List of cultural assets in Schänis

The list of cultural assets in Schänis contains all objects in the municipality of Schänis in the canton of St. Gallen that are subject to the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict , the Federal Act of June 20, 2014 on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the Ordinance of October 29, 2014 on the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict .

Objects in categories A and B are completely included in the list, objects in category C are currently missing (as of January 1, 2018).

Cultural assets

photo		object	Cat.	Type	Location	description
		Biberlichopf (Roman watchtower) KGS-No .: 8277	A.	F.	723720  /  221480
		Gallusturm KGS-No .: 8278	A.	G	Gallus alley 721935  /  two hundred and twenty-four thousand six hundred and four
		Former women's monastery for the Holy Cross KGS-No .: 8282	A.	G	Town Square 1 721 828  /  224469
		Niederwindegg castle ruins KGS-No .: 8280	B.	F.	722460  /  222710
		Gasterholz, Iron Age hilltop settlement KGS-No .: 8281	B.	F.	721550  /  228600
		Letzi KGS no .: 8283	B.	G	Letz 721 820  /  two hundred twenty-eight thousand two hundred eighty
		St. Sebastian Chapel in the Oaks KGS-No .: 14057	B.	G	Witöfelistrasse 721904  /  223 444
		Catholic Church of St. Johannes Nepomuk KGS-No .: 14058	B.	G	Baumgarten, Maseltrangen seven hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and thirty-four  /  two hundred twenty-seven thousand eight hundred forty-four

Legend

The table contains the following information:

KGS-No:	Number of the cultural property , to be found in the KGS lists of the federal government and the cantons . KGS is the acronym for K ultur G üter s chutz
Photo:	Photography of the cultural property. Click the photo generates an enlarged view. There are also two symbols: More pictures of the object can be found here on Wikimedia Commons . A link to upload a new image. Certain parameters are already filled in.
Object:	Name of the object. In individual cases, a more generally known name can also be given.
Kat:	Category of cultural property: A = national importance; B = regional / cantonal importance; C = local meaning
Type:	Type of cultural property: G = building or other construction object; S = collection (archives, libraries, museums); F = archaeological site; K = small cultural object (e.g. fountain, wayside crosses, monuments); X = special case
Address:	Street and house number of the cultural property (if known), possibly place / district
Coordinates:	Location of the cultural property according to the Swiss national coordinates (CH1903).

The content of the table is sorted in descending order according to the cultural property category and within this alphabetically.

By clicking on «Map with all coordinates» (top right in the article), the location of all cultural assets in the selected map object is displayed.

literature

• Bernhard Anderes (arrangement): The art monuments of the canton of St. Gallen. Volume 5. The Gaster District (= The Art Monuments of Switzerland; Volume 59). Birkhäuser , Basel 1970.
• Johannes Huber: Schänis , in: Daniel Studer (Hrsg.): Art and Culture Guide Canton St. Gallen . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 3-7995-0153-3 , pp. 337-342.

Web links

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

• A objects SG 2018 . Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance. In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 26, 2017 (PDF; 87 kB, 15 pages, updated annually, no changes for 2018).
• B objects SG 2018 . Canton of St. Gallen KGS inventory, B objects, status: 1.1.2018 (no changes compared to previous year). In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 31, 2017 (PDF; 332 kB, 8 pages, updated annually, no changes for 2018).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Chancellery : Federal Act on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Disaster and Emergencies (KGSG). SR 520.3. In: Systematic Legal Collection SR . Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation , June 20, 2014, accessed on November 14, 2017 (as of January 1, 2016). 
2. ^ Federal Chancellery : Ordinance on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflicts, Disasters and Emergencies (KGSV). SR 520.31. In: Systematic Legal Collection SR . Swiss Federal Council , October 29, 2014, accessed on November 14, 2017 (as of January 1, 2016). 

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