Rothenthurm: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Schwyz · FSO no. 1370 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’073
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 17
- Median utilization
- 41 %
Canton: 62 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.37
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.0 m
Canton: 10.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.7
Canton: 2.6
Switzerland: 2.3
About Rothenthurm
Rothenthurm is a municipality in the canton of Schwyz. The parcel data lists 1’073 parcels in 17 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Übriges Gemeindegebiet (338), Wohngewerbezone 2 (155) and Wohnzone 2 (153).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 41 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 95 %. The canton median is 62 %, so Rothenthurm sits below it.
The median building height is 10.0 m at 2.7 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 135 % (146 parcels), higher than the 94 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 338 | 0 % |
| Wohngewerbezone 2 | 155 | 85 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 153 | 77 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 96 | 30 % |
| Wohnzone 1 | 90 | 72 % |
| Wald | 65 | 0 % |
| Kernzone | 59 | 92 % |
| Wohngewerbezone 3 | 33 | 62 % |
| Gewerbezone | 31 | 73 % |
| Verkehrsfläche innerhalb Bauzone | 21 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 10 | 0 % |
| Verkehrsfläche ausserhalb Bauzone | 7 | 0 % |
| Other zones (5) | 15 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’056 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 95 %. The median is 41 % and the mean 85 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %52 %
- 50 % to below 100 %25 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’055 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.65. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.35.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5065 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0027 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 608 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.5 m and 11.6 m. The median is 10.0 m and the mean 10.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m17 %
- 8 m to below 12 m63 %
- 12 m to below 20 m20 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 448 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.3. The median is 2.7 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 28 %
- 2 to below 334 %
- 3 to below 557 %
- 5 and above2 %
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 | 1’073 | 94 % |
| Last 60 years | 451 | 127 % |
| Last 40 years | 331 | 124 % |
| Last 20 years | 146 | 135 % |
| Last 15 years | 122 | 141 % |
| Last 10 years | 67 | 121 % |
| Last 5 years | 30 | 100 % |
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).