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Hotel Wysses Rössli
Schwyz, Switzerland · Independent · Near Luxury
When fire took much of Schwyz in 1642, the council put a well-placed tavern in the same breath as the church and the town hall, and master builder Jeremias Meyer raised the Rössli again for the Bettschart family. Coaches used the door on Hauptplatz for generations, and for long stretches the cantonal post sat inside the inn. Swiss Bank Corporation bought the house in 1970 and reopened a complete rebuild in 1978: twenty-seven rooms, still the white horse on the square, with a baroque panelled room from the Acherhof set into the second floor.
- 27 rooms
- Opened 1978
- Neighborhood: Hauptplatz
- Rooms from 172 sq ft (16 m²)
About Hotel Wysses Rössli
- The house counts Goethe, General Guisan, and several federal councillors among its guests. Meinrad Inglin, Schwyz's own novelist, spent the winters of his last years in the hotel.
- From 1742 to 1835, and again from 1848 to 1910, the Schwyz post office worked inside the Wysses Rössli, so the mail and the travelers shared the door on Hauptplatz.
- The baroque panelled room came home from Basel. It had hung in the Barfüsserkirche since 1897, after leaving the Acherhof in Schwyz, and the 1978 rebuild set it back on the second floor.
- In 1733 the inn, the stables, two gardens, and the cheese cellar were leased to the Weber brothers for 190 guilders. Karl Trütsch-Langlois, a Schwyz entrepreneur, bought the hotel from the bank in 2002.
- Entry-level rooms start at 172 sq ft (16 m²).
History
The village fire of 1642 destroyed Gasthaus zum Rössli along with much of Schwyz. Council minutes of that year ranked a well-sited tavern with the church and the town hall. Master builder Jeremias Meyer rebuilt it, and the Bettschart family kept it for a time. In 1733 it was leased to the Weber brothers for 190 guilders, stables, gardens, and cheese cellar included. The Schwyz post office sat in the house from 1742 to 1835 and again from 1848 to 1910. Goethe, General Guisan, federal councillors, and the novelist Meinrad Inglin were among the guests. In 1970 Schweizerischer Bankverein bought the hotel and reopened a complete rebuild in 1978, bringing back a baroque Täferzimmer from the Acherhof that had been in Basel's Barfüsserkirche since 1897. Karl Trütsch-Langlois bought it in 2002. Angela Hug and Gérard O. Kuhn now hold the lease. The kitchen is under Michael Engel.
The setting
Hauptplatz 3 is the main square of Schwyz, the town that gave Switzerland its name. The church and the town hall, the two buildings the 1642 council set beside this inn, are still the neighbors that matter. Hikers use the square as the start toward Stoos and the Mythen.
Restaurants and bars
- Le Petit Cheval — Restaurant · Gourmet
- Restaurant (stylish restaurant) — Restaurant
Experiences
- Wine & Dine with Domaine Donatsch — Wine and dine evening with Weingut Domaine Donatsch: exclusive 5-course menu on 27 Nov 2026, from CHF 220 per person.
Amenities
- Bankette & Seminare
- Restaurant online table reservation
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