Einsiedeln: facts

At a glance

• Country: Switzerland
• Region: Schwyz
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 15,867
• Coordinates: 47.1285° N, 8.7474° E
• Time zone: Europe/Zurich (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Franc (CHF)
• Distance to the capital, Bern: 101 km (62 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Zürich Airport (ZRH): 40 km (25 mi), straight line
• Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH): 73 km (45 mi), straight line
• Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH, Germany): 83 km (52 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Altendorf: 9.7 km (6.0 mi)
• Lachen: 11 km (7 mi)
• Rapperswil: 12 km (8 mi)
• Jona: 13 km (8 mi)
• Schwyz: 14 km (9 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Zuerich, 30 km (19 mi)