Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann

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Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann
Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency : Toggenburgw
BFS no. : 3359i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 9656 Alt St. Johann
9657 Unterwasser
9658 Wildhaus
Coordinates : 739 810  /  227463 coordinates: 47 ° 11 '0 "  N , 9 ° 17' 0"  O ; CH1903:  739.81 thousand  /  227463
Height : 895  m above sea level M.
Height range : 853–2501 m above sea level M.
Area : 87.53  km²
Residents: 2626 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 30 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.wildhaus-altstjohann.ch
Alt St. Johann im Thurtal, in the background the Säntis massif

Alt St. Johann im Thurtal , in the background the Säntis massif
Location of the municipality
Zürichsee Wägitalersee Walensee Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden Kanton Glarus Kanton Schwyz Kanton Thurgau Kanton Zürich Wahlkreis See-Gaster Wahlkreis Sarganserland Wahlkreis St. Gallen Wahlkreis Werdenberg Wahlkreis Wil Bütschwil-Ganterschwil Ebnat-Kappel Hemberg SG Kirchberg SG Lichtensteig Lütisburg Mosnang Neckertal Nesslau Oberhelfenschwil Wattwil Wildhaus-Alt St. JohannMap of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann
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Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann is a municipality in Obertoggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland .

It was created on January 1, 2010 through merger. The voters of the communities Wildhaus and Alt St. Johann in upper Toggenburg decided at community meetings at the end of 2008 to merge their communities.

The region in the uppermost Toggenburg is the third largest and at the same time the highest municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. 2,653 people live in this natural and mountainous landscape (end of 2010) and the municipality includes the villages of Wildhaus, Unterwasser , Alt St. Johann and the hamlet of Starkenbach .

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1954

coat of arms

description

Split by blue and silver (white). In front, over a two-way split silver wave beam, a silver cross , behind on a green mountain a standing black ibex .

With the merger, the new community received a new coat of arms . The population has demanded that the ibex from the coat of arms of the previous municipality of Wildhaus be integrated into the new coat of arms.

As a result of the merger, the new overall community also received a new logo. The green lines represent the valley's vegetation, the blue the water. The logo is used by the school and the fire department.

  • Community logo

Attractions

Web links

Commons : Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann  - 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 .