Forest 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 Wald .
Forest
Forest coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of Appenzell AusserrhodenCanton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR)
District : former district of Vorderlandw
BFS no. : 3036i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 9044
Coordinates : 754.82 thousand  /  253 684 coordinates: 47 ° 24 '57 "  N , 9 ° 29' 25"  O ; CH1903:  754,820  /  two hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred and eighty-four
Height : 962  m above sea level M.
Height range : 752–1129 m above sea level M.
Area : 6.83  km²
Residents: 877 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 128 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.wald-ar.ch
Forest AR

Forest AR
Location of the municipality
Bodensee Österreich Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden Kanton St. Gallen Bezirk Mittelland Grub AR Heiden AR Lutzenberg AR Lutzenberg AR Rehetobel Reute AR Wald AR Walzenhausen WolfhaldenMap of forest
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Wald is a municipality in the foothills of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland .

geography

Forest lies between Trogen and Heiden at almost 1000 m above sea level. M .; the highest point in the municipality is 1128 m above sea level. M. above the Chozeren, on the border with the Oberegg district ; the lowest point at 750 m above sea level. M. below the Rechberg am Moosbach.

history

Historic aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer from 1927

The population of the village consisted mainly of families of embroidery farmers until around 1950. These farmers only owned small agricultural areas and also did embroidery in the cellar or in the extension of their house. With the crisis of hand embroidery between 1950 and 1970, many of these embroidery farmers gave up their profession, sold their machines and, due to a lack of employment, a slight exodus of residents began.

politics and society

The municipality, which has municipal voting rights for foreigners, was named in 2011 by Secondos Plus as the “most foreigner-friendly municipality in Switzerland”.

population

Population development
year Residents
1981 695
2003 896
2010 844

After 1980, building activity began to rise thanks to the reduced building land. The population increased from 1980 (695 inhabitants) to the end of 2002 by around 29% to 896 inhabitants.

Attractions

Personalities

  • Ulrich Buff (1704–1772), textile entrepreneur
  • Samuel Weishaupt (1794–1874), pastor, choirmaster and song sponsor, 1819 on the occasion of the Reformation anniversary founder of a mixed singing society in Wald, 1824 co-founder and conductor of the Appenzell singing club
  • Johannes Meyer (1799–1833), doctor, publicist and cantonal councilor, was born in Wald
  • Johann Ulrich Schiess (1813–1883), President and conductor of the Appenzell Singers' Association, Federal Chancellor from 1848 to 1881, National Councilor from 1881 to 1883, was born in Wald
  • Johann Ulrich Meyer (1825–1868), doctor, cantonal councilor and national councilor, was born in Wald
  • Sebastian Buff (1829–1880), painter and draftsman, was born in Wald
  • Johann Konrad Sonderegger (1834–1885), merchant and consul, was born in Wald
  • Friedrich Schaltegger (1851–1936), later Thurgau canton archivist and librarian, was pastor in Wald from 1874–1879
  • Jakob Vetsch (1879–1942), dialect researcher and writer, Dr. phil. I and Dr. iur., grew up in Wald, later did linguistic work on the local dialect, as evidenced by audio documents today
  • Peter Glotz (1939–2005), German politician, bought a historic factory owner's house in Wald and was buried here on September 12, 2005
  • Daniel Fehr, musician, played piano and banjo with the Minstrels , lives in Wald

literature

  • Eugen Steinmann: The art monuments of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Volume 3: The district of Vorderland. Birkhäuser AG, Basel 1981, ISBN 3-7643-1251-3 . (= The Art Monuments of Switzerland , Volume 72.) P. 71–110.

Web links

Commons : Forest AR  - 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. ↑ Wald AR is the most foreigner-friendly community in Switzerland in 2011. (No longer available online.) Secondos Plus, September 24, 2011, archived from the original on March 10, 2012 ; Retrieved February 6, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.secondos-plus.ch
  3. ^ Gerda Lechleitner (editor): Swiss recordings (German). Vienna: Verlag der Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2002. 5 CDs, 1 CD-ROM 1 accompanying book (in slipcase), including CD 5, titles 12 and 13, Wenker sentences , folk tale .
  4. ↑ Peter Glotz: From home to home. Memories of a cross-border commuter. Berlin: Ullstein 2005.