Rapperswil SG

SG is the abbreviation for the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Rapperswil .

Rapperswil

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Canton of St. Gallen (SG)

Constituency :

Sea gaster

Political community :

Rapperswil-Jona

Postal code :

8640

former BFS no. :

3316

UN / LOCODE :

CH ZJW

Coordinates :

704 487 / 231556 coordinates: 47 ° 13 '36 " N , 8 ° 49' 6" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and four thousand four hundred and eighty-seven / 231556

Height :

409 m above sea level M.

Area :

1.74 km²

Residents:

7601 (December 31, 2006)

Population density :

4,368 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.rapperswil.ch

Rapperswil SG

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2007

Rapperswil (SG) is a town in the political municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the southwest of the Swiss canton of St. Gallen .

Rapperswil is located on the eastern shore of Lake Zurich and is a popular excursion destination due to its location on the lake, the old town and Knie's children's zoo . The Seedamm to Pfäffikon SZ begins in Rapperswil .

coat of arms

Julius banner from Rapperswil. The coat of arms improvement in this banner is that the two roses are shown in gold instead of red. The spandrel picture shows the baptism of Jesus .

The city coat of arms shows two red roses with golden lugs and also red, opposite-branched stems on a silver background . It is modeled on the three rose coat of arms of the Rapperswil counts. Rapperswil is therefore also called the «city of roses».

The origin of the coat of arms: The Toggenburg Diethelm VI. is said to have married Guta von Rapperswil between 1180 and 1195 and received the county of Uznach and a rose from the Rapperswil coat of arms as a dowry. The old coat of arms of the barons of Rapperswil had three roses, the one-rose town of Uznach still has a rose in its coat of arms.

The coat of arms of Altendorf , which shows a rose , also goes back to the Counts of Rapperswil .

Coat of arms of Uznach .
Altendorf coat of arms .
Coat of arms of the city of Rapperswil.
Coat of arms of the Rapperswiler .

In 1512 the city received from Pope Julius II a valuable « Juliusbanner » for the services rendered in the "Great Pavier Campaign" in 1508–1510 to expel the French.

Rose town of Rapperswil

Capuchin monastery rose garden, detailed view

In 1913, the "Verkehrs- und Schönerungsverein Rapperswil und Umgebung" had the rose gardens ( pergola ) set up at the seaport, as well as further plantings at the seaport at the beginning of the 1920s and on streets and squares, if this was still possible in the densely built-up old town of Rapperswil. Rose gardens in the real sense followed around 1965, including in the former orchard of the Capuchin monastery, on the initiative of the tourist association or Dietrich Woessener, founder (1959) and honorary president of the "Society of Swiss Rose Friends". He is said to have selected the rose varieties and planted most of the roses himself.

Scented rose garden, ornamental fountain by Hans Erni

A cross-national specialty is the scented rose garden for the visually impaired in the underground car park Schanz, based on an idea by Hans Rathgeb, commissioned by the Rapperswil-Jona tourist office. On October 20, 1984, 75 volunteers, led by Dietrich Woessener, planted 1664 rose bushes of 58 different scented varieties. Three plots were made available by two private sponsors and two companies, the city of Rapperswil is responsible for the maintenance of the scented rose garden. Today, around 1522 roses from 75 types of fragrance are signposted with Braille and normal letters. 33 varieties of bush roses, 20 climbing roses and 6 shrub roses, which exude a particularly strong fragrance, were selected. Hans Erni created an ornamental fountain designed for the visually impaired, financed by the Cirkus Knie.

Between June and October flourish total of about 15,000 hybrid teas , Polyantha and shrub roses in the gardens and streets in and around the Old Town, Rapperswil so with pride as 'international center of fragrant roses' and thus as " Rose City may call."

