Trogen AR

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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 of the name Trogen .
Trogen
Trogen coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of Appenzell AusserrhodenCanton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR)
District : former Mittelland districtw
BFS no. : 3025i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 9043
Coordinates : 752 907  /  252759 coordinates: 47 ° 24 '28 "  N , 9 ° 27' 53"  O ; CH1903:  752907  /  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

Lower village Trogen with church
Location of the municipality
Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden Kanton St. Gallen Kanton St. Gallen Bezirk Hinterland Bezirk Vorderland Bühler AR Gais AR Speicher AR Teufen AR Trogen ARMap of Trogen
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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

Aerial photo by Swissair Photo AG from 1949

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
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)00000

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

  • Zellweger's double palace and Reformed Church

  • reformed Church

  • KVT house Landsgemeindeplatz 10

  • Rectory and town hall

  • Pestalozzi Children's Village

Personalities

Trogen: Hinterdorf with a view towards the train station, on the right «Alte Drogerie». Linocut by Otto Schmid , 1952

literature

Trogen in winter. Linocut by Otto Schmid , 1923
  • 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

Commons : Trogen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 .
  2. ↑ 1667–1950 see: Thomas Fuchs: Trogen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 5, 2013 , accessed June 5, 2019 .
  3. ^ 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 .