Gersau

Gersau
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Gersau
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Coordinates: 46°59′N 8°31′E / 46.983°N 8.517°E / 46.983; 8.517
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Schwyz
District	Gersau
Area [1]
• Total	23.70 km2 (9.15 sq mi)
Elevation	435 m (1,427 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2][3]
• Total	2,319
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6442
SFOS number	1311
ISO 3166 code	CH-SZ
Surrounded by	Arth, Beckenried (NW), Buochs (NW), Emmetten (NW), Ennetbürgen (NW), Ingenbohl, Lauerz, Vitznau (LU)
Website	www.gersau.ch SFSO statistics

Free State and Republic of Gersau Freistaat und Republik Gersau
1433–1798 1814–1818
Status	City-republic and an allied protectorate of the Old Swiss Confederacy
Capital	Gersau
Government	Republic
Historical era	Early Modern Age
• Purchased liberty from the Counts of Habsburg	1390
• Gained Reichsfreiheit	1433
• Annexed to Helv. Rep.	1798
• Act of Mediation:     Joined Schwyz	February 19, 1803
• Regained independence	1814
• Annexed by Switzerland	1818
Preceded by Succeeded by Counts of Habsburg Canton of Schwyz Canton of Waldstätten Canton of Schwyz

Gersau is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland, sitting on the shores of Lake Lucerne. Gersau was for many centuries an independent micro-state in permanent alliance with the Swiss Confederation.