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{{Infobox Swiss town
 | subject_name		= Rothenthurm
 | municipality_type	= municipality
 | image_photo          =Rothenthurm_Pfarrhof.jpg
 | imagepath_coa	= Rothenthurm-blazon.svg|pixel_coa=
 | canton		= Schwyz
 | iso-code-region 	= CH-SZ
 | district		= [[Schwyz District|Schwyz]]
 |coordinates = {{coord|47|6|N|8|40|E|display=inline,title}}
 | postal_code		= 6418
 | municipality_code	= 1370
 | area			= 22.80
 | elevation		= 923|elevation_description= 
 | population		= {{Swiss populations NC|CH-SZ|1370}} | populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-SZ}} |  popofyear = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-SZ}} 
 | website		= www.rothenthurm.ch
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 | places		= 
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 | neighboring_municipalities= [[Alpthal]], [[Einsiedeln, Switzerland|Einsiedeln]], [[Oberägeri]] (ZG), [[Sattel]], [[Schwyz]]
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'''Rothenthurm''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in [[Schwyz District]] in the [[canton of Schwyz]] in [[Switzerland]].

==History==
[[File:ETH-BIB-Rothenturm, Lauerzersee, Rigi, Berneralpen aus 1000 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-003691.tif|thumb|Aerial view from 1000&nbsp;m by [[Walter Mittelholzer]] (1923)]]
The [[Campaigns of 1798 in the French Revolutionary Wars#Other campaigns|French invasion of Switzerland in 1798]] brought about a swift end of the [[Early Modern Switzerland|Ancien Régime]].  The French victories against the larger cities of the [[swiss plateau]] led to the creation of the French supported [[Helvetic Republic]] on 12 April 1798.  Following the declaration of the Republic, the Cantons of [[Canton of Uri|Uri]], Schwyz and [[Canton of Nidwalden|Nidwalden]] rejected it and raised an army to fight the French.  Under [[Alois von Reding]] they were able to raise about 10,000 men.  This army was deployed along the defensive line from [[Napf]] to [[Rapperswil]].  General Reding besieged French controlled [[Lucerne]] and marched across the [[Brünig pass]] into the [[Berner Oberland]] to support the armies of Berne.  At the same time, the French General [[Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg]] marched out of occupied [[Zürich]] to attack [[Zug]], Lucerne and the [[Sattel pass]].  Even though the Reding's army won victories at Rothenthurm and [[Morgarten]], Schauenburg's victory near [[Sattel, Switzerland|Sattel]] allowed him to threaten the town of [[Schwyz]].  On 4 May 1798, the town council of Schwyz surrendered.<ref>{{HDS|8915<!--Section 1-1-->|The French Invasion}}</ref>

==Geography==
Rothenthurm has an area, {{as of|2006|lc=on}}, of {{convert|22.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.  Of this area, 44.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 48.6% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/>

==Demographics==
Rothenthurm has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-SZ}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-SZ|1370}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-SZ}}  {{as of|2007}}, 13.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.<ref name=SZ/>  Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.7%.  Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German  (89.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.6%) and Albanian being third ( 2.5%).<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 31-Aug-2009</ref>

{{as of|2000}} the gender distribution of the population was 51.2% male and 48.8% female.  The age distribution, {{as of|2008|lc=on}}, in Rothenthurm is; 650 people or 31.1% of the population is between 0 and 19.  698 people or 33.4% are 20 to 39, and 544 people or 26.0% are 40 to 64.  The senior population distribution is 116 people or 5.6% are 65 to 74.  There are 64 people or 3.1% who are 70 to 79 and 17 people or 0.81% of the population who are over 80.<ref name=SZ>[http://www.sz.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d2/d25265/d1556/p2298.cfm Canton Schwyz Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609200356/http://www.sz.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d2/d25265/d1556/p2298.cfm |date=2011-06-09 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 27 August 2009</ref>

{{as of|2000}} there are 723 households, of which 176 households (or about 24.3%) contain only a single individual.  77 or about 10.7% are large households, with at least five members.<ref name=SZ/>

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 61.4% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] (20.3%), the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] (8.8%) and the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SPS]] (8%).<ref name=SFSO/>

In Rothenthurm about 57.2% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]] or additional higher education (either university or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').<ref name=SFSO/>

Rothenthurm has an unemployment rate of 1.15%.  {{as of|2005}}, there were 121 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 42 businesses involved in this sector.  409 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 43 businesses in this sector.  212 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 55 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>
[[File:Rothenthurm Pfarrkirche.jpg|thumb|Rothenthurm [[parish]] church]]
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 1,664 or 79.7% are [[Roman Catholic]], while 140 or 6.7% belonged to the  [[Swiss Reformed Church]].  Of the rest of the population,  there are 75 individuals (or about 3.59% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are less than 5 individuals who belong to another Christian church.  There are 100 (or about 4.79% of the population) who are [[Islam]]ic.  There are less than 5 individuals who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 39 (or about 1.87% of the population) belong to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 66 individuals (or about 3.16% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=SZ/>

The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=SZ/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! year
! population 
|-
| 1950
| 970
|-
| 1960
| 1,159
|-
| 1970
| 1,282
|-
| 1980
| 1,345
|-
| 1985
| 1,436
|-
| 1990
| 1,664
|-
| 2000
| 2,063
|-
| 2005
| 2,017
|-
| 2007
| 2,081
|-
|}

==Tourism==
In winter, the 20&nbsp;km long [[cross-country skiing trail]] [[Finnenloipe Rothenthurm]] leads through the high moor of Rothenthurm.

==References==
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== See also ==
{{Commons category|Rothenthurm}}

* [[Rothenthurm Initiative]]
* [[Rothenthurm railway station]]

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