Wald, Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Forest AR

Wald is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell front Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.

Geography

Forest lies between Trogen and Gentiles to almost 1000 m above sea level; the highest point of the municipality lies at 1128 m above sea level above the Chozeren, on the border with the county Oberegg; the lowest point at 750 meters above sea level below the arithmetic Berg am Moos Bach.

History

The population of the village was until 1950 mainly from families of farmers embroidery. These farmers possessed only small agricultural land and practiced beside it in the cellar or in the cultivation of her house from the embroidery. With the crisis of hand embroidery between 1950 and 1970, many of these embroidery farmers gave their profession, selling their machines, and put it on due to lack of employment a slight residents escape a.

The municipality, which also has a municipal voting and voting rights for foreigners was honored in 2011 by Secondos Plus as " ausläunderfreundlichste community of Switzerland ».

Population

After 1980, continued through subsidized land a flurry of construction activity. The population increased from 1980 (695 inhabitants) by 2002 by around 29 % to 896 inhabitants.

Attractions

Personalities

  • The Swiss dialect researcher and writer Dr. phil.I and Dr. iur. Jacob Vetsch (1879-1942) grew up in Forest AR and later worked in the local dialect, linguistically, of which today sounds witness ( Wenker sentences, folk tale: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2002).
  • Johann Ulrich Shooting, Federal Chancellor from 1848 to 1881, was born in Forest
  • Sebastian Buff, Swiss painter and illustrator, was born in Forest
  • Daniel Fehr, Swiss musician, piano and banjo played with the Minstrels, lives in Forest
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