1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EINSIEDELN, the most populous town in the Swiss canton of Schwyz. It is built on the right bank of the Alpbach (an affluent of the Sihl), at a height of 2908 ft. above the sea-level on a rather bare moorland, and by rail is 25 m. S.E. of Zurich, or by a roundabout railway route about 38 m. north of Schwyz, with which it communicates directly over the Hacken Pass (4649 ft.) or the Holzegg Pan (4616 ft.). In 1000 the population was 8406, all (save 75) Romanists and all (save in) German-speaking. The town is entirely …
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- Vol. 9, pp. 135-135