Morschach
title: "Morschach" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-the-canton-of-schwyz", "spa-towns-in-switzerland"] topic_path: "geography/switzerland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morschach" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Morschach |
| municipality_type | municipality |
| image_photo | Morschach-03.jpg |
| imagepath_coa | Morschach-blazon.svg |
| imagepath_flag | CHE Morschach Flag.svg |
| canton | Schwyz |
| iso-code-region | CH-SZ |
| district | Schwyz |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 6443 |
| municipality_code | 1366 |
| area | 23.4 |
| elevation | 650 |
| population | |
| website | www.morschach.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Ingenbohl, Muotathal, Riemenstalden, Seelisberg (UR), Sisikon (UR), Schwyz |
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| subject_name = Morschach | municipality_type = municipality | image_photo = Morschach-03.jpg | imagepath_coa = Morschach-blazon.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Morschach Flag.svg | canton = Schwyz | iso-code-region = CH-SZ | district = Schwyz |coordinates = | postal_code = 6443 | municipality_code = 1366 | area = 23.4 | elevation = 650|elevation_description= | population = | populationof = | popofyear = | website = www.morschach.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Ingenbohl, Muotathal, Riemenstalden, Seelisberg (UR), Sisikon (UR), Schwyz | twintowns = |}} Morschach is a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. It was a world-famous resort from 1869 up to the Great Depression.
Geography
The municipality is located on a glacier moraine above the Lake of Lucerne. It consists of the village of Morschach and includes the summer and winter resort at Stoos.
Morschach has an area, , of 20.8 km2. Of this area, 52.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
History
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Morschach is first mentioned in 1261 as Morsacho.
Since the Swiss Holiday Park opened in 1982, Morschach has become a major resort again.
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Morschach-02.jpg" caption="Village church in Morschach"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/ETH-BIB-Morschach_mit_Mythen-LBS_H1-015671.tif" caption="Aerial view (1953)"] ::
Demographics
Morschach has a population (as of ) of . , 14.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.
the gender distribution of the population was 54.4% male and 45.6% female. The age distribution, , in Morschach is; 274 people or 28.6% of the population is between 0 and 19. 331 people or 34.6% are 20 to 39, and 247 people or 25.8% are 40 to 64. The senior population distribution is 67 people or 7.0% are 65 to 74. There are 36 people or 3.8% who are 70 to 79 and 3 people or 0.31% of the population who are over 80.
there are 305 households, of which 75 households (or about 24.6%) contain only a single individual. 27 or about 8.9% are large households, with at least five members. In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (26.3%), the SPS (16%) and the FDP (8.6%).
In Morschach about 57.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Morschach has an unemployment rate of 1.41%. , there were 70 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 32 businesses involved in this sector. 15 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 434 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 42 businesses in this sector.
From the , 710 or 74.1% are Roman Catholic, while 65 or 6.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 6 individuals (or about 0.63% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are less than 5 individuals who belong to another Christian church. There are 13 (or about 1.36% of the population) who are Islamic. There are less than 5 individuals who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 66 (or about 6.89% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 95 individuals (or about 9.92% of the population) did not answer the question.
The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 462 |
| 1900 | 518 |
| 1950 | 587 |
| 1980 | 632 |
| 1985 | 771 |
| 1990 | 824 |
| 2000 | 848 |
| 2005 | 893 |
| 2007 | 938 |
| :: |
References
References
- From the 13th century until 1865, when the [[Axenstrasse]] was finished, the bridle path towards the [[Gotthard Pass]] led through the village. In 1869, the "Grand Hotel Axenstein" opened in a site which [[Queen Victoria]] had called "the most beautiful place on earth", because of its stunning view of Lake Lucerne far below and the mountains. Four years later, a second luxury hotel was built, the "Palace Hotel Axenfels". Among the celebrities who spent their holidays in Morschach were King [[Ludwig II of Bavaria]], Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] and [[Winston Churchill]]. In 1905, a [[rack railway]] was built from [[Brunnen]] to Morschach and Axenstein. But the Great Depression and World War II led to a dramatic decline of international tourism, from which the old Morschach hotels never recovered. The "Axenfels" was demolished in 1947, the "Axenstein" in 1967. The rack railway was closed in 1969.[http://www.morschach.ch/de/portrait/geschichte/ ''Geschichte''] on the website of Morschach municipality (in German). Retrieved August 4, 2022.
- Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.3%. Most of the population ({{as of. 2000
- [http://www.sz.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d2/d25265/d1556/p2298.cfm Canton Schwyz Statistics] {{webarchive. link. (2011-06-09 {{in lang). de accessed 27 August 2009
- {{HDS. 730. Morschach
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