Wolf heaps

Wolf heaps

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR)
District :	former district of Vorderlandw
BFS no. :	3038i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	9427
Coordinates :	759 269 / 258044 coordinates: 47 ° 27 '14 " N , 9 ° 33' 3" O ; CH1903: seven hundred fifty-nine thousand two hundred sixty-nine / 25804447.453891 9.550835 716
Height :	716 m above sea level M.
Height range :	446–921 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.93 km²
Residents:	1837 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	265 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.wolfhalden.ch
Location of the municipality
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Wolfhalden is a municipality in the foothills of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland .

Historical aerial photo from 900 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1927)

geography

The community of Wolfhalden is located in the Appenzeller Vorderland between Heiden AR and Walzenhausen , 300 meters above Lake Constance . The lowest point in the municipality is the Tobelmüli at 448 meters, the highest point is behind the Guggenbühel on the border with Heiden at 921 meters. The community is divided into different hamlets, some of which are far apart.

History and politics

The Battle of Wolfhalden took place here on June 11, 1445 during the Old Zurich War .

Until the church was built around 1652, Wolfhalden was part of the Kurzenberg community , which was part of the church after Thal SG .

Wolfhalden has developed a lot over the past few years. The current mayor is Gino Pauletti ( SVP ).

population

Population development
year	Residents
1980	1632
2000	1689
2010	1706
2015	1780

Personalities

Born in Wolfhalden:

Jakob Bänziger-Zürcher (1775–1842), manufacturer and politician
Hugo Buff (1908–1966), journalist and politician
Jennifer Hohl (* 1986), racing cyclist
Werner Lutz (1930–2016), poet, painter and graphic artist
Walter Rotach (1872–1928), teacher, writer and dialect poet
Johann Jakob Tanner (1865–1939), lawyer and politician
Johann Jakob Walser (1789–1855), reformed pastor, promoter of the school system
Fritz Zürcher (1845–1920), textile entrepreneur and politician

Honorary citizen

2019 Peter Eggenberger (Author)
2019 Ernst Züst (Wolfhalden Local Museum)

Attractions

The Evangelical Church , the Wolfhalden local museum and the former Wolfhalden parsonage are located in the protected communal village center of Wolfhalden .

literature

Eugen Steinmann: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (= The Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 72). Volume 3: The Vorderland district. Birkhäuser AG, Basel 1981, ISBN 3-7643-1251-3 , pp. 219-276.

Web links

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

Official website of the Wolfhalden community
Thomas Fuchs: Wolfhalden. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .

[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 .