Grub AR

AR is the abbreviation for the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Grub .

Grub
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR)
District :	former district of Vorderland
BFS no. :	3031
Postal code :	9035
Coordinates :	756 160  /  257326 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '53 "  N , 9 ° 30' 34"  O ; CH1903:  756 160  /  257326
Height :	812  m above sea level M.
Height range :	712–1115 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.21  km²
Residents:	1008 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	239 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.grub.ch
Location of the municipality

Grub is a municipality in the foothills of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland .

geography

Grub is on the road between Heiden and Rorschach , east of Eggersriet .

population

Grub AR is reformed, in contrast to the part of the village Grub SG , which is separated by a stream , which is Catholic and belongs to the political community of Eggersriet .

Reformed Church of Grub

Population development
year	Residents
1667	543
1734	890
1818	715
1850	967
1900	1017
1950	702
1970	623
1980	833
2000	1038
2010	1017
2017	1045

The Grub rectory

Historical aerial photo from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1923

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Grub

Personalities

• Alfred Altherr (1843–1918), Protestant Reformation clergyman and writer
• Andrea Caroni (born April 19, 1980), National Councilor
• Sonja Nef (born April 19, 1972), ski racer
• Jakob Schläpfer (1719–1779), textile entrepreneur
• Johann Konrad Tobler (1757–1825), textile entrepreneur, politician and representative of the Diet

literature

• Eugen Steinmann: The art monuments of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Volume 3: The district of Vorderland. Birkhäuser AG, Basel 1981, ISBN 3-7643-1251-3 . (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz , Volume 72.) P. 111–150.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Grub AR
• Thomas Fuchs: Grub (AR). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 .