Gähwil

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Gähwil
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency : Toggenburgw
Political community : Kirchberg SGi2 w1
Postal code : 9534
Coordinates : 717 979  /  250843 coordinates: 47 ° 23 '52 "  N , 9 ° 0' 5"  O ; CH1903:  717 979  /  250843
Height : 749  m above sea level M.
Website: www.gaehwil.ch
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Gähwil (745 m) is a village in the Swiss municipality of Kirchberg in the canton of St. Gallen . 975 people live in Gähwil (as of December 31, 2005).

geography

The clustered village is located on the southern slope below the St. Iddaburg on the border with Hinterthurgau .

history

Aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1949

The village was first mentioned in 1209 as Gainwil . The Alt-Toggenburg Castle , the first seat of the Counts of Toggenburg, was located on the site of St. Iddaburg . From the 13th century on, Gähwil was owned by the monasteries of Magdenau and St. Gallen . The jurisdiction was in the hands of the Counts of Toggenburg. In 1468 it went to the prince abbey of St. Gallen , which Gähwil later assigned to the court of Bazenheid .

In 1404 a chapel is mentioned as a branch of the Kirchberg parish . After the Reformation , the population of Gähwil almost completely returned to the Catholic faith. From 1755 Gähwil had its own parish church consecrated to the Holy Trinity , in 1764 it was separated from the Kirchberg parish.

Population development
year 1827 1900 2000
Residents 150 246 969

When the canton of St. Gallen was founded in 1803, Gähwil was assigned to the political municipality of Kirchberg. In 1789 the Gähwil Free School opened . The first school house in the village is mentioned in 1807, and a new building followed in 1841. In 1904 the village corporation was founded .

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St. Iddaburg

Gähwil is located on the Kirchberg – Mühlrüti road and is served by BUS Ostschweiz with a half- hourly connection to Kirchberg – Wil .

Attractions

The St. Iddaburg is a regional excursion and pilgrimage. The Alt-Toggenburg castle is on the list of cultural assets in Kirchberg SG .

Web links

Commons : Gähwil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Hans Büchler : Gähwil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
    These sections are largely based on the entry in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland (HLS), which, according to the HLS's usage information, is under the Creative Commons license     - Attribution - Distribution under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  2. ↑ 80.732 Wil SG - Kirchberg - Gähwil. In: Official course book , timetable year 2020