Rapperswil, St. Gallen
Rapperswil (Swiss German: [ˈrɑpːərʃˌʋiːl] or [ˈrɑpːərsˌʋiːl];[1] short: Rappi) was a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is at the east side of the Lake Zurich (Zürichsee). As of 31 December 2006, 7,601 people lived there.
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Location of Rapperswil
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| Coordinates: 47°13.6′N 8°49′E / 47.2267°N 8.817°ECoordinates: 47°13.6′N 8°49′E / 47.2267°N 8.817°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | St. Gallen |
| District | See-Gaster |
| Municipality | Rapperswil-Jona |
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| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident/Stadtammann (list) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) |
| Population (December 2006) | |
| • Total | 7,601 |
| • Density | 4,368/km2 (11,310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8640 |
| Surrounded by | Altendorf (SZ), Freienbach (SZ), Jona, Bollingen, Lachen (SZ) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
On 1 January 2007, the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined together to become the new municipality called Rapperswil-Jona.[2]
Rapperswil, St. Gallen Media
Rapperswil Hauptplatz (main square), former Rathaus (town hall) to the right
Rapperswil peninsula; Einsiedlerhaus and parts of the Capuchin monastery's (to the right), the rose gardens and Technical University (HSR) (to the left), as seen from Lindenhof at the Rapperswil castle
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Flag of the Helvetic Republic (reverse side)
Coat of arms of the canton of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Arms of Swabia (or, lions passant sable)
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Einsiedlerhaus, Endingertor and southern town walls, as seen from Lake Zürich, Capuchin monastery to the left, the vineyards and Lindenhof hill in the background
Rapperswil on Codex Vindobonensis (1550)
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References
- ↑ Andres Kristol, Rapperswil SG (See) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS|LSG), Centre de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld/Stuttgart/Wien 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3, p. 727.
- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 23 September 2009
Other websites
Media related to Rapperswil at Wikimedia Commons
- Rapperswil-Jona (official site) (in German)
- Ortsgemeinde Rapperswil-Jona (in German)
- Tourist Information Rapperswil-Jona (in German)
- Rapperswil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
