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Amt für Militär, Feuer- und Zivilschutz
«For protection, for trust, for you!» – the centre of expertise for civil protection in the Canton of Schwyz: military, fire and civil defence under one roof.
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Stories
Stories from the Canton of Schwyz about people, nature, craft and culture. Use the categories to browse by topic.
Nature & hiking
Hiking with the family
From pushchair-friendly lakeside paths to easy mountain trails: where families can walk well in the Canton of Schwyz.
Nature & hiking
Winter sports in the Canton of Schwyz
From Stoos and Hoch-Ybrig to Sattel-Hochstuckli: skiing, cross-country, sledging and snowshoe tours.
Nature & hiking
Lake Lauerz nature reserve
Where nature has the last word: a mire landscape of national importance between Goldau and Lake Lauerz.
History
Schwyz in figures
167,000 residents, 22,000 companies, a record year for tourism: the Canton of Schwyz in figures, and what they reveal.
Culture
Sawdust and tradition
The smell of fresh sawdust, the murmur of the crowd, the moment of tension before two wrestlers…
Nature & hiking
The Glattalp
When people talk about the hiking areas of the Canton of Schwyz, the names that usually come up are Stoos…
Nature & hiking
Across the canton on foot
There are countries with higher mountains, wilder landscapes and more spectacular views. But hardly any country in the world…
Advice
Enough fraud!
By phone or online – fraudsters are getting ever more sophisticated. In 2024 alone, 575 fraud offences…
Culture
St. Peter Dominican convent
No stream can be seen in the picture. Today it runs underground and surfaces at Schützenstrasse…
Nature & hiking
The Hölloch
Drive along the road through the Muotatal and you pass an unremarkable opening in the rock. No sign hints at…
Nature & hiking
On the water
Lake Lucerne is one of the best-known lakes in Switzerland. It lies in the geographical heart of the…
Culture
Highlights of the Schwyz basin
The Erlebnisregion Mythen brings together calm and activity, tradition and the present, nature and…
Nature & hiking
The Grosser Mythen
Its outline shapes the landscape like hardly any other mountain in Schwyz. The Grosser Mythen, that…
Nature & hiking
The wolf is back
A camera trap at the edge of the forest, set up by the cantonal game wardens. The image shows an animal…
History
The history of the Canton of Schwyz
The Canton of Schwyz is more than just a patch of earth between Lake Lucerne and the Glarus Alps.…
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