Bleicheli (St. Gallen)
Bleicheli at the blue hour , 2009
The Bleicheli is a small-scale residential and commercial area in the city of St. Gallen between the Vadianstrasse in the northwest and the water alley in the southeast.
It was created on a former bleaching facility in the textile industry, where cloths were previously placed in the sun for bleaching . It developed into a banking center over time. The city lounge and the Rote Platz as well as the headquarters of Raiffeisen Switzerland are located on the site .
Web links
Commons : Bleicheli (St. Gallen) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. Galler Tagblatt AG: From Bleicheli to red “Raiffeiseli” . In: St.Galler Tagblatt Online . ( tagblatt.ch [accessed December 9, 2016]).
- ↑ Submission to the City Parliament of St. Gallen, accessed on December 9, 2016