Trogen AR
AR is the abbreviation for the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Trogen . |
Trogen | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR) |
District : | former Mittelland district |
BFS no. : | 3025 |
Postal code : | 9043 |
Coordinates : | 752 907 / 252759 |
Height : | 903 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 689–1183 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 10.03 km² |
Residents: | 1735 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 173 inhabitants per km² |
Mayor : | Dorothea Altherr |
Website: | www.trogen.ch |
Lower village Trogen with church |
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Location of the municipality | |
Trogen is a municipality in the Mittelland district of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland . It is the seat of the cantonal judicial authorities of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.
geography
Trogen is located in the Appenzeller Mittelland, shaped by the Gäbris hill . The lowest point of the community is at Chastenloch at 693 meters, the highest point is above the seat at 1183 meters. Trogen borders the municipalities of Wald , Oberegg (AI) , Altstätten (SG) , Gais , Bühler , Speicher and Rehetobel . Trogen is also the end point of the Appenzell – St. Gallen – Trogen of the Appenzeller Bahnen (former Trogenerbahn ).
history
Trogen was first mentioned in 1168 as a Trugin . When the country of Appenzell divided into Ausser- and Innerrhoden in 1597, Trogen became the capital of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Stick and gallows came to Trogen; the place of execution was west of Trogen in what is now the Gfeld district .
From the 16th century until the industrial revolution , Trogen, like a large part of the Appenzellerland, became wealthy through the sale of weaving and embroidery. This trend was enormously reinforced by the Zellweger family , which at times made a fortune with the canvas trade. The Zellweger Palaces in Trogen also date from that time . Some of them are on the list of cultural goods of national importance (see also pictures under Commons). The art-historically significant Reformed church and five secular buildings were designed by the late baroque master builder Johann Ulrich Grubenmann von Teufen .
The Landsgemeinde took place every other year in Trogen until it was abolished in 1997. Because of its size, the seat of the cantonal government and parts of the administration, Herisau is usually referred to as the capital today.
population
Population development | ||||||||||
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year | 1667 | 1734 | 1813 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 1980 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
Residents | 2262 * | 2250 ** | 2370 | 2611 | 2496 | 2142 | 1853 | 1867 | 1751 | 1687 |
* (including forest, Rehetobel) ** (excluding forest, Rehetobel)
Canton administration
The cantonal higher court , the cantonal court (equivalent to the district court in cantons with districts), the administrative court and the juvenile court have their seat in Trogen. Although the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden does not have a canton capital according to the cantonal constitution, this status is de facto shared between Herisau (seat of the legislature , the executive and the police force ) and Trogen (seat of the judiciary ).
The Appenzell Ausserrhoden Cantonal Library is also located in Trogen .
Until the abolition of the rural community were Hundwil and Trogen the two alternating meeting places of the rural community Ausserrhoden.
schools
All levels of compulsory schooling can be completed in Trogen. In addition, the Trogen Cantonal School (KST) founded in 1821 , or “Kanti Trogen” for short, is the only middle school in the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Trogen. In addition to the grammar school , the offer of the canton school also includes a business and technical secondary school . Since 1907 the secondary school for the municipalities of Trogen, Wald and Rehetobel has also been run at the KST .
Social and culture
The Pestalozzi Children's Village , which is well-known beyond the canton, is located in Trogen . For some years now, the village has officially been known as the “Kulturdorf im Appenzellerland”. Most of the events for the performance of all of Bach's vocal works by the JS Bach Foundation take place in the Reformed Church in Trogen .
