Lienz SG
| SG is the abbreviation for the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Lienz . |
| Lienz SG | ||
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 Switzerland
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 Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
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| Constituency : | Rhine Valley | |
| Political community : | Altstätten | |
| Postal code : | 9464 | |
| Coordinates : | 757 257 / 238359 | |
| Height : | 457 m above sea level M. | |
| Area : | 8.3 km² | |
| Residents: | 468 (December 31, 2016) | |
| Population density : | 56 inhabitants per km² | |
 View from the north of the village of Lienz |
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Lienz is a village in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley , which lies between Rüthi and Sennwald .
geography
The village of Lienz, which lies at the foot of the Hohe Kasten , is an exclave of the St. Gallen municipality of Altstätten and has an area of 8.3 km². From the Oberbüchel district, which lies in the border triangle between Austria , Liechtenstein and Switzerland , a bridge leads next to the customs house over the Rhine into Bangs in Vorarlberg , which is part of the Feldkirch municipality . To the northeast of this border crossing, the Werdenberg inland canal flows into the Rhine and forms the last interruption of the Rhine dam on the Swiss side as far as Lake Constance .
The plain between the city Lienz and the Rhine is on the SBB -line St. Margrethen - Buchs crosses. The Rheintaler inland canal , on which one of the three small power plants of the Rheintaler inland canal works , runs practically parallel . The village of Lienz is connected to public transport with a bus stop served by the RTB Rheintal Bus .
population
The districts of Plona and Oberbüchel belong to the local community of Lienz. Lienz had a total of 383 inhabitants in 2000 and 455 on December 31, 2011. It has its own school community with a school house, which is attended by almost 50 children from the 1st kindergarten to the 6th grade. The upper school students are taught in the upper school center in Oberriet. The Herz-Jesu-Kirche in the village of Lienz serves as a place of worship for the Catholic faithful. These are looked after by the Blattenberg pastoral care unit from Rüthi . In the hamlet of Plona, above Rüthi, there is the chapel dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua . The Evangelical Reformed Christians are affiliated with the Sennwald parish.
history
In the Ancien Régime, the highest jurisdiction over the Lienz belonged to the Sax-Forstegg rule , while the lower courts were owned by the town of Altstätten .
literature
- Werner Kuster: The Rhode Lienz. Lienz, Plona, Ober- and Mittelbüchel. A local history on behalf of the local Rhode Lienz. Altstätten 1995.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Altstätten municipality in figures. (No longer available online.) City of Altstätten, archived from the original on January 31, 2012 ; Retrieved January 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Lienz school community. (No longer available online.) City of Altstätten, archived from the original on January 2, 2011 ; Retrieved October 26, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Parish of Rüthi-Lienz. Pastoral care unit Blattenberg, accessed on October 26, 2011 .
- ↑ See SSRQ SG III / 4 158 [1] .
