Benken SG

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SG is the abbreviation for the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Benken .
Benken
Coat of arms of Benken
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency : Sea gaster
BFS no. : 3312i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 8717
UN / LOCODE : CH BKN
Coordinates : 719 565  /  228875 coordinates: 47 ° 12 '0 "  N , 9 ° 1' 0"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred nineteen thousand five hundred sixty-five  /  228875
Height : 420  m above sea level M.
Height range : 405–605 m above sea level M.
Area : 16.49  km²
Residents: 3025 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 183 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.benken.ch
Benken SG

Benken SG

Location of the municipality
Pfäffikersee Zürichsee Entenseeli Aatalweier Sihlsee Wägitalersee Obersee (Glarus) Walensee Kanton Appenzell Ausserhoden Kanton Glarus Kanton Schwyz Kanton Zürich Wahlkreis Sarganserland Wahlkreis Toggenburg Amden Benken SG Eschenbach SG Gommiswald Kaltbrunn SG Rapperswil-Jona Schänis Schmerikon Uznach WeesenMap of Benken
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Benken is a municipality in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen in the constituency of See-Gaster . It is located about 5 km southeast of the eastern end of Lake Zurich .

population

Population development
year Residents
1850 1242
1900 1341
1950 1742
1980 1684
2000 2228
2010 2571

geography

Historical aerial photo by Swissair Photo AG from 1948

Benken was the main town in the former Gaster district . Benken is located in the Linth area, bordering the canton of Schwyz ( Reichenburg ) and the canton of Glarus ( Bilten , municipality of Glarus Nord ).

In Giessen, southwest of the village center, the Linth Canal and the parallel high-voltage lines change their direction. The local mountain of Benken is the Benkner Büchel .

history

The current village name gradually developed from Babinchova to Benken. The name Babinchova refers to the farm of an Alemannic landowner Babo or Bebo, a brother-in-law of the donor Beata, who was registered in 741. The name of the farm appears shortly after 1050 as Bebenchon and as Bebinkon and at the end of the 12th century as Benken in the documents.

On the Benkner Büchel , in the Kastlet, where a Meinrad chapel has stood since 1909 , Jakob Grüninger discovered a fortified settlement from the Hallstatt period in 1939 . Roman silver coins came to light in the Starrberg, in the area of ​​today's train station. 741 and 744 documents were issued in the Babinchova Monastery.

In the 11th century, the Counts of Lenzburg, as heirs of the Rhaetian property in Gaster, gave away large parts of the Benken farm and the church treasures to the Schänis Abbey . As a result, Benken was ecclesiastically and manorial under Schänis , politically under the respective sovereigns, i.e. Lenzburg , Kyburg and Habsburg . From 1438 to 1798 Benken was one of the six Tagwen within the Bailiwick of Gaster, which is under Schwyz and Glarus. In the Helvetic Republic , Benken belonged to the Schänis district and in 1803 became an independent municipality in the new canton of St. Gallen.

Attractions

The Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul was built from 1792 to 1795 and extended in 1917/18. The decor in the neo- baroque style comes from Albert Rimli . The vault pictures were created by August Müller in 1919.

The nationally known pilgrimage site of Maria Bildstein , which dates back to 1519, is located on the Benkner Büchel . The numerous chapels and grottoes from the 19th century form an ensemble that is unique in the northern Alpine region. Today's pilgrimage church dates from 1966 and has valuable furnishings.

Energy industry

The electricity is distributed by the Benken Electricity Supply (EVB). Their suppliers are the St. Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke (SAK) and Axpo AG . Axpo and EWZ enjoy transmission rights for higher voltage levels. The Benken substation has stood to the left of the Linth Canal since 1961 . A start was made there to divert electrical energy from the 220 kV line from Sils-Fällanden to Saturdayern . In 1994 the old system was replaced by a new, remote-controlled 380 kV station. This is where the 380 kV Benken-Mettlen line begins in addition to the 220 kV branch to Saturdayern .

Infrastructure

Outside of town, Benken is rich in agricultural zones . The main street called "Benknerstrasse" connects the village with Reichenburg and Kaltbrunn . This is used with the Reichenburg-Benken-Kaltbrunn- Uznach post bus line. Benken has a train station on the Rapperswil - Glarus - Linthal line of the Swiss Federal Railways .

Personalities

photos

  • Gasthaus zum Rössli

  • Parish hall

  • Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul

  • Interior view of the Church of St. Peter and Paul

  • The Magdalene Grotto in the pilgrimage site of Maria Bildstein

Web links

Commons : Benken  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ StiASG , Urk. I 4. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 12, 2020.
  3. ^ Art guide through Switzerland - Volume 1 , Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 2005.
  4. ^ Maria Bildstein - The place of pilgrimage in the Linth area through the ages , Maria Bildstein Foundation Council, Benken 1979.