Rorschacherberg
| Rorschacherberg | |
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
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| Constituency : | Rorschach |
| BFS no. : | 3216 |
| Postal code : | 9404 |
| Coordinates : | 755.4 thousand / 259362 |
| Height : | 570 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 395–899 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 7.09 km² |
| Residents: | 7,126 (as of 1/1/2018) () |
| Population density : | Error in expression: unrecognized punctuation mark "'" inh. Per km² |
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Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
27.6% |
| Website: | www.rorschacherberg.ch |
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Rorschacherberg is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen . It is located in the constituency of Rorschach .
geography
Rorschacherberg is located on a slope above Rorschach and extends to Lake Constance east of Rorschach.
In Rorschacherberg are the castles of St. Annaschloss , Wartensee , Wartegg and Wiggen .
The Rorschach-Heiden-Bergbahn (Heidnerbahn) stops in Rorschacherberg at the Seebleiche, Sandbüchel and Wartensee stops .
Merger plans
In 2007, Rorschach , Rorschacherberg and Goldach examined a merger to form a “city on the lake” with around 25,000 inhabitants, which would have resulted in one of the largest cities in the canton of St. Gallen. After a merger in Goldach turned out to be politically unenforceable due to the lower tax rate , only a merger of Rorschach and Rorschacherberg was up for discussion, which was rejected by Rorschacherberg at the end of 2008. In Rorschach, however, the merger was strongly supported, as it would have resulted in major tax cuts.
In 2014, another fundamental vote was carried out on the merger of the three municipalities to form the “City on the Lake”. The aim of this vote was to give the municipal councils an order for an in-depth examination and to carry out a definitive vote on the merger within two years. This basic vote was again, like the previous one, clearly rejected by the communities of Goldach and Rorschacherberg and accepted by the city of Rorschach with a clear majority.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1850 | 1075 |
| 1900 | 1785 |
| 1950 | 2705 |
| 1980 | 5294 |
| 2000 | 6483 |
| 2010 | 6922 |
| 2018 | 7126 |
Construction projects
Rorschacherberg is currently planning projects such as B. a motorway exit or a canopy for the motorway. This is to protect many residents from the noise of the motorway. In cooperation with Rorschach and Goldach, a railway underpass near Goldach is planned in the starting holes to make the traffic more fluid.
Attractions
The two castles Wartegg and Wartensee are used today as a hotel or as a conference and meeting center.
Personalities
- Diethelm Blarer von Wartensee (1503–1564), Abbot of St. Gallen
- Hans E. Deutsch (1927–2014), painter
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Rorschacherberg
- Lorenz Hollenstein: Rorschacherberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.rorschacherberg.ch/de/portraituaktuelles/portrait/gemeindeinzahlen/
- ^ Community merger : New town on Lake Constance? Retrieved June 10, 2012 .
- ↑ No merger in the Rorschach region, Tagblatt Online, article from May 18, 2014