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Biberbrugg
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 Biberbrugg
Location in Switzerland
Biberbrugg
Location in Canton of Schwyz
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| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Schwyz |
| District | Einsiedeln, Höfe |
| Municipality | Einsiedeln and Feusisberg |
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| • Total | 17.5 km2 (6.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 838 m (2,749 ft) |
| Postal code |
8836
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| Surrounded by | Einsiedeln, Feusisberg |
Biberbrugg is a village in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. It is shared by the municipality and district of Einsiedeln and the municipality of Feusisberg in the district of Höfe.
History
For centuries, the village was a small hamlet with a bridge (Swiss German: Brugg) crossing the Biber river, just upstream of its confluence with the Alp river.
In 1877, a train station on the line Wädenswil–Einsiedeln railway was built, carrying the name of the village. Fourteen years later, the Südostbahn established the line Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau railway line, and Biberbrugg became an important junction station. Around the train station, a settlement in the municipality of Einsiedeln was established on the southern side of the Biber river. Later, the motorway St. Gallen–Rapperswil–Schwyz–Ingenbohl on the western side of the river was built; this part of the village belongs to the municipality of Feusisberg.
Transport
Biberbrugg is a nodal point of the Südostbahn's Voralpen Express, an InterRegio train, and of the motorway between St. Gallen and Schwyz. The railway station is also an intermediate stop of Zürich S-Bahn lines S13 to Wädenswil and S40 to Rapperswil.
