Eichberg SG
SG is the abbreviation for the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Eichberg . |
Eichberg | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Canton of St. Gallen (SG) |
Constituency : | Rhine Valley |
BFS no. : | 3252 |
Postal code : | 9453 (Eichberg) 9452 (Hinterforst) |
Coordinates : | 757 557 / 245951 |
Height : | 519 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 436–910 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 5.44 km² |
Residents: | 1535 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 282 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.eichberg.ch |
Eichberg Church |
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Location of the municipality | |
Eichberg is a political municipality in the cultural landscape of the St. Gallen Rhine Valley in the canton of St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland . Eichberg belongs politically to the constituency of the Rhine Valley .
geography
Eichberg is located south of the town of Altstätten in the Rhine Valley . Neighboring communities of Eichberg are Altstätten in the north and east , Oberriet in the south, Rüte ( AI ) in the south-west and Gais ( AR ) in the north-west .
In the north of Eichberg lies the Hinterforst district , which together with the Altstätter Hinterforst forms a school community.
politics
Mayor is Alex Arnold ( CVP ). In the direct election in September 2012, as a member of the Pirate Party, he prevailed with 62.9% of the votes against two representatives of the SVP . In April 2014 he moved to the CVP.
Community presidents / men
Surname | Term of office | comment |
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Fenk-Beerli Paul | ||
Haltinner Willi (Mesmer's Willi) | 1968-1980 | FDP |
Benz Robert | 1981-2000 | FDP |
Eggenberger Andreas | 2001-2009 | FDP |
Emperor Eliane | 2010–2012 | SVP |
Arnold Alex | 2013– | Pirate Party / CVP |
population
year | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 |
Residents | 847 | 873 | 766 | 719 | 1011 | 1266 |
year | 2005 | 2010 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Residents | 1314 | 1435 | 1494 | 1539 | 1524 | 1521 |
history
literature
- Konrad Sonderegger: The Rhine Valley around 1900 . tape 2 . Appenzeller Verlag, Herisau 1990, ISBN 3-85882-266-3 , p. 184 .
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Eichberg
- Johannes Vogel: Eichberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ^ Website of the primary school community in Hinterforst
- ^ Coup in Eichberg In: nzz .ch of September 24, 2012
- ^ A defector in: Tages-Anzeiger .ch of April 3, 2014