Lake District (St. Gallen)
Lake District | |
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Country: | Switzerland |
Canton : | St. Gallen |
Region ISO : | CH-SG |
FSO number : | 1710 |
Map of the former See district | |
The former districts of the canton of St. Gallen | |
The lake district (also Lake District ) was an administrative unit of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland until 2003 .
The lake district was founded in 1831 after the Uznach district was divided into the See and Gaster districts. It included the historic county of Uznach and the city of Rapperswil . The main town was Uznach . The district was dissolved after the adoption of the new St. Gallen cantonal constitution in 2001 and became part of the newly formed See-Gaster constituency .
The municipalities of the former Seebezirk district
coat of arms | Name of the parish | Area in km² |
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Ernetschwil | 10.26 | |
Eschenbach | 13.25 | |
Goldingen | 22.11 | |
Gommiswald | 11.86 | |
Jonah | 20.43 | |
Rapperswil | 1.74 | |
Schmerikon | 4.15 | |
St. Gallenkappel | 19.46 | |
Uznach | 7.55 | |
Total (9) | 110.81 |
The Federal Statistical Office ran the district under FSO no. 1710.
See also
literature
- Bernhard Anderes: The art monuments of the canton of St. Gallen. Vol. IV. The lake district . (The art monuments of Switzerland). Birkhäuser Verlag: Basel 1966.