Founding legend

Castle and old town

The creation of today's Rapperswil - originally Neu-Rapperswil - is described in a legend :

«One morning in the morning, Mr. von Rapperswil drove across the lake with his wife and some farmhands (von Altendorf) to hunt. As soon as they reached the bank, his dogs found a doe and chased her up to the top of the ridge (Schlossberg). Here the animal hid in a cave. When the hunters came to the cave, they saw that there were two calves in addition to the doe. The wife took pity on the animals and got her husband to withdraw the dogs and give the doe his life. At lunchtime the count and his wife were resting in the shade, when the doe appeared and laid her head in the woman's lap to thank her for saving her life. The count was touched and ordered the three animals to be brought to Altendorf and raised in an enclosure. He saw a sign from heaven in this incident and decided the next day to found a new castle on the rock and a small town on the southern slope. "

Today the deer park on the linden hill commemorates this 800 year old tradition.

history

→ Main article: History of the city of Rapperswil

Rapperswil and Jona in the 20th century

The 20th century brought Rapperswil and Jona the founding of the electricity works (stock corporation) in Jona in 1902 and a private gas factory taken over by the municipality in 1908.

In 1942, Ferdinand Fürer was elected as the first municipal mayor in Rapperswil.

The artificial ice rink, from 1986 the permanent ice rink in Rapperswil and Jona, was opened in 1961 by private investors. Also in 1961, Rapperswil and Jona joined the Zürcher Oberland waste disposal service (KEZO), an association of 39 municipalities in the Zurich Oberland that jointly operate six waste incineration plants , among other things .

In 1964, Rapperswil and Jona am Meienberg inaugurated a joint retirement home, and in 1990 the Bühl retirement and nursing home opened its doors in Jona.

In 1972 Rapperswil celebrated the opening of the intercantonal Rapperswil technical center (today's HSR), for whose construction the local community and the political community of Rapperswil donated the building land. 1976 saw the inauguration of the vocational school for commercial and industrial apprentices and apprentices , today's vocational and advanced training center (BWZ) .

Jona has had three SBB stops since 1979 : Jona-Dorf (Rapperswil-Uster-Zürich), Kempraten (Rapperswil-Meilen-Zürich) and Bollingen (Rapperswil - Uznach), the Blumenau stop was added a little later (Rapperswil - Uznach). In 2006 the Bollingen stop was shut down. The cultural and social community center "Kreuz" in Jona has been open to the public since 1981.

The citizens of Rapperswil approved a loan of CHF 13 million in 1991 for the creation of another underground park (224 spaces, completed in 1996) on the Fischmarktplatz, together with the main square, one of the most famous public spaces. The Schanz multi-storey car park in the city center was opened in 1984 - with a special feature, the above-ground scented rose garden for the visually impaired.

The opening of the sports hall in Joner Grünfeld (CHF 11.9 million costs) and the citizens' resolution to merge the central sewage treatment plants in Rapperswil and Jona (CHF 40 million costs) are important events in 1994. Rapperswil was one up until January 1, 2007 independent municipality.

Rapperswil was an independent municipality until January 1, 2007, before Rapperswil merged with Jona to form the new municipality of Rapperswil-Jona.

Fusion with Jonah

The resident population and economy of Rapperswil could only develop to a very limited extent due to the spatial limitation of just 1.72 km² urban area, and Rapperswil had grown structurally together with the twelve times larger Jona in the course of the late 20th century. The border ran smoothly and could hardly be seen from the air.

After earlier unsuccessful attempts, in a referendum in 2003, the population approved a merger of the municipalities of Rapperswil (2001: 7400 inhabitants; yes share 82%) and Jona (2001: 17,100 inhabitants; yes share 52%). The merger to form the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona took place on January 1, 2007. The merger agreement was accepted by the population of both municipalities in spring 2005. Rapperswil and Jona today have a combined population of 25,200. Rapperswil-Jona is therefore the second largest municipality in the canton after the city of St. Gallen .

