Mountain 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 in the name Berg (place name) . ff
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Coat of arms of Berg
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency : Rorschachw
BFS no. : 3211i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 9305
Coordinates : 748 371  /  261 391 coordinates: 47 ° 29 '12 "  N , 9 ° 24' 27"  O ; CH1903:  748,371  /  two hundred and sixty-one thousand three hundred ninety-one
Height : 500  m above sea level M.
Height range : 404–602 m above sea level M.
Area : 3.76  km²
Residents: 850 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 226 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.bergsg.ch
Location of the municipality
Bodensee Unterer Burgweier Mannenweier Buebenweier Chrüzweier Wenigerweier Rütiweier Schlossweier Österreich Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden Wahlkreis St. Gallen Kanton Thurgau Kanton Thurgau Wahlkreis St. Gallen Wahlkreis Rheintal Berg SG Berg SG Goldach SG Mörschwil Rorschach Rorschacherberg Steinach SG Thal SG Tübach UntereggenMap of mountain
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Berg is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen . It is located in the constituency of Rorschach .

Berg is located near Lake Constance between Wittenbach SG and Arbon .

geography

Aerial photo from 800 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)

Berg is located on the slopes of the lake ridge (side moraine of the former Rhine glacier ). This creates a steep gradient within the village. Berg has lost some of its importance since the feeder to the A1 existed and the next two larger agglomerations, Arbon and St. Gallen, have a motorway connection. In the past, the only connection between the two cities was an arduous cantonal road up the Seerücken, which leads right through Berg.

The village is divided into a main part (Unterberg) and a secondary part (Oberberg). This division into two unconnected parts of the community has historical roots.

From the mountain you have a perfect view of the nearby Lake Constance .

Neighboring towns are: Arbon (north), Steinach (north-east), Roggwil (north-west), Häggenschwil (west), Wittenbach (south) and Mörschwil (south-east).

coat of arms

Like many other communities in the canton of St. Gallen, Berg did not have an official coat of arms until 1946. Today's municipal coat of arms is based on the coat of arms of the Studer von Winkelbach family and was decided by the local council in April 1946. Blazon

Five golden perennial branches, 1, 3 and 5 with golden six-petalled flowers, raised by two golden lilies, grow out of green three-mountain in blue

history

Due to the settlement activity in Arbon and St. Gallen, farmers moved to the hills around St. Gallen in the Middle Ages. In 796, the separation into Unterberg and Oberberg took place. The homesteads were initially still scattered, but then became more and more dense, so that they were incorporated into the abbot mansion in the 9th century. Berg is first mentioned in a document in 827. The chapel has existed since 892 and was called the oratoriolum in mountains .

In 854 and 901 the borders were adjusted by the then Bishop of Constance .

In the late Middle Ages, Berg grew more and more, was soon a rich place and thus an important source of income for the Prince Abbey of St. Gallen .

At the time of the Reformation , Berg temporarily joined this, so that the place was reformed from 1528 to 1532 . After that, the majority of the citizens returned to the Roman Catholic denomination. There was always a Reformed minority, this is also evident from the Reformed country estates Rappen, Pfauenmoos as well as Grosser and Kleiner Hahnberg, which belonged to wealthy Reformed St. Gallen.

In 1650 a school building was built for the first time, and in 1737 a free school.

In 1777 the parish church of St. Michael was built. In 1803 Berg came to the political municipality of Steinach through the abolition of the St. Gallen monastery, but separated from it again in 1832. The separation from Tübach , which is also independent today, took place in 1845. The community property was extremely modest at that time and consisted of a share in the Bruggen infirmary and a small amount of cash for the school and the local poor. Even today, the local community does not own a lot of assets.

In 1874 and 1888 the two local cheese cooperatives were founded. There was a lot of construction going on in the 1960s, but this quickly subsided in the 1970s. With the new developments in Brühl, Mattenhof and Dorfwiese, Berg expects a significant increase in population over the next few years. Nevertheless, Berg still has a strong agricultural touch today.

economy

Due to the agricultural and unfavorable hillside location, industry was never really able to settle, so that Berg has remained a place to this day that is particularly attractive for homeowners. The place lived mainly from home industry and agriculture, around 1800 agriculture, fruit growing and cattle breeding followed, from around 1900 viticulture and embroidery.

traffic

In terms of traffic, Berg is on a cantonal road between Arbon and St. Gallen. The Roggwil-Berg train station was built in 1910, giving the village a connection to the Bodensee-Toggenburg Railway (BT).

population

Due to its agricultural character, the village grew slightly over the centuries, but a population jump such as B. in nearby Arbon could never start due to the lack of industry. After all, the population has almost doubled since the 17th century .

Population development
year 1685 1850 1900 1950 1980 2000 2005 2010 2015 2018
population 461 528 497 510 648 846 880 846 840 850

schools

Schoolhouse Brühl.jpg

Lower and intermediate level

In the Brühl school building in the center of the village, Berger pupils are taught from kindergarten through 6th grade. The schoolhouse was built from 1973–1975 and expanded and partially renovated in 2018–2019. It offers space for around 100 students.

OZ Grünau.jpg

Upper school

Berg SG does not have its own advanced level. The pupils visit the upper school center Grünau in Wittenbach, where about 40 teachers teach. The sponsor is the Regional Upper School Community of Grünau, which was founded in 1974 and consists of the communities of Wittenbach, Muolen and Berg.

Attractions

  • Catholic Church of St. Michael (1776)

  • Kleiner Hahnberg Castle

  • Grosser Hahnberg Castle (17th and 18th centuries)

  • Pfauenmoos Castle (1564, end of the 18th century)

Personalities

  • Jakob Schurtanner (around 1450–1526), ​​Catholic parish administrator in Berg 1505–1507, Evangelical Reformed pastor in Teufen and reformer in the Appenzellerland
  • Cornelius Wilhelm von Heyl zu Herrnsheim (1843–1923), German politician and industrialist, died in Berg
  • Vincent de Paul Wehrle (1855–1941), Benedictine and first bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA, born in Berg
  • Walter Burger, (1923-2010), painter and sculptor, born in Emmen (LU)
  • Fredi Thalmann (* 1939), painter and sculptor, born in St. Gallen
  • Arthur Loepfe (* 1942), politician, born in Berg
  • Markus Bischoff (* 1956), lawyer and politician, Zurich Cantonal Council, born in Berg
  • Benedikt Würth (* 1968), politician, born in Berg

Web links

Commons : Berg SG  - 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. ^ Berger book, page 23, ISBN 978-3-905731-03-3
  3. ↑ StiASG , Urk. II 78. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Pfauenmoos, in the State Archives
  5. ↑ Tagblatt dated February 13, 2013
  6. ^ Official report 2017
  7. ↑ www.psberg.ch, primary school, kindergarten
  8. ↑ https://ozgruenau.ch/, About us
  9. ^ Berger book, page 253, ISBN 978-3-905731-03-3
  10. ^ Berger book, page 256, ISBN 978-3-905731-03-3