Rehetobel
Rehetobel
Rehetobel ( Alemannic computing Tobel ) is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell front Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
Geography and transport
Rehetobel after Schwellbrunn forest and the third highest village in the canton. The place is between St.Gallen ( from there about 20 minutes by car) and the nations that are connected by a post bus line. Further south lie the forest and Trogen. The lowest point is the Achmüli with 610 m above sea level, the highest point is the Kaienspitz 1120 meters above sea level.
History
Church
On August 29, 1669 Rehetobler church was completed after a construction period of two and a half years. The construction of the church made Rehetobel regardless of the parishes in Trogen and in Herisau.
Village fire 1796
The then resident pastor John Lutz - leave the village fire in any report in the adjusted books he - contrary to his habit. Only the following sentence has been preserved: " In 1796, 9 April afternoon a terrible conflagration was above originated in a bakery in the village, as if the church burned down all the houses and the church was saved by a miracle of God. ».
Through subsequent investigation, it was discovered that the fire time a " relatively strong " earthquake raged and so damaged the oven of the bakery house. A strong north-west wind helped the fire attack quickly surrounding houses. A total of eleven houses and nine outbuildings went up in flames.
Village fire 1890
On June 21, 1890 broke after 18 clock in the two assembled houses of Leonhard Rohner and Konrad Tanner in the village fire, which was transmitted by the strong southwest wind at once on the opposite rectory in the House of Egger widow and the firehouse.
A short time later, the fire also spread to the church, which burned brightly and soon their four years previously renovated tower jutted soon as a fiery Mahnfinger in gradually eindämmernden evening sky. At 21 clock then crashed the tower together in a cloud of sparkling sparks and only the walls and the only four -year-old building remained thanks to the iron belfry standing. The bells, however, were useless and had to be re-cast.
Name
The name Rehetobel appears in the records as compared to the communities in the area relatively late, only in 1463 in a deed of foundation of the Church in Trogen. The certificate mentioned goods, which are reaching the forest, to the deer Tobel and the Troger Tobel. Another good on the nose also borders the deer Tobel. The name Rehetobel thus refers originally to the forest ravine below the arithmetic mountain, the moss Bachtobel. This was named by Rechenberg and Rehetobel is therefore an abbreviation of Rechenberg Tobel. In the more common vernacular form of " computational Tobel " the Old High German animal name " deer " has been to " compute " changed before the subsequent consonant, similar to Rechenberg or Rechstein. It is believed that Rehetobel was colonized 1000-1300.
Gastronomy and economic
One can in Gupf (Gourmet restaurant on a hill, the Gupf northeast of the village) and dine in other restaurants.