Tourism and transport

The paddle steamer « Stadt Rapperswil »

Development of tourism in Rapperswil

The touristic development was triggered by the arrival of the first steamship “Minerva” off the town of Rapperswil on July 29, 1835.

The Rorschach citizens Franz Carl Caspar, founder of the "Steamship Company for the River Rhine" was also keen on Lake Zurich and Lake Walen , the steamship introduce, together with the Schaffhauser Johann Jakob Lämmlin as a technical expert. On March 19, 1834, the two pioneers founded the company "Caspar and Lämmlin, entrepreneurs of steam shipping on Lake Zurich and Lake Walen". They ordered the first Lake Zurich steamship, the "Minerva", from the William Fairbairn machine works in Manchester. In November 1834, the “Minerva” left the east coast of England and reached Basel via the North Sea and the Rhine. There it was dismantled and transported to Lake Zurich in five carts.

Seequai / Quai-Allee

From this first touristic development of the Lake Zurich area, today's Lake Zurich Shipping Company (ZSG, since 1957) emerged, whose fleet of a total of 17 ships (as of 2007) provides scheduled, year-round passenger transport on Lake Zurich, the Obersee and on the Limmat, which runs through the city of Zurich guaranteed. The usual ZVV zone tickets are valid on the scheduled ships, this also includes passenger transport on the independently operating ZSG Limmatschifffahrt and the independent Lake Zurich ferry Horgen – Meilen .

The first steamship traffic was accompanied by the construction of the lakeside inns Schwanen, Steinbock, Schwert, Bellevue, Anker and Du Lac.

In order to increase tourism and to create quay facilities, the “Residents' Association” was established in 1867, followed by the “Beautification Association” in 1886 and “Tourist Association” in 1892, which merged from 1892 onwards. The “Bühler-Allee” around the Capuchin monastery and the castle hill, begun in 1886, is thanks to the initiative of Johann Heinrich Bühler-Honegger, who was an industrialist, founding member of the Südostbahn, National Council and the city's most important taxpayer at the time.

Attractions

Only a few of the numerous attractions in Rapperswil are briefly mentioned below:

Rapperswil Castle

Rapperswil Castle, the time tower and the double gate

Rapperswil Castle , built on a rocky spur reaching far into Lake Zurich between 1220 and 1230, is surrounded by water on three sides and was thus well protected for centuries. Visible from afar with its high towers, it dominates the cityscape of the old town of Rapperswil below.

From his new place, Rudolf, who was appointed Count shortly afterwards, was able to monitor the waterway from Zurich towards the Bündner Passes as well as the streams of pilgrims to Einsiedeln Monastery and the cross traffic over the narrow lake at the Rapperswil lake dam. Today's castle forms an almost equilateral triangle, with each corner reinforced with a tower. The tallest tower in the southwest will keep or Gügeliturm known and has long been the seat of the high guard . The pentagonal time tower in the east houses 3 bells and next to a sundial two large dials show the time. The massive castle building is located between these two towers in a southeastern position. In addition, battlements lead from the two corner towers to the third tower in the northwest, the Powder Tower .

The Polish Freedom Column has been located on the castle terrace, the Lindenhof, since 1868, as a sign of Swiss solidarity with peoples who are struggling for their freedom. The terrace also provides an impressive view of the old town, Lake Zurich, the Seedamm and the Alps in the distance . On the north side, a supervised deer park with 10–15 fallow deer stretches down towards the lake, which is supposed to remind of the legend of the city's foundation.

In the castle there is a restaurant next to the Poland Museum, which also welcomes guests on special occasions in the small knight's hall .

