Freienbach

Freienbach is a municipality in Hofe District inside the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Freienbach is first mentioned in 972 as Friginbach. Freienbach has an area, as of 2006, of 13.8 km2. Of this region, 40.7 in line with cent is used for agricultural purposes, whilst 23.8 in line with cent is forested. Of the rest of the land, 31 consistent with cent is settled and the the rest is non-effective rivers, glaciers or mountains. The municipality is located on Lake Zurich and stretches from the lake to the Etzel mountain.

It includes the villages of Freienbach, Pfaffikon now not to be pressured with Pfaffikon within the canton of Zurich, Wilen, Bach, Hurden located at the Seedamm and the 2 islands of Lutzelau and Ufenau. Freienbach has a population as of 31 December 2017 of 16,269. As of 2007, 23.2 in line with cnet of the population turned into made of foreign nationals. Over the closing 10 years the populace has grown at a charge of 23.8 per cnet. Most of the population speaks German, with Italian being second most commonplace and Serbo-Croatian being 1/3.