St. Josefen
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Constituency : | St. Gallen | |
Political community : | Gaiserwald | |
Postal code : | 9030 | |
former BFS no. : | 3442 | |
Coordinates : | 743 130 / 254375 | |
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St. Josefen is a Swiss town in the canton of St. Gallen . Together with Abtwil and Engelburg , St. Josefen forms the political municipality of Gaiserwald .
The parish church, built in 1660 , gave way to a chapel in 1960 . A group of houses emerging in the immediate vicinity was first called Hofacker, later St. Josefen. Today the local museum of the community Gaiserwald is located below.
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Historic aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer from 1919
Attractions
Web links
Commons : St. Josefen - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Ernst Ziegler: Gaiserwald. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Gaiserwald local museum at gaiserwald.ch