Goldingen 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 of the name Goldingen .
Goldingen
Goldingen coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency : Sea gaster
Political community : Eschenbach SGi2
Postal code : 8638
former BFS no. : 3333
Coordinates : 715 633  /  236210 coordinates: 47 ° 16 '0 "  N , 8 ° 58' 0"  O ; CH1903:  715,633  /  236210
Height : 705  m above sea level M.
Area : 22.11  km²
Residents: 1129 (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 51 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.goldingen.ch
View of Goldingen from Haspel

View of Goldingen from Haspel
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Goldingen SG (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2013

Goldingen is a village in the west of the canton of St. Gallen . Until December 31, 2012, it was a separate political municipality in the See-Gaster constituency . On January 1, 2013 Goldingen merged with Eschenbach and St. Gallenkappel to form the new municipality of Eschenbach .

geography

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1965

Goldingen is about five kilometers east of Wald ZH and six kilometers northeast of Lake Zurich . The community consisted of the villages Goldingen and Hintergoldigen and numerous hamlets and individual farms. Atzmännig , a popular excursion destination with a toboggan run and ski lifts , as well as a chairlift to Oberatzmännig ( 1185  m above sea level ) is located in the rear of the Goldinger Valley .

population

Population development
year Residents
1850 1053
1900 885
1950 1072
1980 870
2000 1045
2010 1121

Varia

The older form of the name is Goldelingen , documented from 1266. The place name is derived from a personal name Goldilo . The modern spelling appears from 1379.

The Goldingertal, especially the village of Goldingen and its cheese dairy, were the setting in the television film “ Die Käserei in Goldingen ”, which premiered on December 5, 2010 on Swiss television.

Personalities

  • Ferdinand Rüegg (April 20, 1847 in Goldingen; † October 14, 1913 in Tübach), Bishop of St. Gallen.
  • Lilli Palmer (born May 24, 1914 in Posen , Prussia ; † January 27, 1986 in Los Angeles ), actress, author and painter, lived in Goldingen from 1960 until shortly before her death in 1986. She received Swiss citizenship in Goldingen in 1979. Your Villa La Loma was largely demolished and rebuilt in 1997.World icon
  • Carlos Thompson (1923–1990), Argentine actor and writer, lived with his wife Lilli Palmer in Goldingen.

Attractions

  • Goldingen village center

  • Goldingen Church

  • Interior of the church

Web links

Commons : Goldingen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ortsnames.ch
  2. ↑ Der Spiegel from August 15, 1977: The Bird Singed Well , accessed on May 22, 2014
  3. ^ A b Neue Zürcher Zeitung of May 22, 2014: Prussian world citizen , accessed on May 22, 2014
  4. ↑ Swiss radio and television of January 10, 2014: Illegally built - and nothing happens , accessed on May 22, 2014.