Arth

Arth is a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in central Switzerland, lying on the southern shore of Lake Zug along the Gotthard route between the Rigi and Rossberg mountains. The municipality brings together the villages of Arth, Oberarth and Goldau and the mountain settlements of Rigi Kulm, Rigi First, Rigi Klösterli and Rigi Staffel on the Rigi to the west. It covers about 42 square kilometres, much of it farmland and forest, and had a little over 12,000 residents at the end of 2020, most of them German speakers. The name is first recorded in 1036 as Arta, and the place has long been a gateway on the road toward the Alpine passes.