Rothenburg: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1040 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’042
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 27
- Median utilization
- 64 %
Canton: 49 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.34
Canton: 0.13
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- -
Canton: -
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Rothenburg
Rothenburg is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne. The parcel data lists 2’042 parcels in 27 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are 2-geschossige Wohnzone Einzelbauweise (437), 2-geschossige Wohnzone verdichtete Bauweise (421) and Landwirtschaftszone (252).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 64 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 103 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Rothenburg sits above it.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 113 % (378 parcels), lower than the 122 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone Einzelbauweise | 437 | 76 % |
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone verdichtete Bauweise | 421 | 84 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 252 | 0 % |
| Wald | 191 | 0 % |
| 3-geschossige Wohnzone | 149 | 56 % |
| Spezielle Wohnzone | 138 | 96 % |
| Übriges Gebiet A | 76 | 0 % |
| Fleckenzone | 54 | 37 % |
| Arbeitszone D ES III | 47 | 120 % |
| 4-geschossige Wohnzone | 42 | 83 % |
| Zone für öffentlich Zwecke | 32 | 4 % |
| 3-geschossige Arbeits-/ Wohnzone | 30 | 43 % |
| Other zones (15) | 173 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’012 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 103 %. The median is 64 % and the mean 84 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %41 %
- 50 % to below 100 %32 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’012 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.59. The median is 0.34 and the mean 0.38.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5068 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0026 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 1’139 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 540 %
- 5 and above3 %
Building age cohorts
Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.
| Built in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 2’042 | 122 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’204 | 117 % |
| Last 40 years | 802 | 114 % |
| Last 20 years | 378 | 113 % |
| Last 15 years | 291 | 118 % |
| Last 10 years | 203 | 122 % |
| Last 5 years | 115 | 132 % |
How to read this page
room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).