Staad SG

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Staad
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency : Constituency of Rorschachw
Political community : Thal SGi2 w1
Postal code : 9422
Coordinates : 758 144  /  261 071 coordinates: 47 ° 28 '53 "  N , 9 ° 32' 13"  O ; CH1903:  758,144  /  261071
Height : 398  m above sea level M.
Main street in Staad

Main street in Staad
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Aerial photo from 250 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1930)

Staad is a village in the political municipality of Thal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland and, together with Buechen, forms a unit and a parish .

geography

Staad is located on Lake Constance on the state road and on the Rorschach – St. Margrethen , Buechen, which is moved away from the lake, is a little higher immediately north of the A1 motorway . Road, railroad and the shores of Lake Constance prevented the development of a compact village center. The blue-green Staader sandstone , which is quarried near Schloss Wartensee , is well known.

history

Buechen-Staad parish church inaugurated in 1968

For the first time in 1421 as a city mentioned. In 1499 Staad was sacked and burned by Swabian troops . Oberstaad belonged to the Lower Court of Thal , Unterstaad to the Princely Court of Rorschach . There was a chapel in Buechen as early as the late Middle Ages , which was demolished in 1966. In 1709 the evangelical church Buechen was inaugurated for the believers in Altenrhein and Staad. In 1803 Staad came to the municipality of Thal, 1805 Unterstaad to the municipality of Rorschacherberg . From 1831 to 2003 Staad belonged to the Lower Rhine Valley district .

The residents of Staad lived from fishing and mining sandstone in Buechen. There has been a station on the Rorschach – Rheineck railway line since 1858, and the port since 1902. From 1874 to 1940 the Egger bell foundry was active in Staad. After 1900 the appearance of artificial stone led to an economic slump, and in 1920 an artificial stone company started operations. In 1933 the Catholic parish of Buechen-Staad was founded and in 1968 the new parish church on the Wartbüchel was consecrated. Staad has been growing together with the expanding Buechen since 1970.

population

Shore of Lake Constance in Staad
Population development Staad
year 1834 1980 1991 2000
Residents 360 1345 2237 2412

Attractions

  • The castles Blatten, Greifenstein and Risegg in the Buechen district are striking:

  • Blatten Castle

  • Greifenstein Castle

  • Risegg Castle

  • The Roman Catholic Christ the King's Church, a modern central building with concave and convex wall shells that, when viewed from above, simulates a crown, stands on a hill near Staad . The church was built in 1967 according to plans by the architects Bächtold + Baumgartner and inaugurated on March 24, 1968. The oval tower contains a Salve Regina bell in the strike tone sequence Es 1 - g 1 - b 1 - c 2 .
  • The Hundertwasser market hall is located at the roundabout between Staad and Altenrhein. The Altenrhein market hall was built between 1998 and 2002 based on the idea and concept of the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser . It was planned by the architect Peter Pelikan . The four gold-plated tower domes are an eye-catcher. On the ground floor there is the hall with colorful conical columns. It is also used for events. There is also a sound and light show about Hundertwasser's architecture. The top floor is green and accessible.
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Web links

Commons : Staad SG  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Buechen-Staad. On the website of the municipality of Thal, accessed on November 1, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c Peter Müller: Thal (SG). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
    These sections are largely based on the entry in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland (HLS), which, according to the HLS's usage information, is under the Creative Commons license     - Attribution - Share under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  3. ^ History. Retrieved on November 1, 2019 from the website of the Evangelical Parish Thal-Lutzenberg
  4. ^ Website Markthalle Altenrhein , accessed on January 3, 2012