Einsiedeln

Einsiedeln
Einsiedeln
Municipality
	Einsiedeln town with the Benedictine Abbey
	Coat of arms
	Location of Einsiedeln
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	Coordinates: 47°7′N 8°44′E / 47.117°N 8.733°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Schwyz
District	Einsiedeln
Area
• Total	110.40 km2 (42.63 sq mi)
Elevation	882 m (2,894 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	15,867
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8840
SFOS number	1301
ISO 3166 code	CH-SZ
Localities	Bennau, Egg, Euthal, Gross, Trachslau, Willerzell and Biberbrugg (shared with the municipality Feusisberg)
Surrounded by	Alpthal, Altendorf, Feusisberg, Freienbach, Innerthal, Oberägeri (ZG), Oberiberg, Rothenthurm, Unteriberg, Vorderthal
Website	www.einsiedeln.ch ; SFSO statistics

Einsiedeln (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪnziːdl̩n]^[3]) is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey, established in the 10th century.

^ ^a ^b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ The town is known as Äinsidle [ˈæɪnˌsɪdlə], in the local Highest Alemannic dialect (Sprachatlas der deutschen Schweiz, Band V, Karte 1b.) and in neighboring dialects as Äisele, Näisele, Äisidle, Näisidle, Äisigle [ˈæɪsələ ˈnæɪsələ ˈæɪˌsɪdlə ˈnæɪˌsɪdlə ˈæɪˌsɪglə]. (Schweizerisches Idiotikon, Band I, Spalte 352, article Eisele, Band IV, Spalte 814, article Neiselen and Band VII, Spalte 303, article Ein-sid(e)len.) In the Romansh language it is known as Nossadunaun.