Gommiswald

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Gommiswald
Coat of arms of Gommiswald
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency : Sea gasterw
BFS no. : 3341i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 8725 Gebertingen
8725 Ernetschwil
8726 Ricken
8737 Gommiswald
8738 Uetliburg
8739 Rieden
Coordinates : 719 975  /  232330 coordinates: 47 ° 13 '52 "  N , 9 ° 1' 23"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred nineteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-five  /  232330
Height : 590  m above sea level M.
Height range : 482–1443 m above sea level M.
Area : 33.59  km²
Residents: 5167 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 154 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.gommiswald.ch
Gommiswald village center with church

Gommiswald village center with church
Location of the municipality
Pfäffikersee Zürichsee Entenseeli Aatalweier Sihlsee Wägitalersee Obersee (Glarus) Walensee Kanton Appenzell Ausserhoden Kanton Glarus Kanton Schwyz Kanton Zürich Wahlkreis Sarganserland Wahlkreis Toggenburg Amden Benken SG Eschenbach SG Gommiswald Kaltbrunn SG Rapperswil-Jona Schänis Schmerikon Uznach WeesenMap of Gommiswald
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Gommiswald is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen . It is in the See-Gaster constituency .

geography

Historical aerial photo from 100 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1919

The community of Gommiswald is about 4 km east of Uznach am Ricken . Since the merger in 2013, the political community has consisted of the villages of Ernetschwil , Gebertingen, Gommiswald, Ricken, Rieden and Uetliburg.

Local parishes

The community merged from Gommiswald, Ernetschwil and Rieden in 2013 has since consisted of the independent local communities Gommiswald-Dorf and Rieden . There is no corresponding local community for Ernetschwil, which was previously independent of Gommiswald from 1807 to 2012.

  • Coat of arms of the local community Gommiswald-Dorf, former coat of arms of the political community

  • Coat of arms local community Rieden

population

Population development
year Residents
1850 1092
1900 1010
1950 1187
1980 1601
2000 2634
2010 2791
2012 4883

Attractions

Sons and daughters of the church

photos

  • Entrance to Gommiswald, coming from Ricken

  • Entrance to Uetliburg

  • Village center of Gommiswald

  • Gommiswald Church

  • Interior view of the church of Gommiswald

  • Ceiling fresco in the church of Gommiswald

  • Entrance to Rieden

  • Sankt-Magnus-Kirche Rieden

  • Interior view of the Saint Magnus Church (view of the altar)

  • Interior view of the St. Magnus Church (view of the organ and exit)

literature

Web links

Commons : Gommiswald  - 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. ↑ Facts about Gommiswald. Retrieved February 26, 2013 .