Gersau
Gersau is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland, sitting on the shores of Lake Lucerne. Gersau was for many centuries an independent micro-state in permanent alliance with the Swiss Confederation.
Gersau | |
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Municipality | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Gersau | |
Gersau Gersau | |
| Coordinates: 46°59′N 8°31′E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Schwyz |
| District | Gersau |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.70 km2 (9.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
| • Total | 2,319 |
| • Density | 98/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 6442 |
| SFOS number | 1311 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-SZ |
| Surrounded by | Arth, Beckenried (NW), Buochs (NW), Emmetten (NW), Ennetbürgen (NW), Ingenbohl, Lauerz, Vitznau (LU) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Free State and Republic of Gersau Freistaat und Republik Gersau | |||||||||||||
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| 1433–1798 1814–1818 | |||||||||||||
| Status | City-republic and an allied protectorate of the Old Swiss Confederacy | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Gersau | ||||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Early Modern Age | ||||||||||||
• Purchased liberty from the Counts of Habsburg | 1390 | ||||||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | 1433 | ||||||||||||
• Annexed to Helv. Rep. | 1798 | ||||||||||||
| February 19, 1803 | |||||||||||||
• Regained independence | 1814 | ||||||||||||
• Annexed by Switzerland | 1818 | ||||||||||||
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