Rüthi
Rüthi SG | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Canton of St. Gallen (SG) |
Constituency : | Rhine Valley |
BFS no. : | 3256 |
Postal code : | 9464 |
Coordinates : | 758 817 / 240311 |
Height : | 431 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 420-1386 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 9.33 km² |
Residents: | 2399 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 257 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.ruethi.ch |
Location of the municipality | |
Rüthi (officially called Rüthi (Rhine Valley) until 1994 ) is a political municipality in the cultural landscape of the St. Gallen Rhine Valley in the canton of St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland . Politically, Rüthi belongs to the Rheintal constituency .
geography
The municipality of Rüthi is located at the foot of the Hoher Kasten mountain in the Rhine Valley between Altstätten and Buchs SG . In the east, the Rhine forms the municipal boundary , which is also the Swiss border with Austria . In the north the municipality borders on Oberriet , in the south on Lienz , an exclave of the municipality Altstätten.
history
Grave finds testify that the municipality was already settled in the Neolithic . Alemanni settled in the area from the 7th century and cleared forest areas to make the land arable . Hence the place name (from Middle High German riute - roden).
The first documentary mention can be found in a document of the St. Gallen monastery from June 5, 820. Since 1292 the Pfäfers monastery was the landlord of the place. In 1538 the rule of the monastery ended when it was sold to the courtiers of Rüthi. Rüthi has existed as a political municipality since the canton of St. Gallen was founded in 1803.
Recurring floods often affected the place, especially in the years 1762, 1868, 1871 and 1890. The place also suffered from major fires in 1887 and 1890 . After the Rhine regulation , only the Rhine valley inland canal crossing the village of Rüthi was occasionally a danger with its flooding. For this reason, a project for flood protection and renaturation of the narrow canal was implemented between 2006 and 2008.
Population development | |||||||||||||||
year | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 1980 | 2000 | 2010 | |||||||||
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Residents | 1500 | 1193 | 1570 | 1475 | 1967 | 2046 |
economy
- Branch of the company Winterhalter Gastronom GmbH, Meckenbeuren , which manufactures commercial dishwashing systems primarily for the catering and hotel industry
- Branch of the company Wolf Systembau Gesellschaft mbH , Scharnstein, which builds buildings for agriculture, trade and industry as well as prefabricated houses
- Continental Automotive Switzerland AG, a subsidiary of Continental AG .
- Menzi Muck AG, the only excavator manufacturer in Switzerland
Attractions
Partnerships
Rüthi maintains close partnership relationships with Wolfegg in Oberschwaben ( Germany ).
Personalities
- Markus Büchel (* 1949), Bishop of St. Gallen
- Thomas Ammann (* 1964), National Councilor (CVP), mayor 1997–2016
literature
- Konrad Sonderegger: The Rhine Valley around 1900 . tape 2 . Konrad Sonderegger, 1990, ISBN 978-3-85882-266-6 , p. 184 .
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Rüthi SG
- Johannes Vogel: Rüthi (SG). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ history; Flood protection on the Rheintaler inland canal ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.