Walzenhausen

Walzenhausen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR)
District :	former district of Vorderland
BFS no. :	3037
Postal code :	9428
UN / LOCODE :	CH LAH (laughter AR)
Coordinates :	763 089  /  257 839 coordinates: 47 ° 27 '4 "  N , 9 ° 36' 5"  O ; CH1903:  763,089  /  two hundred fifty-seven thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine
Height :	673  m above sea level M.
Height range :	505–947 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.00  km²
Residents:	1971 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	282 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.walzenhausen.ch
the center of Walzenhausen village
Location of the municipality

Walzenhausen station, terminus of the rack railway

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

geography

Walzenhausen lies on the easternmost foothills of the range of hills in the Appenzeller Vorderland and is divided into several districts. The center of the community is at the Rheineck – Walzenhausen mountain railway station on a northern slope above Rheineck . The nearby Lake Constance is around 300 m lower, so that one has a beautiful panorama of the Lake Constance region from there. In a south-easterly direction, Walzenhausen-Platz lies in a small basin that slopes down to St. Margrethen . The Grimmenstein Monastery , which forms an exclave of the Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden , is located in this municipality . From the hamlet of Wilen, a connecting road leads down to Berneck and St. Gallen's Rhine Valley to the south . The lowest point in the community is 509  m above sea level. M. (Hof), the highest at 947  m above sea level. M. (blistersweid), the station of the mountain railway Rheineck-Walzenhausen at 673  m above sea level. M.

The area of ​​Walzenhausen of 698 hectares is divided into:

• Settlement area 92 ha
• Agricultural land 367 ha
• Forest 242 ha

population

Population development
year	Residents
1980	2,004
2000	2,181
2005	2,064
2008	2,051
2010	2,071
2015	2,054
2016	2,034

history

Historic aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer from 1923

Walzenhausen originally belonged to the Höchst homestead - St. Margrethen in the Rhine Valley . It was then called Unter Hirschberg . This homestead comprised Höchst, St. Margrethen, Fußach via Gaißau up to Walzenhausen and extended further to the border of Thal . The first documentary mention of the farm as "Hostetharro marcha" (the Mark of the Highest) comes from the year 881, the first documentary mention of Walzenhausen comes from the year 1320. After the Appenzell Wars , Walzenhausen joined the Appenzell family and became part of the Appenzell family Rhode Trogen. But it was not until the 16th century before the territorial claims of the old court could be transferred. During the Reformation , most of the residents of Unter Hirschberg converted to the new faith and built their own church. With the construction of the church, Walzenhausen also constituted itself as an independent community.

Originally the economy of Walzenhausen was characterized purely by agriculture. In addition, there was viticulture, which was operated until 1910. The textile industry developed in Walzenhausen from the 16th century, first canvas, and from 1740 cotton processing. From 1850 to 1920 Walzenhausen was an important location for coarse embroidery and rideaux manufacture (see St. Gallen embroidery ). This heyday ended with the Great Depression.

On June 27, 1896, the mountain railway from the valley station Ruderbach (St. Margrethen) in the Rhine Valley was opened. This promoted the creation of a climatic health resort. A bath house was opened in 1910. In 1993 the first pain clinic in Switzerland opened its doors in Walzenhausen, which is now operated as a clinic for neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Walzenhausen

• The Grimmenstein Monastery is located in the Walzenhausen Platz district . It is known for its numerous natural remedies, which are made from herbs grown in the monastery garden according to ancient traditions.

tourism

The area of ​​the municipality of Walzenhausen can be accessed with the Rheineck-Walzenhausen mountain railway and various post bus routes. Furthermore, Walzenhausen is the starting point of the Witzweg .

economy

Main entrance of the company Just Schweiz in Walzenhausen

Walzenhausen is the headquarters of the cosmetics manufacturer Just Schweiz . Wine has been grown again since 2004.

Personalities

• Emil Kellenberger (born April 3, 1864 - † November 30, 1943), marksman and Olympic champion
• Jakob Künzler (born March 8, 1871 - † January 15, 1949), carpenter, Protestant deacon, nurse, lay doctor and rescuer of around 8,000 Armenian orphans in the Ottoman Empire
• Carl Lutz (born March 30, 1895 - † February 12, 1975), Swiss diplomat, savior of around 60,000 Jews in Budapest in 1944, honorary citizen of Walzenhausen since 1963
• Peter Eggenberger (born January 14, 1939), author
• Ivo Sasek (born July 10, 1956), Swiss lay preacher and author
• Cyrill Schreiber (born December 12, 1983), fistball player (national team)

Honorary citizen

Honorary citizen of the Walzenhausen community

1955 Ulrich Jüstrich ( 1903-1985 )

1963 Carl Lutz (1895-1975)

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 . (= The art monuments of Switzerland , Volume 72.) pp. 306–349.

Web links

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

• Official website of the Walzenhausen community
• Thomas Fuchs: Walzenhausen. 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 . 
2. ↑ Portrait, The village above Lake Constance on walzenhausen.ch, accessed on November 1, 2016