Alpthal
Sign in to saveAlpthal is a village and municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Besides the village of Alpthal, the municipality includes the ski resort of Brunni, and settlement of Eigen.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Alpthal
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Kleiner Mythen.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality and village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Alpthal COA.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Schwyz
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-SZ
- Swiss town.district
- Schwyz
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 8849
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 1361
- Swiss town.area
- 22.90
- Swiss town.elevation
- 996
- Swiss town.elevation_description
- Kirche Alpthal
- Swiss town.website
- www.alpthal.ch
- Swiss town.places
- Eigen, Alpthal, Brunni, Holzegg
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Einsiedeln, Oberiberg, Rothenthurm, Schwyz
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Alpthal is a village and municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Besides the village of Alpthal, the municipality includes the ski resort of Brunni, and settlement of Eigen.
==History== Alpthal is first mentioned in 1018 as Albetal. A branch of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route connected Einsiedeln with Schwyz via Alpthal and the Haggenegg.