Polish National Museum

Rapperswil Castle, Polish National Museum

In the presence of 10,000 Poles from all over the world, a Polish column of freedom was erected on the Lindenhof in 1868 and the course was set for the Polish National Museum in Rapperswil Castle. In 1869, the local community concluded a 99-year lease for the castle with Count Władysław Plater from Kilchberg. Between 1870 and 1927 the Polish National Museum, built by Wladislaw Plater, was located in the castle . After it was moved to Poland, the castle remained empty. In the period from 1936 to 1952 the rooms of the castle were used a second time for a museum of contemporary Poland, and during the Second World War this museum took over the cultural care of Polish soldiers interned in Switzerland in 1940. In 1952 the museum's collection was transported to Poland and from then on the castle housed the international castle research institute and between 1962 and 1975 the Swiss Castle Museum. Since a renovation in 1975, is the third time a Polish Museum inside the walls of the castle, founded by Polish emigrants Poland Museum .

Fish market place and harbor

View from the harbor, on the right edge of the picture is the fish market square

The open fish market square and the facilities on the lake with the numerous inns, restaurants and bars were created with the emerging tourism after 1834. The medieval fortified 'inner harbor' was located on the site of today's fish marketplace until 1837, which was razed together with most of the city fortifications from 1834 onwards. The wooden footbridge from Hurden led to the former southern bridge gate at the fish market at the time until 1859 (when the stone dam and the railway line were put into operation). The traffic, mostly merchants and pilgrims, through the city of Rapperswil ran until the 1830s from the eastern Halstor via the main square through the Fischmarktstrasse to the fortified gate at the Fischmarkt (inns Hecht and Hirschen). The south gate at today's transition from Fischmarktplatz to Seedammstrasse was the main passage to the wooden walkway to Hurden. Fortification walls protected the inner harbor, which was in the area of today's parking garage, until 1834, and in turn blocked the ship's approach through the wooden portcullis in the protective gate tower, which was expanded in 1610.

The umbrella manufacturer August Baumann supported the quay facilities at the seaport. From 1913 to 1964 a very popular pergola adorned the fish market square; Today it forms the top surface of the underground parking garage and premises of the tourist office, completed in 1996. The north-eastern axis of the Fischmarktplatz has been determined by the classicist hospital building by Felix Wilhelm Kubly since 1844 , today's retirement home in place of the medieval Heilig-Geist-Spital, and since 1845 the bowl fountain made from Solothurn's Jura stone.

The razing of the city walls and gates was followed by the filling of the inner harbor and the creation of the new outer harbor with two striking breakwaters. Up until that point in time, Lake Zurich reached as far as the city walls, which stretched across the fish market square on today's house front with the hotels and restaurants to the Endingerhorn (Capuchin monastery).

City parish church St. Johann

Until 1253 the church was under the control of the Pfäfers monastery near Ragaz, since then Rapperswil has been an independent parish. The first church in the shadow of the castle was built by order of the Count of Rapperswil at the same time as the town and castle of Rapperswil around 1229. Until 1253, St. Johann was legally under the parish of Busskirch and thus under the Pfäfers Benedictine monastery. For the Rapperswil Count's House, the construction of the town church was just one of a number of well-known ecclesiastical and monastic foundations and foundations: 1192 the Bubikon Knight's House , 1227 the Cistercian Monastery Wettingen, around 1250 the Monastery Oberbollingen, 1253 the Cistercian Monastery Wurmsbach and 1259 the Dominican Sisters -Cloister Weesen. This not entirely altruistic, but at the time customary charity ensured the members of the Rapperswil family their salvation and earthly goods and income.

From the archaeological excavations on the occasion of the renovation work of 1971/72, revealing insights into the original structure were gained: The Romanesque hall church with straight choir wall, to which parts of the cemetery were attached, was extended and raised 8 meters towards the castle in 1383. The somewhat larger Gothic south tower was added to the Romanesque north tower after 1441. 1493-1497 collection campaigns in Habsburg cities and the estate of Countess Gutta von Reinach-Wertheim made it possible to convert the building into a three-sided Gothic choir with ribbed vaults and tracery windows. The resulting after the Reformation to 1531 Renaissance - winged altars in the side chapels were spared from the devastating Kirchenbrand on 30 January 1882 as it in the Baroque period were transferred to other chapels. The church treasure secured in the tower vault was also spared: masterpieces from the Rapperswil goldsmiths Breny, Dietrich, Dumeisen, Rüssi, Ysenschlegel, among others .

