Sevelen

Sevelen is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. It is located in Constituency mountain.

Geography

Sevelen is located in the Rhine valley to the west of Vaduz on the border with Liechtenstein. The municipality comprises Sevelen next to the village Sevelen the hamlet Rans, Oberräfis, Ortisei and the Sevelerberg.

The municipality is situated on the eastern slope of the Alvier. The highest point it reaches in the 2,382 m high Fulfirst, the boundary point to whales city. In the valley, the area extends to the Rhine. Am Rhein is located in the Fösera also the lowest point of the municipality ( 451 m).

In the north Sevelen borders book and grabs, on the west by whales city, to the south Wartau and on the east by the Vaduz Liechtenstein towns and Triesen.

Attractions

Monumental are the Reformed village church and the Old Rhine Bridge Vaduz Sevelen.

Policy

Parish council

The seven-member council is the executive and is elected every four years by the people. The Mayor is also a member of the municipal council. The Sevelen council was in 2012 occupied by the following persons:

Inspector

The five-member council is elected every four years by the people. The school board president is also a member of the School Board. The Sevelen Council was in 2012 occupied by the following persons:

Cantonal

  • Mirco Rossi ( b. 1983 ) represents since 2012 Sevelen in the St.Gallen Cantonal Council.

Partner communities

  • Sevelen ( Issum ) in Germany

Economy

Some companies worldwide active in Sevelen are the Sarstedt AG and Schoeller Textil AG.

Personalities

  • Huldreich Gustav Sulzberger (1819-1888) was in the Evang. Parish Sevelen 1866-1882 worked as a pastor and wrote the Sulzberger Chronicle.
  • Buddha Scheidegger, Swiss jazz pianist and judge, was born in 1940 in Sevelen
  • Carmen Fenk is a Swiss singer-songwriter and winner of the first Star Music Season.
  • Heidi Hanselmann, Councillor has the right of citizenship of Sevelen
  • Walter Baumgartner (1904-1997), jazz musician and composer, born in Sevelen
  • Dr. Werner Hagmann historian at the ETH Zurich

Population

Buchs, St. Gallen Werdenberg (Wahlkreis) Gams Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen
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