Reichenburg SZ

Geschichte

Reichenburg is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.HistoryIt was founded in 1403 by the Dominican friar Gregory of Moorlock on the site of a spring used by pilgrims to wash their feet.GeographyReichenburg has an area, of 11.6km2. Of this area, 56.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).DemographicsReichenburg has a population of., 19.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.6%. Most of the population speaks German (89.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.0%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.9%).the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. The age distribution, in Reichenburg is; 776 people or 27.8% of the population is between 0 and 19. 875 people or 31.4% are 20 to 39, and 806 people or 28.9% are 40 to 64. The senior population distribution is 187 people or 6.7% are 65 to 74. There are 116 people or 4.2% who are 70 to 79 and 27 people or 0.97% of the population who are over 80. There is one person in Reichenburg who is over 100 years old.there are 1,055 households, of which 274 households (or about 26.0%) contain only a single individual. 74 or about 7.0% are large households, with at least five members.In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 51.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (16.8%), the CVP (15%) and the FDP (11.4%).