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Canton of Schwyz

Canton · Municipalities with height data: 29

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

Gaps in the height data

There are no height statistics for Riemenstalden.

In the canton of Schwyz, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 34’952 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 10.1 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 16.2 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
10.1 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
3

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
58.4 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
34’952

2.3% of Switzerland

25 m or taller
118

0.3% of measured parcels

About the canton of Schwyz

For the canton of Schwyz, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 34’952 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 10.1 m, on three quarters at most 12 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 16.2 m. The parcel data holds building heights for 29 of the canton’s 30 municipalities.

In the canton, the median building height, 10.1 m, is close to the Swiss median of 9.5 m. The tallest building measures 58.4 m. 52 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 18. By median building height, the canton of Schwyz ranks 5th of 20 cantons with complete height data. Among its municipalities with at least 200 measured parcels, the highest median building heights are those of Feusisberg (11 m), Steinerberg (10.9 m) and Wollerau (10.9 m).

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 34’952 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)8.6 m7.8 m
P50 (median)10.1 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)12.0 m11.5 m
P9516.2 m16.6 m
Tallest building58.4 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m199
  • 3-6 m1’957
  • 6-9 m8’467
  • 9-12 m15’468
  • 12-15 m6’038
  • 15-18 m1’985
  • 18-21 m550
  • 21-24 m144
  • 24-27 m61
  • 27-30 m31
  • 30 m or taller52

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 26’723 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 18.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor2’634
  • 2 floors9’644
  • 3 floors9’675
  • 4 floors3’331
  • 5 floors1’123
  • 6 floors227
  • 7 floors49
  • 8 or more floors40

Tallest buildings

Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 58.4 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller2’8238.1%
25 m or taller1180.3%
30 m or taller520.1%
50 m or taller3< 0.1%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for the canton of Schwyz

roofs maps building height for every parcel in the canton of Schwyz. Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.

Municipalities in the canton of Schwyz

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