ANDERMATT, a Swiss health resort and centre for winter sports, lying at a height of 4, 7oof t. at the foot of the Giirschen, in the Urseren valley. The settlement is first mentioned in the 14th century, but remained unimportant until the opening of the St. Gotthard railway from Lucerne to Milan in 1882. It now ranks among the most famous Alpine resorts. Andermatt is also the chief military station of the St. Gotthard pass in one of the most elaborately fortified valleys in Europe.