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Kloster Einsiedeln

Kloster Einsiedeln recorded 900 000 visitors in 2024 by current estimate.

Type
Abbey
Town / canton
Einsiedeln, Schwyz
Visitors
900 000 · 2024 · estimate — verify before use
Upper-tier houses in Einsiedeln
Hotel Drei Könige
Position in the ranking
5 of 36 sites on file · above it stands Rigi Bahnen with 900 000; below it Gornergrat Bahn with 800 000

In Schwyz

A lake canton with two distinct products: Lake Lucerne at Brunnen and Morschach sells view and water, while Einsiedeln runs a pilgrimage calendar that does not line up with the tourist one.

Seasonality
Summer, May–October
Access
The A4 motorway and navigation on Lake Lucerne. Einsiedeln sits on its own branch and on pilgrimage days takes a flow unconnected to the tourist season.
From Bern by rail
1 h 50, with a change
Destinations nearby
Einsiedeln, Brunnen, Morschach, Schwyz, Stoos
Events in the canton
Schwyzer Fasnacht (Jan), Klausjagen (Dec)
Starred tables in the canton
Magdalena ★★
Upper-tier stock
4 properties, 260 rooms recorded

Estimate from secondary sources; treat as an order of magnitude and confirm with the operator before quoting it. Switzerland keeps no national attendance register, so every figure of this kind is closed site by site. Verified 28 August 2026.

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