Advised by the art historian Johann Rudolf Rahn, the architect Xaver Müller rebuilt the church to a large extent, based on the destroyed building. The preserved towers were raised by 1.2 meters. New were a choir with a neo-Gothic star vault, the nave was extended by a few meters and a double- hipped wooden ceiling. The neo-Gothic altars and the pulpit were created by the Marggraf studio in Munich. The new consecration was on October 6th, 1885. The large candlestick was delivered in 1894 by Benziger & Co. from Einsiedeln. Renovations followed in 1959–1960 (exterior facade, new bells) and 1971–1973 and 1981.

Founded in 1737 by some “Gentlemen Musicians” , the “Brotherhood of St. Caecilia und Katharina »(Caecilia Music Society) still provides high quality church music today. Her repertoire also includes compositions by the church musician and composer Carl Greith (1828–1887), who was born in Rapperswil and who was the cathedral music director in Munich. More than 1000 compositions are known by him and his father Franz Josef Greith .

City Museum in the Breny House and Breny Tower

Under the patronage of the Rapperswil-Jona Tourist Association, parts of the Paulina and Heinrika Breny property were established as a local museum of local history and art in 1943. The property (Obere Halsgasse until 1960) came into the possession of the local community of Rapperswil-Jona in 1958 as a legacy of the siblings. The names Breny House and Breny Tower have been common ever since.

Breny House tower, intermediate wing / city wall

Current (as of February 2008) the focus of the museum's collection are prehistoric and Roman excavation finds from the Seegelände and from Rapperswil / Kempraten, medieval coats of arms of the city of Rapperswil, sacred goldsmithing and a late Gothic living hall in the Breny House. The intermediate tract (city wall) houses the living rooms Breny, the Göldlin room with antique portraits from the Renaissance, the Curti room of the Rapperswil silk merchants of the same name from the 15th century and the Greith room. The Breny Tower houses a city model, information on the city's history and fortifications, as well as examples of the medieval Rapperswil trade, such as weapons, a pharmacy, a shoemaker's workshop and oven ceramics.

The structural structures of the Breny House and the city wall connecting with the Breny Tower date back to the late 13th century. The former castle complex with the 28 meter high residential tower on Herrenberg marked the northeast corner of the former city complex until the city was expanded in the 16th century. The Breny Tower was integrated into the south (seaward) city wall with the Herrenberg Gate (demolished in 1848). In its current form, the Breny House was built around 1492 by the knight Hans von Landenberg from the Tösstal instead of the former seat of the Lords of Russikon (Russinger). The largely preserved furnishings come from the time (16th century) of the owner, Hauptmann Thuring Göldli. After further changes of ownership, the Breny family became owners of the property in 1758.

Circus Knie

Rapperswil has long been connected to the Swiss National Circus Knie , which has moved into winter quarters here since 1919 and also has its company headquarters. Knie's Children's Zoo opened in 1962.

traffic

Rapperswil in railway fever

Railway fever 1859: Panoramic picture from the second half of the 19th century (picture from Jona, Die Geschichte)

The first steam train operated in Rapperswil as early as 1859 - as the junction of the railway lines from Rapperswil to Rüti and from Rapperswil to Schmerikon . The turntable and cranes enabled goods to be handled on the ships at the fish market square from 1859.

The legendary Arlberg-Orient-Express ran from Bucharest , Budapest , Vienna via Rapperswil to Zurich and on to Basel , Paris and Calais from 1931 to 1939 , albeit without a scheduled stop. The two railway lines to the left and right of Lake Zurich were not built until 1875 and 1894, respectively.

