Unteriberg

Geschichte

Unteriberg is a village and municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Besides the village of Unteriberg, the municipality includes the villages of Studen, Waag, Stöcken and Herti.HistoryUnteriberg is first mentioned around 1217-22 as Yberge. Until the separation, in 1884, into Unteriberg and Oberiberg the independent municipality was known simply as Iberg.GeographyThe municipality of Unteriberg lies in the valleys of the Sihl, Waag and Minster rivers, at the southern end of the artificial Sihlsee. The villages of Unteriberg, Stöcken and Herti all lie on the Minster river close to its confluence with the Waag. The village of Waag is on its namesake river, whilst Studen is on the Sihl. To the south of the municipality is the mountain of Druesberg, whose northern slopes are shared between Unteriberg and the neighbouring municipality of Oberiberg. To the east is the Fluebrig mountain.The municipality has an area, of 46.7km2. Of this area, 44.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (17.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).DemographicsUnteriberg has a population of., 5.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.7%. Most of the population speaks German (98.2%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 0.4%) and Albanian being third ( 0.3%).