Trachslau is a village inside the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
of
Einsiedeln
Einsiedeln () 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.
History Early history
There was no permanent settlement in the area ...
, in the Swiss
canton of
Schwyz
The town of Schwyz (; french: Schwytz; it, Svitto) is 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 ...
. The village is in the flow of the
Alp river
The Alp is a river in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and a tributary of the Sihl. It has a length of . The river rises on the northwestern flanks of the Brünnelistock and the northern flanks of the Kleiner and Grosser Mythen mountains near Brunni, a ...
. First documented in 1331 as Trechsellum.
References
Sources
* Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Schwyz, Band I: Die Bezirke Einsiedeln, Höfe und March. (= Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz. Band 1). Hrsg. von der Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte GSK. Bern 1927.
* Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Schwitz. Neue Ausgabe III.II. Einsiedeln II. Dorf und Viertel Einsiedeln. Hrsg. von der Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte GSK. Bern 203, (Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz Band 101). .
Villages in the canton of Schwyz
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