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| AR is the abbreviation for the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Speicher . |
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 Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR)
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| District : | former Mittelland district |
| BFS no. : | 3023 |
| Postal code : | 9042 (Speicher) 9037 (Speichererschwendi) |
| UN / LOCODE : | CH SCR |
| Coordinates : | 751 236 / 253279 |
| Height : | 936 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 566-1084 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 8.18 km² |
| Residents: | 4382 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 536 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.speicher.ch |
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Speicher is a municipality in the central plateau of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland .
geography
Speicher is located in the Appenzellerland on the Appenzell – St. Gallen – Trogen of the Appenzeller Bahnen , about seven kilometers southeast of St. Gallen and two kilometers northwest of Trogen .
The Speichererschwendi , a somewhat lower-lying village , also belongs to the political municipality of Speicher .
Population development
| year | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1980 | 3484 |
| 2000 | 3853 |
| 2010 | 4027 |
history
The name Speicher originated in the Middle Ages, during the heyday of the St. Gallen Monastery . It was first mentioned in a document in the 13th century as "Speycher". At that time there was a granary of the monastery near today's village church in Speicher . The first important battle of the Appenzell Wars that started with it took place between the Appenzell farmers and the city association (including the city of St. Gallen) below the Vögelinsegg at Loch 1403 . The peasants determined to do anything could win this first military challenge; they deceived the enemy with a cunning diversionary maneuver. The battle memorial, a warning Appenzell farmer with a morning star (created in 1903) with a peering view of the nearby town, is enthroned on the crest of the Vögelinsegg.
In order to relocate the rails of the Trogenerbahn (one of the steepest tracks without a cogwheel), a large piece of rock from the Vögelinsegg was blown away around 1900. The railway connects the Mediterranean villages of Speicher and Trogen with St. Gallen and was completed in 1903 (for the 500th anniversary of the open air theater). In 2004, another 100 years later, the first low-floor shuttle trains came into operation. In 2006 the Trogenerbahn was merged with the Appenzeller Bahnen .
Following the 700th anniversary of the Speicher in 2009, the idea of collecting and securing existing knowledge was born. The core is the digital platform WikiSpeicher , on which the so-called oral history ( narrated story ) in particular records memories, events, facts or ideas in words and pictures.
Culture
The Museum of Life Stories , a cultural project by the artist HR Fricker, is located in Speicher .
Attractions
Rectory and church
Parish hall and church
Main road
Sports
There are two football clubs in Speicher, the FC Speicher and the TSV.
FC Speicher provides two active teams which will play in the 4th and 5th league in the 2015/2016 season. The FC also has a junior division with over 100 players.
The TSV plays in the company football championship. In the 2015 season he achieved the title of corporate football "Promotion".
Personalities
- Bartholomäus Anhorn the Elder (1566–1642), Protestant Reformed pastor and historian in Graubünden and Appenzell, lived in Speicher from 1623 to 1641
- Johann Jakob Zuberbühler (1723–1803), physician, councilor, governor, delegate of the daily statutes, governor, governor and governor, born in Speicher
- Johannes Schläpfer (1725–1802), textile entrepreneur, born in Speicher
- Hans Jörg Altherr (1731–1793), master builder, born in Speicher
- Johann Laurenz Zuberbühler (1733–1790), textile entrepreneur and politician, born in Speicher
- Johann Bartholome Rechsteiner (1748–1818), textile entrepreneur, mayor, building owner, ensign, governor and governor
- Georg Leonhard Schläpfer (1766–1840), textile entrepreneur, born in Speicher
- Johann Ulrich Zuberbühler (1784–1849), businessman, mayor, delegate from the Diet and district administrator, born in Speicher
- Johannes Altherr (1850–1928), entrepreneur and politician, born in Speicher
- Catharina Sturzenegger (1854–1929), journalist and representative of the Red Cross, born in Speicher
- Howard Eugster (1861–1932), religious-socialist Swiss editor and politician, grew up in the care of Pastor Gottlieb Lutz
- Jakob Sprenger (1872–1952), linguist, representative of the Volapük movement, born in Speicher
- Lina Stadlin (1872–1954), lawyer, born in Speicher
- Hans Krüsi (1920–1995), painter (grew up as an orphan in Speicher)
- Jasper van der Werff (1998), football player at FC Basel
literature
- Eugen Steinmann: The art monuments of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Volume 2: The district of Mittelland. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1980, ISBN 3-7643-1174-6 . (= The Art Monuments of Switzerland , Volume 97.) P. 360–431.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Speicher
- Thomas Fuchs: Storage. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- WikiSpeicher digital platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Via WikiSpeicher
- ↑ WikiSpeicher on Radio SRF, April 11, 2015
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