Nesslau-Krummenau
9650 Dicken (Nesslau ) 9650 Nesslau 9651 Ennetbühl 9651 Rietbad 9652 Neu St. Johann
Nesslau -Krummenau from 2005 to 2012, a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. According to the adopted 1 January 2013 Merger with stone ( SG), the new municipality was named Nesslau.
Structure, size, population, coat of arms
Nesslau -Krummenau in the upper Toggenburg established on 1 January 2005 the municipality Nesslau (postcode 9650 ) and the community Krummenau. It consisted of the villages Krummenau (postcode 9643 ), Neu St. Johann (postcode 9652 ) and Ennetbühl (postcode 9651 ).
With 80.63 km ² Nesslau -Krummenau was in terms of area, the third largest municipality in the entire canton of St. Gallen. On December 31, 2004, Nesslau an area of 38.18 km ² and a population of 1'965, Krummenau contrast, an area of 42.28 km ² and 1,493 inhabitants. The entire municipality Nesslau -Krummenau had the end of 2010 3'348 inhabitants.
The coat of arms showed two silver wave beams on a blue background (for the rivers Thur and Luteren ), and two gold stars, which were the two former municipalities.
Geography
The villages Nesslau- Neu St. Johann and Krummenau be in the upper Thurtal and Ennetbühl in Luterental to Schwägalp Pass road. To the Nesslau -Krummenau part belonged to the highest conglomerate-rock mountain in Europe, the Speers (1950 m), and part of the Alpsteins. The municipal area extends east to the pass Schwägalp, which forms the border with the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Highest mountain entirely on the municipality is 2158 m with the silver plates of the Alpsteinarea near the Santis. Through the municipal area flow the Thur and the Luteren. The two factors are presented in the coat of arms as two silver wave beams. Near the village of Krummenau the valley station of the Wolzenalp - pathways that lead to the Wolzenalp located in Nesslau and provide access to the same ski and hiking area. The area is served by the railway line of the South Eastern Railway from Wattwil, with the stations in Krummenau and Nesslau- Neu St. Johann. From Nesslau the postal routes lead to wild house - Buchs SG and the Schwägalp to Urnäsch AR.
Village Krummenau
Panorama Nesslau -Krummenau
Reformed Church of Nesslau
Church of Enntbühl
History
From the 12th century, the region was colonized by the Counts of Toggenburg and from the Abbey of St. Gall. From the 13th century, the first mention of a farm Nesselove and a Good Crummenouve come. In the 16th century, the market town Sidwald began to develop as a major livestock and goods market. After fires in the Convent of St. John in today's Alt St. Johann, 1626 has started with the construction of a new monastery at Sidwald that as to the name Neu St. Johann came. In the course of the secularization of the Abbey of St. Gall, the monastery became the parish and in parts of the plant, the special education center Johanneum was later established.
1524 in Krummenau, 1528 introduced the Reformation in Nesslau and the communities remained equal to 1806. Then the Catholic and Reformed congregations were separated by founding the Catholic parish of Neu St. Johann. After the founding of the canton of St. Gallen 1803, the political communities Krummenau and Nesslau were founded. Nesslau 1831-2002 was the capital of Upper Toggenburg.
Middle of the 19th century were naturalized under the Act to combat homelessness in Neu St. Johann Jenische families.
In addition to today's important to agriculture, the source of sulfur in Rietbad Ennetbühl was already known in the Middle Ages and there was a modest spa tourism. 1857 founded the brothers Emil and Gustav Gnipper in Neu St. Johann, a textile company that was later acquired by the family Meyer- Mayor. In addition, flourished until the First World War, the embroidery industry.
In 1912, the Bodensee- Toggenburg -Bahn presented the railway line from Ebnat Kappel to Krummenau and Nesslau- Neu St. Johann done. 1919 Horse Post by Nesslau was replaced by wild house by postal cars. The terminus Nesslau- Neu St. Johann was a significant goods and passenger hub and tourism in Obertoggenburg experienced an upswing. In the 19th century several projects to continue the train on wild house after book or as a gear train on underwater on the Säntisgipfel failed.
In 1947, in the neighboring village of stone village fire occurred, which also houses burned to the then municipality of Nesslau.
After the population of the two communities had clearly agreed that political communities Nesslau and Krummenau were combined on 1 January 2005 the municipality Nesslau -Krummenau. A merger with the location of stone led on 1 January 2013 for new community Nesslau.
Traffic
By the former municipality of the 60 -kilometer Thurweg, a hiking trail that leads along the Thur from Wil to wild house runs.
Personalities
- Seth Abderhalden (1926-1960), mountaineer and extreme climber
- Simone Kuhn ( born 1980 ), beach volleyball player from Nesslau