Rapperswil has been an important junction of today's Südostbahn (SOB) since 1877 . In 1877 the first of the two forerunners of the "old" southeast railway was founded, the Wädenswil-Einsiedeln railway (WE). The Zürichsee – Gotthard Railway (ZGB) followed as early as 1878 and built the railway line across the Rapperswil dam, which was opened at the same time.

Rapperswil train station, photograph around 1895. Zurich Central Library, graph. Collection.

On January 1, 1890, the Swiss Southeast Railway, with its headquarters in Wädenswil, was created through the merger of WE and ZGB. The route network also included the Rapperswil – Pfäffikon SZ route. In 1891 the connection to the Gotthard Railway was opened and the sea dam line was connected to the main SOB network.

The present-day station building in neo- renaissance style was built between 1894 and 1895 according to plans by architect Karl August Hiller and, even then, underlined the growing tourist importance.

Because of the different points of contact, both the BT and the SOB worked together with the SBB at an early stage. The through trains from Romanshorn via Rapperswil and Arth-Goldau to Lucerne have been operated under the name Voralpen-Express since 1992 .

Sports

The ice hockey national league A Club Rapperswil-Jona Lakers is at home in Rapperswil . The club played in the highest Swiss hockey league from 1994 onwards, until the club was finally relegated to the National League B again in the 2014/15 season. In 2018, the club rose again to the National League A. The local FCRJ also plays in Rapperswil-Jona . The football club was founded in 1928. The first team plays in group 3 of the first division.

Culture

The three-day blues'n'jazz festival has been taking place in the old town of Rapperswil since 1999 . With 35,000 to 40,000 visitors annually, this has developed into one of the largest cultural events in the Obersee region.

schools

The Rapperswil University of Applied Sciences (HSR) is located in Rapperswil , with a focus on technology / information technology as well as construction and planning. There are also secondary schools in Bollwies, Burgerau and Weiden, secondary schools in Kreuzstrasse and Rain, and primary schools in Hanfländer, Bollwies, Schachen, Herrenberg, Weiden and Lenggis.

Personalities

Count Rudolf III. von Rapperswil (1180 / 90–1251): founder of Rapperswil, builder of the castle; Founder of the parish of Rapperswil; Jerusalem trip 1217.

Rudolf III. von Vaz-Rapperswil (Rudolf IV. von Rapperswil, c. 1230–1262): son of Walter III. von Vaz and Adelheid von Rapperswil; Heir of Rudolf III .; Founder of Wurmsbach Abbey in 1259, second founder of Bollingen.

Elisabeth von Rapperswil (c. 1251–1309): sister of Rudolf IV .; was married to Count Ludwig von Homberg and later to Count Rudolf von Habsburg-Laufenburg; After the death of their husbands, first Count Johann I, then his son Count Johann II. inherited the County of Rapperswil.

Count Johann (es) I von Habsburg-Laufenburg (before 1295 / 96–1337): father of Count Johann II .; granted asylum in Rapperswil to the 22 Constafflers banished from Zurich by Rudolf Brun in 1336 ; was killed in the battle of Grynau .

Count Johann II von Habsburg-Laufenburg-Rapperswil (before 1337–1380): Participated in the “Murder Night of Zurich” in 1350, whereupon the Zurich mayor Rudolf Brun ravaged Rapperswil in an act of retaliation; During his imprisonment in the Wellenberg in Zurich, the count composed a minnelong which Goethe rewrote in the ballad “The beautiful flower of the captured count”.

Ulrich Feierabend († 1480 Rapperswil): graphic artist and printer of woodcuts

Johannes Hettlinger (* before 1452; † 1489 Rapperswil): town clerk of Rapperswil; Leader of the pro-federal forces and the uprising against Habsburg Austria.