Attractions
photos
Personalities
- Carl Adams (1811–1849), mathematician, taught in Trogen
- Carl Aeschbacher (1886–1944), composer and choir director, music director in Trogen
- Hans Altherr (* 1950), politician (FDP), local councilor in Trogen from 1976 to 1993
- Hermann Altherr (1848–1927), doctor, attended the canton school in Trogen
- Michael Altherr (1681–1735), landlord, land manager and delegate of the Diet, born in Trogen
- Jeannette Altwegg (* 1930), figure skater, worked as a supervisor in the Pestalozzi Children's Village
- Rudolf am Bach (1919–2004), pianist and music teacher, born in Trogen as Rudolf Aeschbacher
- Johannes Baumann (1874–1953), politician, Federal Councilor, was an interrogator and cantonal police director in Trogen from 1899 to 1905
- Alois Emanuel Biedermann (1819–1885), reformed theologian, attended the canton school in Trogen from 1826 to 1830
- Maria Bill (* 1948), actress and singer, born in Trogen
- Bartholome Bischoffsberger (around 1622–1698), pastor in Trogen from 1643, died here
- Elisabeth Bourquin (1930–1995), Art brut painter and author, born in Trogen
- Mark Staff Brandl (* 1955), artist and art historian, lives in Trogen
- Jakob Bruderer (1821–1884), entrepreneur and politician
- Willi Eugster (* 1948), educator and psychologist, headed the Trogen Cantonal School from 1985 to 2013
- Johann Jakob Graf (1781–1847), merchant and textile entrepreneur
- Robert Holzach (1922–2009), lawyer and bank manager, attended the canton school in Trogen
- Bartholome Honnerlag (1740–1815), doctor, born in Trogen, lived and worked here and died in Trogen
- Gabriela Krapf (* 1973), musician, attended the canton school in Trogen
- Helen Meier (* 1929), writer, lives in Trogen
- Elisabeth Pletscher (1908–2003), medical laboratory assistant, women's rights activist; spent childhood, youth and the second half of life in Trogen
- Marino Pliakas (* 1964), musician, born in Trogen
- Ueli Prager (1916–2011), entrepreneur, attended the canton school in Trogen from 1929 to 1935
- Heinz Rutishauser (1918–1970), mathematician, taught in Trogen until 1948
- Emil Schiess (1894–1972), educator, entrepreneur and politician, born in Trogen
- Johannes Georg Schläpfer (1797–1835), doctor and scientist, born in Trogen
- Matthias Schläpfer (1763–1830), businessman, entrepreneur and consul, born in Trogen
- Pelagius Schläpfer (1601–1680), textile merchant, landlord, provincial governor, delegate of the daily articles and governor, born in Trogen
- Robert Schläpfer (1923–2001), linguist, legal citizen in Trogen
- Ulrich Schläpfer (1580–1651), textile merchant, provincial governor, governor and representative of the Diet, born in Trogen
- Otto Schmid (1889–1974), painter, draftsman and teacher at the Trogen Cantonal School
- Hans Konrad Sonderegger (1891–1944), theologian, lawyer and politician, attended the canton school in Trogen from 1907–1911
- Johann Jakob Sonderegger (1838–1905), educator, mayor, cantonal councilor, councilor and national councilor, born in Trogen
- Bartholome Sturzenegger (1650–1709), politician
- Johann Ulrich Sturzenegger (1785–1842), publicist, publisher, editor, printer and politician
- Ulrich Sturzenegger (1714–1781), entrepreneur, calendar maker and local politician
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), painter, sculptor and dancer, grew up in Trogen
- Johann Georg Gustav Tobler (1769–1843), educator and writer, born in Trogen
- Johann Heinrich Tobler (1777–1838), poet and composer, born in Trogen
- Otto Tobler (1879–1946), lawyer and pioneer of nature and homeland protection, born in Trogen
- Titus Tobler (1806–1877), doctor and Palestine researcher, attended the canton school in Trogen
- Emil Walser (1909–1972), composer and folk musician, lived in Trogen
- Ernst Wildi (1878–1939), Rector of the Trogen Cantonal School from 1904 to 1937, lived in Trogen in the Honnerlagschen Doppelpalast
- Norbert Zeilberger (1969–2012), Austrian musician, worked for the JS Bach Foundation in Trogen, who died there
- Zellweger (16th – 18th centuries), patrician family with a branch in Trogen
- Bartholome Zellweger (1625–1681), provincial cap master, provincial governor and delegate of the daily statutes
- Conrad Zellweger-Rechsteiner (1630–1705), textile entrepreneur, councilor and member of government
- Conrad Zellweger-Tanner (1659–1749), merchant, textile entrepreneur, councilor, member of the government and district administrator
- Eduard Zellweger (1901–1975), lawyer, politician and diplomat, citizen in Trogen
- Johann Caspar Zellweger (1768–1855), businessman, scholar and philanthropist
- Johannes Zellweger-Sulser (1695–1774), businessman, textile entrepreneur, councilor, governor and governor
- Jakob Zellweger-Hünerwadel (1805–1873), doctor, councilor, mayor, provincial governor, mayor, delegate from the Diet and president of the higher court
- Jakob Zellweger-Zuberbühler (1770–1821), businessman, textile entrepreneur, councilor, grand councilor, state witness, mayor, delegate of the daily articles and diplomat
- Johannes Zellweger-Hirzel (1730–1802), merchant, textile entrepreneur, councilor, parish clerk and national ensign
- Laurenz Zellweger (1692–1764), Swiss educator, doctor and co-founder of the Helvetic Society
- Ulrich Zellweger (1804–1871), banker, publicist and founder of the Basler Missions-Handlungs-Gesellschaft
- Ursula Wolf-Zellweger (1735–1820), donor of the paintings in the Reformed Church in Trogen and died in Trogen
- Sebastian Zuberbühler (1809–1868), educator, born in Trogen, was a teacher there at times
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 . (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz , Volume 97.) P. 23–170.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Trogen
- Thomas Fuchs: Trogen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Documentation of the town hall renovation in Trogen / History of the town hall in Trogen (PDF; 42.6 MB) Building Department of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, accessed on August 26, 2018.
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 .
- ↑ 1667–1950 see: Thomas Fuchs: Trogen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 5, 2013 , accessed June 5, 2019 .
- ^ Bernhard Other: The parish church Trogen. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 518). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1992, ISBN 978-3-85782-518-7 .