Wartau

Wartau is a municipality in the Rhine valley in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Landmarks and names founder of the village is the castle Wartau.

Geography

Wartau consists of the villages:

• Azmoos
• Trübsbach
• Width
• Upper Chan
• Malan's SG
• Gretschins
• Fontnas

Then there are the hamlet Plattis, Murris and Matug.

The Wartau lies at the foot of the Gonzens and Alviermassives. Wartau has a diverse landscape with a well-preserved flora and fauna. Part of the municipal boundary is formed by the Rhine.

The municipal administration of Wartau has its headquarters in Azmoos. The municipality has a railway station in Trübsbach, here is also a connection to the A13 motorway and the border crossing to Balzers ( Principality of Liechtenstein).

History

The nobleman Heinrich von Wildenberg, screen Vogt of the monastery Ragaz, 1261 was the owner of the fortress or waiting in the floodplain. Through inheritance the rule came to the house to become mountain - Sargan, the Counts of Berg and Will 1414 Count Friedrich VII of Toggenburg and 1429 to Count Bernhard von Thierstein, who took the castle law of Zurich and the fortress Wartau the city surrendered. With the sale of the county Sargans to Zurich, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Glarus and train in 1483, the sovereignty over Wartau went to these stands. 1694/95, there was the so-called Wartau trade almost to a war between the Catholic and Reformed screen locations.

Attractions

Church and rectory of Gretschins with castle ruins

Mood of Wartau

Personalities

• Hans Rudolf Tschudi (1641-1716) was in the parish Wartau - Gretschins 1671 to 1716, so the time of waiting Auer trade 1694/95, working as a pastor.
• As Gretschinser pastor had from 1848 to 1863, the German theologian and reformer Heinrich Lang ( 1826-1876 ), a leading proponent of theological liberalism.
• The Swiss politician Georges Eggenberger (1928-2010) was born in Wartau.
• The world-famous tennis player Martina Hingis ( born 1980 ) grew up in Trübsbach.