Riethüsli

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Riethüsli
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency : St. Gallen
Political community : St. Galleni2 w1
Postal code : 9012
former BFS no. : 3203035
Coordinates : 745 497  /  252965 coordinates: 47 ° 24 '41 "  N , 9 ° 22' 0"  O ; CH1903:  745497  /  252965
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Map of Riethüsli
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Nestweier (2015)
Panoramic photo of the Riethüsli district in the city of St. Gallen, located in a hilly landscape. A valley and the opposite hill slope is overlooked from a hill. The slope opposite and the valley are densely built up and clearly delimited from the wooded and meadow-dominated chain of hills behind.
Panorama of the Riethüsliquartier, March 17th, 2017

Riethüsli is a district in the Swiss city ​​of St. Gallen . It is located in the south of the city on the valley of the Wattbach , which forms the district, commune and canton border with the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

The landmark of the quarter is the Nestweier. The pond appears for the first time on a city map from 1830. When and for what purpose the pond was created is not known.

According to the statistical survey conducted by the canton of St. Gallen in 2014, 4423 people lived in Riethüsli at that time, with the proportion of Swiss citizens at 74%, slightly higher than the urban average of 70%.

traffic

Riethüsli station of the Appenzell Railway at the portal of the Ruckhalde tunnel.

The quarter is connected to the city center by trolley bus line 5 , bus line 10 and the Appenzeller Bahn . The district is intersected by the main traffic axis from St. Gallen to the Appenzellerland , the Teufenerstrasse, whereby in 2016 the traffic load on working days was an average of 13,764 vehicles. In order to curb the consequences of commuter traffic, a petition was made for the sub-tunneling of the district, which, however, had no results for a long time. In 2018, as part of the 17th road construction program, it was decided to build the so-called Teilspange, which provides for an underground motorway connection in the area of ​​the freight station and the continuation of traffic in the direction of Teufen in a tunnel to Lustmühle. Completion is expected in 2030. The terrain rises sharply on both sides of Teufenerstrasse, with residential quarters located on the slope above all on the western side. The previously by both the road and the track of the Appenzell Railway intersected Quartierzentrum to after the commissioning of which was completed in October 2018 diameter line and jerk stockpile tunnels are new and more attractive.

schools

The quarter is strongly characterized by the location of the Commercial Vocational and Further Education Center St. Gallen (GBS) on Demutstrasse. The location in question is home to the St. Gallen School of Design , from which both the basic and advanced training departments are located. The department for technical professions in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science is also located here. The school opened in 1975. In 1976 the forecourt was decorated with a sculpture by the artist Rudolf Schawalder from Widnau. In 2009 the roof of the new Tal der Humut gymnasium collapsed shortly before the start of classes due to a construction fault in the roof structure under a freshly fallen snow load. The accident left no victims or injuries. Even after a lengthy process, it was not possible to determine who exactly was guilty of the error. The proceedings were discontinued, also to allow the blocked reconstruction of the gym.

Schoolhouse made of concrete, consisting of two building elements with a forecourt.
Commercial vocational and further training center St.Gallen, location Riethüsli

The Riethüsli has a primary school consisting of several buildings. The ensemble was built between 1966 and 1974 and has been in need of renovation since the early 2000s. In 2008 a competition for the renovation was announced. However, the winning project was so expensive that it was decided to build a completely new school building. In 2011 a corresponding competition was announced and in 2012 a winning project was chosen. Due to budget problems, the project was subsequently overturned from budget planning and only repairs that could not be postponed were carried out. According to the latest status, the renovation work should now start in 2021.

Gym Commercial vocational and further training center St.Gallen, location Riethüsli

Historical

The Liebeggweiher between 1900 and 1910.

From 1929 to 1962, the Riethüsli had a 40 m ski jumping hill on the slope west of Teufenerstrasse at the level of the Appenzeller Bahnen stop. The ski jump was operated by the Riethüsli Ski Club, which also organized night jumping on the hill. The hill record was set in 1954 with 42.5 m by the Swiss jumper Andreas Däscher. The ski jump was demolished in 1962 when a residential complex and a gas station were built in the area of ​​the run-out.

In 1968, a little south of the former ski jump, the Liebeggweiher, which was built in 1860 right next to the Wattbach, was drained and heaped up because silt and odor emissions were a constant issue. Building land for a residential building was created on the site. In the area known as 'Liebegg', some small industrial companies had settled in the 1820s because of the easily usable hydropower. In 1860 the Liebeggweiher was laid out and a cardboard factory was built, which was converted into a timber sawmill in 1871, which was shut down in 1980. For a long time, the sawmill's electricity was generated by a turbine that was driven by the water from the Liebeggweiher, until it was drained for the reasons mentioned above. The saw was added to the inventory of the Swiss Society for the History of Technology and Industrial Culture in 2013.

The 'Scheffelstein' restaurant on a postcard from shortly after its establishment in 1904.

