Schongau (German pronunciation: [ˈʃoːnɡaʊ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

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).

Of the agricultural land, 65.41% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.98% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Of the settled areas, 2.01% is covered with buildings, 0.08% is industrial, 0.32% is parks or greenbelts and 1.04% is transportation infrastructure.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (97.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2000 census[update] 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.