1994)

Jost von Silenen

Swiss politician, roman-catholic bishop of Grenoble (1435-1498)

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Josef Villiger

Swiss writer (1910-1992)

Peter Schilliger

Swiss politician

Alois Gügler

Swiss theologian (1782-1827)

Siegfried Wagner

German opera producer and composer, son of Richard Wagner and Cosima Liszt (1869–1930)

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Benno Wiss

Swiss cyclist

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Andreas Gefe

Swiss illustrator and comics artist

Peter von Hertenstein

Swiss dean and soldier (died 1510)

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Syra Marty

Swiss actress (1921-2011)

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Albert Kuhn

Swiss art historian (1839-1929)

Hans Emmenegger

Swiss artist (1866-1940)

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Hekuran Kryeziu

Swiss association football player

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Josef Enzler

Swiss composer (1884-1976)

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Joseph Räber

Swiss politician and jurist (1872-1934)

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

Nearby places in Schwyz

• Immensee
  1.4 mi away
• Merlischachen
  1.9 mi away
• Arth
  4.2 mi away · pop. 10,794
• Goldau
  5.7 mi away · pop. 5,437
• Steinerberg
  7.2 mi away · pop. 896
• Gersau
  7.6 mi away · pop. 2,404
• Lauerz
  7.7 mi away · pop. 874
• Steinen
  8.4 mi away · pop. 2,775
• Sattel
  9.2 mi away · pop. 1,402
• Seewen SZ
  9.8 mi away · pop. 3,075
• Brunnen
  10 mi away
• Ingenbohl
  10.1 mi away · pop. 7,482

Browse all places in Schwyz →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Küssnacht

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers