Spiringen is a village and a municipality in the
Canton of Uri 
in
Switzerland 
. The municipality comprises two disjoint areas, separated by the municipality of
Unterschächen 
and the
Klausen Pass 
. The western area includes the village of Spiringen in the Schächen Valley, whilst the eastern area includes the Urner Boden alp above Linthal and the
Canton of Glarus 
.
Geography
Spiringen has an area, as of 2006, of 64.7 km2 (25.0 sq mi). This area is split into two parts, with the slightly smaller part around the village of Spiringen in the valley of the Schächen, which drains westward towards the Reuss and
Lake Lucerne 
. This part is surrounded by the municipalities of Bürglen and
Schattdorf 
to the north and west, and the municipality of Unterschächen to the east and south.