Living in Engelberg
Noise, public transport, taxes, vacancy and buildings in Engelberg at a glance – from open data of the FSO, FTA, ARE and FOEN. For a specific address, the address analysis shows all twelve cards.
No municipality-specific figures are available for Engelberg yet. The page shows the official maps and the cantonal values.
Noise
Daytime road noise (Lden) around the centre of Engelberg, from the FOEN's sonBASE noise database. Green is quiet, red is loud. For a specific address, the address analysis gives the values for road, rail and air traffic – day and night.
- < 45 dB very quiet
- 45–50 quiet
- 50–55 normal
- 55–60 moderate
- 60–65 loud
- 65–70 very loud
- > 70 extreme
Public transport
The ARE's public-transport service classes rate access to rail, tram and bus: A is excellent (station with dense frequency), D is basic service, and outside the coloured areas hardly anything runs. The map shows Engelberg.
Taxes
Cantonal indicative value (average of canton and municipalities), rank among the 26 cantons. The municipality's exact tax multiplier is in the FTA tax calculator.
Vacancy
Rule of thumb: below 1 % the market counts as tight (housing shortage), between 1 and 1.5 % as scarce, from 1.5 % as balanced to relaxed.
Rent check for your flatBuildings
The building stock of Engelberg from the Register of Buildings and Dwellings follows with the next data update. For a specific address, the address analysis already shows construction year, heating, floors and dwellings.
Building data for your addressRents
Median gross rents in the canton of Obwalden by number of rooms – indicative values from the FSO structural survey, service charges included.
Neighbouring municipalities
Check an address in Engelberg
All twelve cards for a specific address: noise, public transport, taxes, building, energy, connectivity, natural hazards, nature, rent check and legal basics. Free, no account.
Sources
- Municipal boundaries, area and centre: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), GEOSTAT – generalised municipal boundaries
- Postcodes: official directory of localities
- Public-transport classes and second-home share: Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE)
- Noise map: Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), sonBASE
- Cantonal indicative values (taxes, vacancy, rents): FSO and FTA reports, as of the app's tables
All information without guarantee. The maps are official federal representations; the figures are snapshots and do not replace advice.