Seelisberg

History

The Rütli meadow, according to legend the site of the original oath foundational to the Old Swiss Confederacy, is situated in the territory of the municipality.

The Seelisberg Conference against anti-Semitism was held in this locality in 1947.

The global headquarters of the Transcendental Meditation movement headed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was situated in a converted hotel in Seelisberg from 1968 to 1992. Johann Heinrich Müller, 1825-1894 G11 Seelisberg.JPG|The "Grand Hôtel Sonnenberg" c. 1880. Postcard; etching by Heinrich Müller

Geography

Seelisberg has an area, , of 13.3 km2. Of this area, 34.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 48.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (13.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Demographics

Seelisberg has a population (as of ) of . , 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.1%), with French being second most common (0.8%) and English being third ( 0.5%). the gender distribution of the population was 49.9% male and 50.1% female.

In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 93.4% of the vote.

In Seelisberg about 67.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Seelisberg has an unemployment rate of 0.88%. , there were 72 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 31 businesses involved in this sector. 18 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 151 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 29 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:

Transport

Regular passenger boats of the Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees serve piers at Treib and Rütli on the Lake Lucerne shore of the municipality. Treib is linked to the centre of Seelisberg by the Treib–Seelisberg funicular.

References

References

1. [http://www.jcrelations.net/An_Address_to_the_Churches__Seelisberg__Switzerland__1947.2370.0.html?&pdf=1 The 10 Points of Seelisburg, 1947. Retrieved August 17, 2016.]
2. {{as of. 1993. link. (2011-07-07 {{in lang). de accessed 8 September 2009
3. [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 09-Sep-2009
4. [http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.09_01_espop_2007.pdf Uri Population statistics] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-07-07 {{in lang). de accessed 8 September 2009
5. [http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.25_uri-in-zahlen.pdf Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition] {{in lang. de accessed 8 September 2009