Bütschwil-Ganterschwil

Bütschwil-Ganterschwil
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency :	Toggenburg
BFS no. :	3395
Postal code :	9606 Bütschwil 9608 Ganterschwil 9615 Dietfurt
Coordinates :	723 007  /  245 625 coordinates: 47 ° 21 '0 "  N , 9 ° 4' 0"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and twenty-three thousand and seven  /  245 625
Height :	610  m above sea level M.
Height range :	548–944 m above sea level M.
Area :	21.83  km²
Residents:	4876 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	223 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.buetschwil-ganterschwil.ch
Location of the municipality

Bütschwil-Ganterschwil is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The municipality of Bütschwil-Ganterschwil is located in the Toggenburg constituency . It was created on January 1, 2013 from the previous communities of Bütschwil and Ganterschwil .

geography

The community consists of the villages of Bütschwil, Dietfurt and Ganterschwil on both sides of the Thur in the lower Toggenburg . It borders in the east on Mosnang , in the north on Lütisburg , in the east on Neckertal and Oberhelfenschwil and in the south on Lichtensteig and Wattwil .

history

Bütschwil in 1958. The entrance to Ganterschwil can be seen on the right in front of the striking rock face above the Necker .

After the Toggenburg was sold to the Abbot of St. Gallen, Bütschwil and Ganterschwil were administered by the prince abbey . In 1803 the two villages became part of the newly created canton of St. Gallen . In 1831 Bütschwil came to the Alttoggenburg district , while Ganterschwil remained in the former Untertoggenburg district . The private secondary school Bütschwil-Ganterschwil, founded in 1863, was transferred to the two communities in 1913. In 1990 the upper school community Bütschwil-Ganterschwil-Lütisburg (BuGaLu) moved into its new upper school center in Bütschwil.

On November 27, 2011, votes on a community merger took place in Bütschwil and Ganterschwil . As early as September 26, 2010, the voters of the political communities of Bütschwil and Ganterschwil approved the initiation of the unification process in a fundamental vote. The vote was accepted in Bütschwil with a yes share of 82%, in Ganterschwil the share of yes votes was 54%.

The wooden Lochermoos Bridge, opened to traffic in 1994, connects Bütschwil with Ganterschwil. It replaced an iron bridge that had insufficient load-bearing capacity.

At the end of 2011, the joint supply company of the municipalities of Bütschwil-Ganterschwil and Kirchberg , the rwt regional plant in Toggenburg , took over the power supply (Elektra Lütisburg) from the municipality of Lütisburg. In 2013, however, the Lütisburg voters narrowly refused a merger with the municipality of Bütschwil-Ganterschwil.

→ see also section history in article Bütschwil
→ see also section history in article Ganterschwil

coat of arms

The residents were given four suggestions for a new municipal coat of arms. The winner was the Lochermoosbrücke, which connects the two districts of Bütschwil and Ganterschwil across the Thur. The bridge has now become a symbol of the union of the two villages.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Bütschwil-Ganterschwil

Economy and Transport

Michel bridge over the Thur of the Bütschwil bypass near Dietfurt

→ see sections Economy and Transport in the article Bütschwil
→ see sections Economy and Transport in the article Ganterschwil

photos

→ see section pictures in article Bütschwil
→ see section sights in article Ganterschwil

Web links

Commons : Bütschwil-Ganterschwil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Political community website
• Preliminary examination of a community association Bütschwil-Ganterschwil (PDF; 2.3 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ^ Hans Büchler : Bütschwil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
3. ^ History . On the website of the BuGaLu upper level, accessed on June 17, 2016
4. ↑ Association resolution
5. ^ ^{A b} Community merger in the canton of St. Gallen: Bütschwil-Ganterschwil. On the website of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Flags Foundation, accessed on June 17, 2020
6. ↑ rwt regional works Toggenburg. On the website of the rwt (Regionalwerk Toggenburg), accessed on June 17, 2020
7. ↑ No further merger with Bütschwil-Ganterschwil. On the website of Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) , November 27, 2016