Vineyards 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 Rieden .

Vineyards

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Canton of St. Gallen (SG)

Constituency :

Sea gaster

Political community :

Gommiswald

Postal code :

8739

former BFS no. :

3314

Coordinates :

722 044 / 231149 coordinates: 47 ° 13 '12 " N , 9 ° 3' 0" O ; CH1903: 722,044 / 231149

Height :

715 m above sea level M.

Area :

11.42 km²

Residents:

691 (December 31, 2012)

Population density :

61 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.rieden.ch

View of vineyards

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2013

Historical aerial photo by Swissair Photo AG from 1948

Until December 31, 2012, Rieden was a political municipality in the constituency of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen . On January 1, 2013, it merged with Ernetschwil to form the municipality of Gommiswald .

The community bordered the Toggenburg and offers a unique view of the entire Linth plain and Lake Zurich .

history

Rieden was mentioned for the first time in a document in 1045 as Rieta . Further documents indicate that the village was under the rule of the Schänis monastery until 1798 . During the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803), Rieden was a municipality in the canton of Linth . Later the community was merged with Kaltbrunn SG. At the request of Rieden and with the consent of Kaltbrunn, the communities were separated again in 1825 and became independent communities.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1850	428
1900	414
1950	451
1980	460
2000	676
2006	736
2010	697

Attractions

The landmark of Rieden is the neo-baroque parish church of St. Magnus, which was built between 1912 and 1914 by the architect Adolf Gaudy . It replaced a simple previous church built in 1769.

Entrance to Rieden
Saint Magnus Church
Interior view of the Saint Magnus Church (view of the altar)
Interior view of the St. Magnus Church (view of the organ and exit)

Personalities

Oktavian Schmucki (1927–2018), Capuchin, author, religious historian and religious researcher
Fabian Giger (* 1987), mountain biker

Web links

Commons : Rieden SG - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality of Rieden SG
Stefan Paradowski: Rieden (SG). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .