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 |
| Government | |
| • 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
Einsiedlerhaus, Endingertor and southern town walls, as seen from Lake Zurich, Capuchin monastery to the left, the vineyards and Lindenhof hill in the background
Rapperswil on Codex Vindobonensis (1550)
Upper Lake Zurich and its medieval central municipality Rapperswil on Murerplan (1566)
ZSG paddle steamships Stadt Rapperswil (to the left) and Stadt Zürich at Rapperswil harbour (1914)
Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden, Seedamm to the left, Heilig Hüsli and Rapperswil in the background
St. John's church portal and Liebfrauenkapelle to the left
Capuchin monastery as seen from Lake Zurich
Rose gardens at Einsiedlerhaus
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[dead link] (in German)
- Rapperswil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
