Wildhaus SG

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SG is the abbreviation for the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Wildhausf .
Wildhaus
Wildhaus coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency : Toggenburgw
Political community : Wildhaus-Alt St. Johanni2
Postal code : 9658
former BFS no. : 3357
Coordinates : 744 816  /  229436 coordinates: 47 ° 12 '0 "  N , 9 ° 21' 0"  O ; CH1903:  744 816  /  229436
Height : 1095  m above sea level M.
Area : 34.43  km²
Residents: 1205 (December 31, 2009)
Population density : 35 inhabitants per km²
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Wildhaus was a political municipality in Obertoggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland until December 31, 2009 . On January 1, 2010, the communities Wildhaus and Alt St. Johann merged to form the new community Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann .

With 9658 Wildhaus has the highest postcode in Switzerland .

geography

Schwendisee
Schönenbodensee
Parish before the merger in 2010

Wildhaus was the highest municipality in the canton. It is located between the Säntis and Churfirsten massifs along the main road 16 at a pass crossing at 1095 m on the road from Gams in the Rhine Valley to Unterwasser and Wattwil in Toggenburg. The municipality had an area of ​​3460 ha and around 1200 inhabitants. The municipality stretches in the north from the border with the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden to the peaks of the Säntis (2502 m above sea level ) and Altmann (2435 m above sea level) and in the south over the Thur Valley to Gamserrugg (2076 m above sea level) in the Churfirsten chain. Wildhaus consists of the village of the same name, the districts Lisighaus and Schönenboden and the areas Oberdorf and Schwendi.

A very strong urban sprawl is noticeable in Wildhaus: In the last few years, quarters such as Lee or Befang have emerged, especially towards Unterwasser , which are several kilometers away from the village center. Many of these new quarters consist mainly of second homes. Wildhaus has the highest proportion of second homes in the canton of St. Gallen, well over 50%.

The highest point in Wildhaus is the Säntis (2502 m).

history

In late Roman times, the Alps were cultivated by Romans from the Rhine Valley . In 1313 the Counts of Toggenburg bought the Wildenburg , built by the Barons von Sax . Other possessions between the Simmitobel and Starkenbach came to the Toggenburgers in 1320 and 1329. Wildhaus belonged to the Werdenberg court . From 1439 Wildhaus had the right to choose the Ammann and the court. In 1334 the place was mentioned in a document as Wildenhuss . The name Wildhaus is derived from the Wildenburg , which was called s'Wild Huus. In 1468 the abbot of St. Gallen acquired the county of Toggenburg. In 1803 Wildhaus became a political municipality in the canton of St. Gallen.

Wildenburg

A chapel is occupied in the Wildenburg in 1381. Wildhaus belonged to the parish of Gams until 1484, and in 1524 it opened to the Reformed faith. In 1595, Catholic worship was reintroduced. Until 1776 the church was used equally . In 1777 the baroque style Catholic church was consecrated according to plans by Johann Ferdinand Beer . A Protestant school fund was created in 1752. The school houses were in the village, in Lisighaus, in Schönenboden and at times in Schwendi. From 1759 there was also a Catholic school in the village. The secondary school in Lisighaus was established in 1876.

The Karrenstrasse to Gams was built in 1830. From 1860 Wildhaus developed into a whey health resort. 1937 was sled cable car Wildhaus-Oberdorf opened, in 1945 the chairlift Oberdorf-Gamsalp started operations. Further chairlifts and ski lifts followed. In 2012, 15 hotels were in operation in the Wildhaus Hotel and Congress Center. In addition to tourism, alpine, pasture and forestry are the main economic areas. The birth house of the reformer Huldrych Zwingli , built in 1449, is one of the oldest wooden houses in Switzerland. The Munzenriet moorland in the headwaters of the Wildhuser Thur has been under protection since 1991.

coat of arms

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Wildhaus did not have a coat of arms until 1939. For the Swiss National Exhibition in 1939 , all Swiss municipalities had to have a coat of arms ready. The St. Gallen graphic artist Willy Baur designed today's coat of arms with the ibex on behalf of the St. Gallen Cantonal Coat of Arms Commission.

tourism

Wildhaus is both a summer and winter sports destination. Two chairlifts and several ski lifts lead to the Gamsalp and the Gamserrugg . The Obertoggenburg an der Churfirsten ski area , which Wildhaus operated together with Unterwasser and Alt St. Johann , has been separated since 2019 due to the "mountain railway dispute".

The 87-kilometer Toggenburger Höhenweg begins in Wildhaus . It leads in five stages via Arvenbüel , Atzmännig and Mühlrüti to Wil . The 60 km long Thurweg also starts in Wildhaus and leads along the Thur to Wil.

Sights, culture and nature

Zwingli's birthplace
  • The house where the reformer Huldrych Zwingli , born in 1484, was born is now a museum. The Zwingli memorial stone at the Lisighaus post bus station was created by the Bernese sculptor Karl Hänny after the famous portrait of the painter Hans Asper . The facility was built in 1951 according to plans by the Winterthur architect Edwin Bosshard. Wildhaus is one of the ten Swiss towns that have been labeled “Reformation City” by the Evangelical Church Association in 2017.
  • South above Wildhaus lies the Schwendisee in a nature reserve , where there is a swimming area. Another lake is the Schönenbodensee with its Simmi river east of the village and a small lido. South of the road to Schönenbodensee is the castle hill with the ruins of the Wildenburg .
  • From 1939 to 1949, Wildhaus had a special means of transport for winter sports enthusiasts: the “Funi” (short for French Funiculaire ) known as the toboggan cable car. As with a funicular railway , two sledges fitted with runners went up and down the snow in opposite directions.

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Hans Büchler : Wildhaus. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
    These sections are largely based on the entry in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland (HLS), which, according to the HLS's usage information, is under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - Distribution under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  2. ↑ It only applies to Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann Tagblatt Online, article from August 29, 2012
  3. ↑ Wildhaus on ortsnames.ch (online database), accessed on July 7, 2020
  4. ^ Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann teachers: Das Oberste Toggenburg, Buchs 1963, p. 50
  5. ^ Information booklet Zwinglihaus, Buchs 1984
  6. ↑ Simon Hehli: Tour de Suisse of the Reformation . Neue Zürcher Zeitung , November 4, 2016, p. 15