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This thematic hike leads from the parish church in Sattel to the Morgarten monument at Lake Ägeri. It takes you to the original locations of the Morgarten history.
Seven animated stations bring the history of Morgarten to life. Four-language audio plays featuring characters such as Duke Leopold, the court jester Kuoni von Stocken, knight Heinrich von Hünnberg, and Werner Stauffacher transport you to the time of the Battle of Morgarten in 1315. A historian always contrasts the audio play scenes with the current state of knowledge and scientific research.
You hike on mountain paths, hiking trails, and paved roads – across meadows, through woods, and past farms.
Author’s recommendation
The Morgarten trail is also suitable as a school excursion. More ideas for school excursions according to Curriculum 21 can be found at www.groesstesklassenzimmer.ch.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Safety information
In the Figlenflue area, the trail leads over a mountain path. Therefore, good footwear and surefootedness are required.
Roadbook
The path starts at the parish church Sattel at the “Pfaffenhütchenplatz” with the story of the church ban on the people of Schwyz. The view falls northwards onto the agricultural and historical landscape. Along the foot of the slope, the path winds and leads us to the second animated station “Bauernwiese” (farmers' meadow). We now follow this paved path uphill and, after just under a kilometer, turn left over a meadow path towards Figlenflue.
As a reward for the ascent, the “Stauffacher pulpit” offers a wonderful panoramic view over the Ägerital and – practically vertically below the pulpit – the “Leopoldplatz”. This is how the two adversaries could have stood “eye to eye”.
After Figlenflue, a mountain path leads us down to the “Hellenbardenwald”, where Habsburgers and Schwyzers met, and further to the Morgarten information center. After the Letziturm, again following the path at the foot of the slope, we pass the “Leopoldplatz”, and at the Morgarten camping site follows the station “Hünenberghelm”. Finally, after a short ascent to the striking monument, we reach the Fool’s Labyrinth, where the story began from the Habsburg perspective.
Feuerstelle Sattel - Figlenfluh
Schlachtkapelle
Informationszentrum Morgarten
Morgartendenkmal
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
By train or bus to Sattel.Get Timetable to destination
Directions
Coming from Schwyz or Pfaffikon SZ, Sattel is located on the H8.Parking
In the parking lot at the parish church.Coordinates
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Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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