Wittenbach SG

SG is the abbreviation for the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Wittenbach .

Wittenbach
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency :	St. Gallen
BFS no. :	3204
Postal code :	9300 (until the end of 2007: 9303)
UN / LOCODE :	CH WTB
Coordinates :	745 350  /  259 107 coordinates: 47 ° 28 '0 "  N , 9 ° 22' 0"  O ; CH1903:  745 350  /  two hundred and fifty-nine thousand one hundred and seven
Height :	603  m above sea level M.
Height range :	476–781 m above sea level M.
Area :	12.20  km²
Residents:	9691 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	794 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.wittenbach.ch
Location of the municipality

Wittenbach is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland .

geography

It is located north of the city of St. Gallen . The highest point in Wittenbach is on the "Peter und Paul" hill at 780  m above sea level. M. , the lowest point of the community is the bottom of the Steinach river at 490  m above sea level. M. The Hinterberg exclave in the area of ​​the municipality of Häggenschwil belongs to the municipality . The partner communities of Wittenbach are Wilburgstetten and Selma . Dottenwil Castle is located in Wittenbach .

Neighboring communities are Roggwil TG , Berg SG , Mörschwil , St. Gallen , Waldkirch SG , Gaiserwald and Häggenschwil .

climate

The climate in Wittenbach is the same as in St. Gallen. The annual mean temperature is around 8.4 ° C. The summers are pleasantly warm with sometimes a lot of rainfall like all year round, with the winters being rather cool.

population

Population development
year	1831	1860	1900	1910	1950	1970	1990	2000	2010
population	1322	1284	1849	2668	2393	5487	7910	8457	9280

traffic

In Wittenbach, the main road 451 branches off to Arbon from the main road 471 St. Gallen - Amriswil - Scherzingen TG (- Kreuzlingen ). The A1.1 Meggenhus – Arbon West motorway slip road relieves Wittenbach of through traffic.

On October 3, 1910, the Bodensee-Toggenburg Railway (BT) was opened with the Bruggwald tunnel , which is largely located in the municipality of Wittenbach . The railway line has belonged to the Südostbahn (SOB) since 2001 and is part of the St. Gallen S-Bahn . The St. Gallen-Arbon, Wittenbach-Häggenschwil- Winden and Wittenbach- Bernhardzell post bus routes ensure that the public transport is well distributed . Since December 2018, the connection to and from St. Gallen has been ensured by bus line 4 of the VBSG , which is to be replaced by battery trolleybuses in 2020.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Wittenbach

• Catholic parish church St. Ulrich, built in 1675 by Daniel Glattburger based on plans by Father Maurus Heidelberger
• Chapel of St. Johannes Nepomuk, built in 1758 by Joh. Pfister
• Egg Castle, east of the church (originally a yard of the St. Gallen monastery, rebuilt in 1624)
• Dottenwil Castle (16th century), next to the hamlet of Dottenwil

societies

In Wittenbach there are various sports clubs that practice handball, football, volleyball, floorball, baseball, badminton, gymnastics and swimming. The most famous clubs include the handball club Rover Wittenbach, FC Wittenbach and STV Wittenbach.

Sons of the place

• Johann Matthias Hungerbühler (1805–1884), politician
• Franz Eduard Buchegger (1814–1868), librarian at the St. Gallen Abbey Library

Web links

Commons : Wittenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Wittenbach
• Marcel Mayer: Wittenbach. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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. ↑ Climate: Wittenbach on Climat-Date.org, accessed on May 6, 2014.
3. ↑ Renewal of the VBSG fleet from December 2020. Accessed on January 30, 2019 .