Karl Helbling (* 1708 Rapperswil; † 1746 St. Gallen): Librarian of the St. Gallen Monastery

Marianne Ehrmann b. Brentano (* 1755 Rapperswil, † 1795 Stuttgart), writer and journalist, editor of the early German-language women's magazines Amaliens Erholungsstunden and The Hermit from the Alps

Felix Maria Diogg (* 1762 Andermatt, † 1834 Rapperswil): most important classicist portraitist in Switzerland; also painted in Alsace, Karlsruhe and Frankfurt am Main.

Franz Josef Greith (* 1799 Rapperswil, † 1869 St. Fiden): composer and music teacher; composed the melody of the Rütliliedes ("Greetings from far away, you quiet area by the lake").

Count Władysław Plater (1808–1889): Polish patriot; took over the Rapperswil Castle in 1869 on the basis of a 99-year lease and set up the Polish National Museum (1870–1927) there.

Joachim Raff (* 1822 Lachen, † 1882 Frankfurt a. M.): composer and music teacher; Teacher at the primary school in Rapperswil; Orchestration of the symphonic poems by Franz Liszt.

Johann Heinrich Bühler-Honegger (1833–1929): industrialist, founding member of the Südostbahn, National Council; Initiator of “Bühler-Allee”.

Theodor Curti (* 1848 Rapperswil, † 1914 Thun): journalist, politician, historian (“History of Switzerland in the XIXth Century”, 1902); Editor of the "St. Galler Zeitung ”, head of the Frankfurter Zeitung ; National Council.

Otto Steiger (* 1865 Rapperswil, † 1931 St. Gallen), sculptor

Louie Knie (1880–1949), Friedrich Knie (1884–1941), Rudolf Knie (1885–1933), Karl Knie (1888–1940), Eugen Knie (1890–1955): founder of Circus Knie (1919).

Ernst Schiess (* 1894 Rapperswil, † 1981 Bern), musician and organ consultant

Carl Helbling (* 1897 Rapperswil, † 1966 Zurich), Germanist

Josef Stierli (* 1913 Rapperswil, † 1999 Bad Schönbrunn), Jesuit and church historian

Konrad Bächinger (* 1921 Rapperswil, † 1981): teacher, author, journalist. Editor of the illustrated book “Das Bild der Stadt Rapperswil” and author of “Rapperswiler Heimatkunde”. Wrote history, geography, biology, language and mathematics teaching materials for primary and high school. Initiator of the annual Rapperswil star singing and the children's fair composed by Paul Burkhard.

Hans Rathgeb (* 1922 Rapperswil, † 2001): publicist, correspondent, editor, cantonal council; active in numerous associations in Rapperswil; Author of among others: "Rapperswil die Rosenstadt", "Rapperwiler Chronik 1933–1948", "Rapperswil in the good old days", "Rapperswil city and country", "Eastern Switzerland - a regional region presents itself", "Between Lake Zurich and Lake Walen", "Rapperswil, the small town, our great love" (objectives for future development ... Council of Europe competition), "From the arena to the circus / 175 years of the Knie dynasty", "Raperswil handicrafts and trades / 750 years in the service of the city and region ”,“ The rose town of Rapperswil ”,“ Rapperswil-Jona: Our beautiful little world ”,“ The Knie circus family ”and together with O. Eggmann“ Rapperswil - city and country ”.

Carl Helbling (* 1932 Rapperswil, † 2016 Küsnacht), economist

Gerold Späth (* 1939 Rapperswil): writer. “ Rapperswil is the room in which my stories live, this is where I grew up, this is where I have the overview and the perspective. "

Alfredo Battistini (* 1953 Rapperswil, † 2008 St. Gallenkappel), sculptor, draftsman and sportsman. Among other things, he created the clown sculpture in honor of Circus Knie at the entrance to Rapperswil.

Fritz Mommendey (* 1954 Rapperswil): lawyer, entrepreneur and book author; 1982 co-founder of the commercial and office college (HBS).

gallery

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Harbor panorama

literature

Leza Dosch: The train stations Rapperswil SG and Glarus. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 895, Series 90). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2011, ISBN 978-3-03797-028-7 .