Schongau
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1041
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Schongau centerThe parcel data lists 739 parcels in Schongau, covering 12.4 km². 47.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 5’905 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 739
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 12.4 km²
- 0.8% of the canton
- Median area
- 5’905 m²
- Canton: 1’199 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 47.2%
- Canton: 63.1%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 2001
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Schongau
Schongau is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.8% of its area. The median parcel in Schongau measures 5’905 m², larger than the canton median of 1’199 m². Schongau is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 47.2% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (42.4%), Wald (22.3%) and zweigeschossige Wohnzone dicht (9.1%). In total, Schongau uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Schongau has 700 buildings with 508 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (63%). Non-residential buildings account for 53.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2011 to 2020 (24.9% of them), and 52.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 2001, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1988).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 349 (47.2%)
Unbuilt: 390 (52.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 313 | 9.41 km² | 38.0% |
| Wald | 165 | 2.53 km² | 4.2% |
| zweigeschossige Wohnzone dicht | 67 | 0.06 km² | 92.5% |
| Weilerzone Oberschongau | 41 | 0.04 km² | 95.1% |
| Dorfzone | 25 | 0.02 km² | 92.0% |
| Weilerzone Niederschongau A | 24 | 0.02 km² | 83.3% |
| zweigeschossige Wohnzone locker | 23 | 0.03 km² | 91.3% |
| Weilerzone Rüdikon | 16 | 0.02 km² | 81.3% |
| Arbeitszone B | 13 | 0.05 km² | 92.3% |
| Übriges Gebiet A | 11 | 0.11 km² | 18.2% |
| Zone für öffentliche Zwecke | 9 | 0.02 km² | 77.8% |
| Weilerzone Hinterdorf | 7 | 0.02 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 25 | 0.08 km² | 68.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 700 buildings with 508 dwellings here; 187 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 700
- Dwellings
- 508
- Single-family houses
- 187
- Building volume
- 898’250 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Schongau
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Schongau. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.