Hintergasse (Rapperswil)

The Burggasse in Rapperswil, in the foreground the Curti-Haus and the Haus Schlossberg , in the background the towers of the palace and palace

View from the Lindenhof

The back alley is a street in the heart of the old town of Rapperswil , a district Swiss municipality Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen .

location

The Hintergasse borders in the north on the predecessor settlement Endingen of the town of Rapperswil, founded at the beginning of the 13th century, is flanked in the north by the southern part of the Lindenhof called Schlossberg and lies between the main square in the east and the Curti-Haus in the west.

history

Probably the oldest core of the old town of Rapperswil are the buildings on Hintergasse, the former Burggasse with the residences of the servants of the Counts of Rapperswil , including the Schlossberg and Bleulerhaus from the 13th century. It is likely to have arisen with the first city ​​fortifications in the early first half of the 13th century and developed into a preferred residential area in the old town. In today's Hintergasse there are an above-average number of private rose gardens in Rapperswil .

Trivia

Scenes from the documentary The Swiss in late medieval Zurich, in which Hans Waldmann , who later became mayor of Zurich , is denied entry by Zurich nobles of Constaffel , were filmed in the Hintergasse in May 2012. " We haven't found a street in Zurich that still corresponds to the image of the 15th century, " explained a representative of the production company. In addition to the actors and the production team, around 40 extras from the region took part in the shooting. The shooting was documented on SRF 1 in the program Reporter from the perspective of two extras.

Web links

Commons : Hintergasse (Rapperswil)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the Rapperswil-Jona city administration , accessed on April 29, 2013
2. ↑ Ramona Kriese in Zürichsee-Zeitung online (May 25, 2012): When Hans Waldmann walked through the back alley ( memento of the original from May 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 20, 2013 
3. ↑ 10vor10 of October 7, 2013 on SRF 1
4. ↑ Einstein (knowledge magazine) of November 7, 2013 on SRF 1
5. ^ Reporter on the SRF website: Knightly supporting role , accessed on December 25, 2013

Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '35.6 "  N , 8 ° 48' 52.4"  E ; CH1903:  704201  /  231540