Wildhaus

Wildhaus

Wild house was until December 31, 2009, a municipality in the Upper Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of wild house and Alt St. Johann merged merged to wild house - Alt St. Johann. The name Wild House is derived from the wild castle that was called s'Wild Huus.

Wild house was the highest municipality in the canton. It lies between the Santis and the Churfirst massif along the main road 16 on a pass at 1095 m altitude on the road from Gams in the Rhine Valley to underwater and Wattwil in Toggenburg. The municipality had an area of ​​3460 ha and about 1200 inhabitants. To the west of the actual village center lies the hamlet of Lisighaus.

The highest elevation in wild house is the Santis ( 2502 m). By 9658 wild house the highest zip code of Switzerland has.

By 1939 wild house had no coat of arms. For the National Exhibition of 1939, all Swiss municipalities had to keep ready a coat of arms. The St. Gallen graphic Willy Baur designed the current coat of arms with the Capricorn on behalf of the cantonal coat of arms Commission of St. Gallen.

Tourism

Wild house is both a summer and winter resort. 1937 slide cable car from Lisighaus in Oberndorf was built in 1945 was the ski lift to the Gamserrugg. Today, two chair lifts and several ski lifts leading to the Gamsalp and Gamserrugg. The upper Toggenburg ski area at Churchill ridges, the wild house operates together with underwater and Alt St. Johann, achieved in underwater with the Chäserrugg a height of 2262 m. The entire runway length is 60 km.

In wild house of the 87 -kilometer trail begins Toggenburg. He leads in five stages over Arvenbuel, Atzmännig and MUHLRUTI to Wil.

The 60- kilometer Thurweg, a hiking trail that herführt along the Thur by Wil, ends in wild house.

History, culture and nature

  • In wild house of reformer Huldrych Zwingli was born in 1484. His birthplace is now a museum. The Zwingli memorial stone at the Postautostation Lisighaus was created by sculptor Karl Berner Hänny after the famous portrait of the painter Hans Asper. The plant was constructed in 1951 to designs by the architect Edwin Bosshard Winterthur.
  • South above wild house is situated in a conservation area of Schwendisee, where there is a swimming area. Another lake is the Schönenbodensee east with its outflow Simmi of the village and a small beach. South of the road to Schönenbodensee the castle hill is the ruins of the castle game.
  • From 1939 to 1949 wild house had a special transport for winter sports: as " Funi " ( short form of French funicular ) designated Spinale Gondola. As with a funicular drove two occupied with runner sled in opposite directions on the snow up and down.

Gallery

Schwendisee

Schönenbodensee

Toggenburg (district) Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann Wildhaus (Pass) Unterwasser Amden Ebnat-Kappel Hemberg Lichtensteig Neckertal Nesslau Oberhelfenschwil Brunnadern Ganterschwil Krinau Mogelsberg Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen
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