Rorschach district
| Rorschach district | |
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| Country: | Switzerland |
| Canton : | St. Gallen |
| Region ISO : | CH-SG |
| FSO number : | 1707 |
| Map of the former Rorschach district | |
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| The former districts of the canton of St. Gallen | |
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The District Rorschach was by the end of 2002, an administrative unit of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland . Eggersriet has been part of the St. Gallen constituency since 2003 , the other municipalities have been part of the Rorschach constituency since then .
1803-1831
Since the founding of the canton of St. Gallen in 1803, the Rorschach district consisted of the communities Gaiserwald , Straubenzell , Tablat , Wittenbach , Häggenschwil , Muolen , Mörschwil , Untereggen , Steinach , Rorschach and Rorschacherberg .
In 1831 the previous district of Rorschach was divided:
- Gaiserwald and Straubenzell came to the Gossau district
- Tablat, Wittenbach, Häggenschwil and Muolen came to the Tablat district
- the other communities remained in the Rorschach district
1831-2002
The Federal Statistical Office ran the district under FSO no. 1707.
The municipalities of the former Rorschach district
| coat of arms | Name of the parish | Area in km² |
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mountain | 3.74 |
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Eggersriet | 8.82 |
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Goldach | 4.68 |
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Mörschwil | 9.83 |
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Rorschach | 1.78 |
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Rorschacherberg | 7.11 |
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Steinach | 4.52 |
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Tübach | 1.99 |
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Untereggen | 7.14 |
| Total (9) | 50.37 |
Changes in the community
- 1826: Goldach → Mörschwil and Goldach split off
- 1827: Eggersriet → Untereggen and Eggersriet split off
- 1832: Split from Steinach → Berg , Steinach and Tübach
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Division of the canton of St. Gallen . Law of June 23, 1817. In: Collection of the laws and ordinances of the Canton of St. Gallen currently in force from 1803 to 1821. A manual for civil servants and citizens by Johann Jakob Zollikofer . June 20, 1821, p. 505-514 .
