Zug is the largest town and capital of the Swiss canton of Zug. Its name, translating from German as "pull" or "tug", originates from the fishing vocabulary; in the Middle Ages it referred to the right to pull up fishing nets and hence to the right to fish.
View over Lake Zug with the old town of Zug and the Zytturm
Unterstadt (lower town) as seen from Lake Zug harbour
Oberstadt (upper town) in the Altstadt
Night view of Zug and its lake
The canton of Zug or Zoug is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. It is located in central Switzerland and its capital is Zug. At 239 km2 (92 sq mi) the canton is one of the smallest of the Swiss cantons in terms of area. It is not subdivided into districts, but eleven municipalities.
The Baarburg above the town of Baar
Ägerisee
Figure 1 wears a traditional costume of the canton of Zug.