Kloster Einsiedeln, a Benedictine abbey founded in 934, is Switzerland's most important pilgrimage site and draws over a million visitors annually. The Black Madonna, a fifteenth-century wooden statue in the Gnadenkapelle, is the focus of Marian devotion. The baroque church, rebuilt between 1704 and 1735, fills one side of a vast plaza. About 15,900 residents live in this Kanton Schwyz municipality at 880 metres elevation in the Alpthal valley.
Einsiedeln also serves as a winter sports base, with cross-country skiing trails and the nearby Hoch-Ybrig ski area. The Grosse Welttheater, a theatrical tradition revived every few years on the monastery plaza, stages an allegorical play based on Calderon's El gran teatro del mundo. Hotels and guesthouses in Einsiedeln accommodate companion meetings. Escortservice.com publishes reviewed profiles for Kanton Schwyz. We do not arrange, mediate, or provide services.
The Sihlsee, an artificial lake created by a 1937 dam south of the town, is the largest body of water in Kanton Schwyz and serves as a summer recreation area. You must be at least 18.
Kloster Einsiedeln, a Benedictine abbey founded in 934, is Switzerland's most important pilgrimage site and draws over a million visitors annually. The Black Madonna, a fifteenth-century wooden statue in the Gnadenkapelle, is the focus of Marian devotion. The baroque church, rebuilt between 1704 and 1735, fills one side of a vast plaza. About 15,900 residents live in this Kanton Schwyz municipality at 880 metres elevation in the Alpthal valley.
Einsiedeln also serves as a winter sports base, with cross-country skiing trails and the nearby Hoch-Ybrig ski area. The Grosse Welttheater, a theatrical tradition revived every few years on the monastery plaza, stages an allegorical play based on Calderon's El gran teatro del mundo. Hotels and guesthouses in Einsiedeln accommodate companion meetings. Escortservice.com publishes reviewed profiles for Kanton Schwyz. We do not arrange, mediate, or provide services.
The Sihlsee, an artificial lake created by a 1937 dam south of the town, is the largest body of water in Kanton Schwyz and serves as a summer recreation area. You must be at least 18.
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