Swiss Towns / Episode 18
Escholzmatt-Marbach
5 October 2026 · Lucerne
What happened in this episode?
In episode 18, Escholzmatt-Marbach was selected by the wheel and eliminated from the Swiss Towns series. The municipality finished in place 2'093 out of 2'110 participants. After this spin, 2'092 municipalities remained in the race.
Municipality profile
Escholzmatt-Marbach lies in the canton of Lucerne. It has 4'587 permanent residents and covers 106.40 km², which corresponds to around 43 residents per km².
- Canton: Lucerne
- 4'587 permanent residents
- Area: 106.40 km²
A pioneer of Swiss dialect research.
Local priest Franz Joseph Stalder became a pioneer of research into Swiss German dialects.