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The canton of Schwyz is located in central Switzerland. The river Sihl and the smaller Muota traverse the canton. It includes parts of Lake Zürich and Lake Lucerne. Only a small part of Lake Zug is within the canton of Schwyz. The smaller lakes Lauerz (Lauerzersee) and Sihl , however, are completely within the canton of Schwyz.
Schwyz (German pronunciation: ⓘ; French: Schwytz; Italian: Svitto) is a town and the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The Federal Charter of 1291 or Bundesbrief , the charter that eventually led to the foundation of Switzerland, can be seen at the Bundesbriefmuseum .
The representation was designed as part of a larger scene showing "Gessler's death", one of seven scenes created for the Swiss National Museum competition. Hodler's depiction of Tell was often described as sacral, and compared to classical depictionons of God Father, Moses, John the Baptist, Jesus, or the Archangel Michael.
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Carl Elsener led the company initially with his father and his brother Eduard Elsener (b. 1926). After the death of his father in 1950, he took over the management. [4] The Swiss Army Knife is considered to be one of his works. [5] Under the leadership of Carl Elsener Sr., the Messerfabrik became the largest company in the canton of Schwyz.
First ideas for a national monument date back to the 600th anniversary of the Confederation in 1891. It was only realized in the 1930s when the Canton of Schwyz planned to move its state archive to a wing of the new building. The main part of the building was the exhibition hall for the Charter of 1291 which would lay on an "Altar of the ...
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Schwyz District is a district of the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It is both the largest and most populous of the six districts of the canton of Schwyz, accounting for around half its surface area, and 40% of the population. It has a population of 56,125 (as of 31 December 2020).