Escholzmatt is a former municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 3.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Of the settled areas, 1.4% is covered with buildings, 0.13% is industrial, 0.15% is classed as special developments, 0.07% is parks or greenbelts and 1.38% is transportation infrastructure.

[4] The former municipality is located on the watershed between the Grosse and Kleine Emme rivers.

It consists of the village of Escholzmatt and the hamlets of Lehn, Feldmoos, Wiggen, and Dürrenbach.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (95.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.0%).

In the 2000 census[update] the religious membership of Escholzmatt was; 2,532 (78.4%) were Roman Catholic, and 354 (11.%) were Protestant, with an additional 49 (1.52%) that were of some other Christian faith.

The wettest month is June during which time Escholzmatt receives an average of 172 mm (6.8 in) of precipitation.

The driest month of the year is February with an average of 85 mm (3.3 in) of precipitation over 15.1 days.