One of the few distinctive buildings in the Riethüsli was the 'Scheffelstein' restaurant for a long time. The building to the northeast of Nestweiher on the Ruhberg was built in 1904 and named after the memorial stone for the writer Joseph Victor von Scheffel that was erected further up on the slope in 1887 . Due to its prominent location and the magnificent architecture, the restaurant has become a distinctive St. Gallen landmark and part of the urban recreation area. One of the dining rooms was decorated with scenes from Scheffel's novel ' Ekkehard '. On August 19, 1943, the Scheffelstein burned down and the attic collapsed. During the reconstruction, the 'monumentality' was dispensed with and the building was given a conventional roof structure that still exists today. The restaurant business in the now more inconspicuous building was soon given up. Today apartments and commercial space are housed in the building.

Black and white aerial view of a sparsely populated hilly landscape. There are isolated houses on the slopes. There is also an area with garden prayers.
Aerial photo of the Riethüsli district from 1924: In the front right of the center of the picture the nest pond, past it the Teufenerstrasse, behind it on the slope the former large nursery Wartmann. The slope of the former ski jump (built later) can be seen above Teufenerstrasse on the left edge of the picture. First in the picture is the very distinctive Scheffelstein restaurant.

Until 1918, the western part of the quarter belonged to the municipality of Straubenzell , which was then attached to St. Gallen , for example the Hofstetten part of the quarter with the Solitüdenhang.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nest@seedesign.ch: Quartierverein Riethüsli - quarters. (No longer available online.) In: xn--riethsli-b6a.ch. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016 ; accessed on January 31, 2016 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / xn--riethsli-b6a.ch
  2. ↑ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: District history in flight . In: St.Galler Tagblatt Online . ( tagblatt.ch [accessed on March 9, 2017]).
  3. ^ City of St. Gallen: District portraits St. Gallen. (PDF) May 21, 2015, pp. 38–41 , accessed on March 1, 2017 .
  4. ↑ SIS-Traffic: Automatic traffic counting of the canton St. Gallen. Retrieved October 9, 2018 .
  5. ^ Road tunnel from St. Gallen to the Appenzellerland. In: St. Galler Tagblatt. August 9, 2011, accessed February 27, 2017 .
  6. ↑ ST.GALLEN: One step closer to the third Rosenberg tube. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
  7. ^ Cantonal council of St. Gallen: Road building program. Cantonal Council of St. Gallen, January 31, 2019, pp. 5–6 , accessed on September 13, 2019 .
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  9. ↑ edited by Maria Hufenus with the help of Monika Rüegger and Ernst Ziegler: data on the building history of the city of St. Gallen. (PDF) 2004, pp. 64–65 , accessed on March 28, 2017 .
  10. ^ SPIEGEL ONLINE , Hamburg Germany: St. Gallen: School gymnasium collapses under masses of snow. Retrieved March 7, 2017 .
  11. ↑ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: On the collapse and construction . In: St. Galler Tagblatt Online . ( tagblatt.ch [accessed on March 7, 2017]).
  12. ↑ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: The collapse of the gymnasium has no legal consequences . In: St. Galler Tagblatt Online . ( tagblatt.ch [accessed on March 7, 2017]).
  13. ^ Hochparterre AG: School in and above the slope. Retrieved March 28, 2017 .
  14. ↑ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: Immediate measures for the Riethüsli school building . In: St.Galler Tagblatt Online . ( tagblatt.ch [accessed on March 28, 2017]).
  15. ↑ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: School renovations are on the way . In: St.Galler Tagblatt Online . ( tagblatt.ch [accessed on March 28, 2017]).
  16. ↑ Ski jumping hill archive: St. Gallen. Retrieved March 7, 2017 .
  17. ^ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: The three ski jumping brothers . In: St.Galler Tagblatt Online . ( tagblatt.ch [accessed on March 7, 2017]).
  18. ↑ nest@seedesign.ch: Quartierverein Riethüsli - Article advertisement. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 8, 2017 ; accessed on March 7, 2017 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / xn--riethsli-b6a.ch
  19. ↑ City archive of the local citizens' community of St.Gallen. Retrieved March 13, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Fredi Hächler: Riethüsli - magazine for the nest. (No longer available online.) Quartierverein Riethüsli, March 2015, pp. 24–25 , archived from the original on April 12, 2015 ; accessed on March 13, 2017 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / xn--riethsli-b6a.ch
  21. ↑ Maria Hufenus with the help of Monika Rüegger and Ernst Ziegler: DATA ON THE BUILDING HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ST.GALLEN FROM THE BEGINNING TO 2000. (No longer available online.) City Archives (Vadiana) St.Gallen, 2004, pp. 23, 45 , formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 5, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / stadtarchiv.ch  
  22. ↑ Ernst Ziegler, Erich Gmünder: The Scheffelstein. (No longer available online.) In: Riethüsli - the magazine. Quartierverein Riethüsli, September 25, 2013, archived from the original on April 6, 2017 ; Retrieved April 5, 2017 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / xn--riethsli-b6a.ch