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Write Lachen SZ. There is more than one, and the other is not in Switzerland.
Lachen sits at the upper end of Lake Zurich in the canton of Schwyz, on the shore opposite Rapperswil. It is close enough to Zurich to commute and taxed lightly enough that a good many people make exactly that trade.
Lachen is a common enough place name that an address giving it alone is genuinely ambiguous, and there are places called Lachen outside Switzerland as well as within it. Start with the name, because it causes real problems. Lachen is a common enough place name that a delivery address giving it alone is genuinely ambiguous, and there are places called Lachen outside Switzerland as well as within it.
The convention locally is to write Lachen SZ, using the canton abbreviation, and it is worth adopting on anything you send a mover. Add the postcode as well. It costs nothing and it removes the one thing on this delivery that could send a lorry somewhere useless.
Beyond that, this is an unremarkable delivery. The town sits on the flat shore at the head of the lake with ordinary streets and normal access.
Lachen also appears as Lachen SZ and Obersee. Whichever version you searched for, this is the same city and the same page. Give the mover the address exactly as it appears on your Swiss lease.
The canton abbreviation SZ is not decoration on this address, it is the thing that makes it unambiguous. Swiss practice adds the canton code where a place name is shared, and Lachen is a clear case.
The town is the main centre of its district at the top of the lake, and the surrounding communes are served on the same runs. Everything here is German speaking.
Give the mover the name with the canton code, the postcode and the street. On this delivery that combination matters more than it does almost anywhere else in the country.
Schwyz is among the more lightly taxed Swiss cantons, and the upper end of Lake Zurich is within reach of the city for a daily commute. Those two facts together explain a large share of the arrivals here.
It has consequences for a removal. Households moving for that reason are frequently moving from elsewhere in Switzerland rather than from abroad, which is a different job with no customs step at all. If your move is internal rather than international, say so, because almost none of the usual import paperwork will apply to you.
Where the move is international, the requirements are exactly as anywhere else in the country: form 18.44, the six month rule, and evidence of transfer of domicile.
Lachen can be reached along either shore of the lake from Zurich, or across the causeway at Rapperswil which cuts the head of the lake. Which route suits depends on where the vehicle is coming from and what the traffic is doing.
The town itself is flat and sits on the shore, so once a lorry is here the delivery is ordinary. There is a marina and a good deal of lakeside property, and building management in the newer blocks is active in the way it is around Zurich generally.
Away from the shore the ground rises towards the hills behind, and the addresses up there behave like any other Swiss hillside: narrower roads, tighter turns, and sometimes a shuttle for the last stretch.
Worth reading before you send an enquiry about Lachen, in this order.
What changes the number on a lakeside move.
Packing, when the block requires a booked lift slot.
Sharing a lorry on the Zurich lake run.
If your Swiss address is not Lachen itself, one of these may be closer.
Zurich · Zug · Lucerne · St Gallen · Chur · Winterthur · all Swiss towns
Because Lachen alone is ambiguous. It is a common place name and there are places called Lachen outside Switzerland as well as within it. Swiss practice adds the canton code where a name is shared, and it costs nothing to include it along with the postcode.
Schwyz is among the more lightly taxed Swiss cantons and the upper end of Lake Zurich is within commuting reach of the city. Those two facts together account for a large share of arrivals, and it means many moves here are internal rather than international.
Considerably. An internal move has no customs step at all, so form 18.44, the six month rule and the transfer of domicile evidence simply do not apply. Say so at enquiry, because the import paperwork is written for arrivals from outside the country.
Along either shore of the lake from Zurich, or across the causeway at Rapperswil which cuts the head of the lake. Which route suits depends on where the vehicle started and what the traffic is doing. The town itself is flat and the delivery is ordinary once it arrives.
Not on the shore. The town is flat with ordinary streets, though building management in the newer lakeside blocks is active in the way it is around Zurich generally, so expect booked lift slots and protective covering. Addresses on the rising ground behind can need a shuttle for the last stretch.
Yes. Lachen is the main centre of its district at the top of the lake and the surrounding communes are served on the same runs. Give the full address including the canton code and the postcode, as you would for the town itself.
German, in the canton of Schwyz. The commune, your lease and the utilities all work in German. The complication on this address is not the language, it is the name, which is why the canton code matters.
Collection address, the Lachen delivery address, a room by room list and the window you can work with. One vetted moving company from our network checks the route and the access, then comes back to you.
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Written by Darren Benjamin, founder of International Removals Companies, who has run the business since 2010. Last checked 5 August 2026.