Schongau () is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Geography
thumb|Aerial view (1964)
Schongau is located in the Seetal valley.
The municipality has an area of . Of this area, 70.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
In Schongau about 64.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
there are 242 households, of which 39 households (or about 16.1%) contain only a single individual. 51 or about 21.1% are large households, with at least five members. 49.9% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 37.1% of the workforce.
the religious membership of Schongau was; 606 (83.1%) were Roman Catholic, and 65 (8.9%) were Protestant, with an additional 9 (1.23%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 9 individuals (1.23% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 2 (0.27%) individuals who belong to another religion, 21 (2.88%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 17 (2.33%) who did not answer the question.