Gersau
Municipality in Schwyz, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gersau is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland, sitting on the shores of Lake Lucerne. Gersau was for many centuries an independent micro-state in permanent alliance with the Swiss Confederation.
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Gersau | |
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Coordinates: 46°59′N 8°31′E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Schwyz |
District | Gersau |
Area | |
• Total | 23.70 km2 (9.15 sq mi) |
Elevation | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,319 |
• Density | 98/km2 (250/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 6442 |
SFOS number | 1311 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-SZ |
Surrounded by | Arth, Beckenried (NW), Buochs (NW), Emmetten (NW), Ennetbürgen (NW), Ingenbohl, Lauerz, Vitznau (LU) |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
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Quick Facts Free State and Republic of GersauFreistaat und Republik Gersau, Status ...
Free State and Republic of Gersau Freistaat und Republik Gersau | |||||||||||||
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1433–1798 1814–1818 | |||||||||||||
Status | City-republic and an allied protectorate of the Old Swiss Confederacy | ||||||||||||
Capital | Gersau | ||||||||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Early Modern Age | ||||||||||||
• Purchased liberty from the Counts of Habsburg | 1390 | ||||||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | 1433 | ||||||||||||
• Annexed to Helv. Rep. | 1798 | ||||||||||||
February 19, 1803 | |||||||||||||
• Regained independence | 1814 | ||||||||||||
• Annexed by Switzerland | 1818 | ||||||||||||
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