The Minster is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in the

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canton of Schwyz The canton of Schwyz (german: Kanton Schwyz rm, Chantun Sviz; french: Canton de Schwytz; it, Canton Svitto) is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne to the west and Lake Zürich in the north, centred on ...

and a tributary of the

Sihl river The Sihl is a Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat in the centre of the city of Zürich. It has a length of , including the Sihlsee reservoir, through which the river f ...

. It has a length of . Since the creation of the artificial

Sihlsee reservoir __NOTOC__ The Sihlsee (in English sometimes called ''Lake Sihl'') is an artificial lake in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, near the town of Einsiedeln. The lake was created by damming the river Sihl and flooding a section of the upper Sihl Valley. T ...

by impounding the Sihl, the Minster now flows into the reservoir rather than directly into the river. The river's headwaters lie near the

Ibergeregg pass The Ibergeregg Pass is a mountain pass at an elevation in the Swiss canton of Schwyz. The pass connects the town of Schwyz and village of Oberiberg, with onward links to Einsiedeln and the Sihlsee. The headwaters of the Minster, a tributary ...

, on the slopes of the

Furggelenstock The Furggelenstock (1,656 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, located west of Oberiberg in the canton of Schwyz The town of Schwyz (; french: Schwytz; it, Svitto) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The Federal C ...

and Firstspitz mountains. From there it flows in a north-western direction to the villages of

Oberiberg Oberiberg is a village and municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The municipality comprises the village of Oberiberg and the hamlet and ski area of Hoch-Ybrig. History Oberiberg is first mentioned around 1217-22 ...

and

Unteriberg Unteriberg is a village and municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Besides the village of Unteriberg, the municipality includes the villages of Studen, Waag, Stöcken and Herti. History Unteriberg is first mentione ...

. Between the two villages, the river flows under the Jessenenbruecke bridge. Some below this bridge, the Minster receives the waters of the Waag river, whilst a further on, it flows into the southern end of the Sihlsee.

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* Rivers of the canton of Schwyz Sihl Rivers of Switzerland {{Switzerland-river-stub