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Also known as Escholzmatt, Lucerne, Escholzmatt LU

Escholzmatt () is a former municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Escholzmatt was the Canton's second largest municipality in terms of area. It is part of the UNESCO Entlebuch Biosphere Reserve since 2001. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Escholzmatt and Marbach merged to form the new municipality of Escholzmatt-Marbach.

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Place details

Locality
Escholzmatt-Marbach
Region
Luzern
Country
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
Population
3,192
Timezone
Europe/Zurich

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Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Escholzmatt
Swiss town.image_photo
Escholzmatt-Vilaghkerno 151.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Escholzmatt COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Escholzmatt Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Lucerne
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-LU
Swiss town.district
Entlebuch
Swiss town.postal_code
6182
Swiss town.municipality_code
1003
Swiss town.area
61.29
Swiss town.elevation
852
Swiss town.population
3138
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear
2011
Swiss town.website
www.escholzmatt.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Flühli, Marbach, Romoos, Schüpfheim, Trub (BE)

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Weather
  • See also
  • References
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Escholzmatt () is a former municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Escholzmatt was the Canton's second largest municipality in terms of area. It is part of the UNESCO Entlebuch Biosphere Reserve since 2001. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Escholzmatt and Marbach merged to form the new municipality of Escholzmatt-Marbach.

==History== Escholzmatt is first mentioned in 1160 as Askolvismatte. In 1240 it was mentioned as Askoltispach and Asholtismate, in 1275 it was mentioned as Aeschelsmat.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Escholzmatt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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