Einsiedeln (, in the local Highest Alemannic dialect Äinsidle , in neighboring dialects also Äisele, Näisele, Äisidle, Näisidle, Äisigle , ) is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey. Einsiedeln is also the birthplace of Paracelsus, a Renaissance physician and alchemist who is credited with first naming zinc.