SCHWYTZ, the capital of the above canton, is merely a small village in the valley of the Muotta, at the foot of Mythen, a two-peaked mountain, so called from its resemblance to a mitre, 3 miles from the Lake of Luzern and 24 S.S.E. of Zurich. It has a handsome parish church, a council-hall, and an arsenal, in which are the banners captured at Morgarten, as well as those that have been borne by the Schwytz troops on various other occasions. Pop. 5432.