Alpthal

Also known as Alpthal SZ

Alpthal is a village and municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Besides the village of Alpthal, the municipality includes the ski resort of Brunni, and settlement of Eigen.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Alpthal
Swiss town.image_photo: Kleiner Mythen.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality and village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Alpthal COA.svg
Swiss town.canton: Schwyz
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-SZ
Swiss town.district: Schwyz
Swiss town.postal_code: 8849
Swiss town.municipality_code: 1361
Swiss town.area: 22.90
Swiss town.elevation: 996
Swiss town.elevation_description: Kirche Alpthal

Article

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History
Geography
Transport
Demographics
Weather
References
External links

==History== Alpthal is first mentioned in 1018 as Albetal. A branch of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route connected Einsiedeln with Schwyz via Alpthal and the Haggenegg.