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Einwohner: 124'247 [1] (31. Dezember 2022) Bevölkerungsdichte : 788 Einw. pro km². Karte. Karte von Wahlkreis St. Gallen. Der Wahlkreis St. Gallen ist eine Verwaltungseinheit des Schweizer Kantons St. Gallen, die nach der neuen St. Galler Kantonsverfassung vom 10. Juni 2001 gebildet wurde.
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- Kanton St. Gallen St. Gallen (SG)
St. Gallen is a constituency (Wahlkreis) in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Wahlkreis (SFOS number 1721) has been established on June 10, 2001 with an area of 157.54 km 2 (60.83 sq mi). The Wahlkreis takes its name from the city of St. Gallen.
- 157.54 km² (60.83 sq mi)
- St. Gallen
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- Switzerland
St. Gallen Wappen von St. Gallen: Staat: Schweiz: Kanton: St. Gallen (SG) Wahlkreis: St. Gallen: BFS-Nr.: 3203: Postleitzahl: 9000–9029 UN/LOCODE: CH QGL Koordinaten: Koordinaten: 47° 25′ 25″ N, 9° 22′ 39″ O; CH1903: 746284 / 254335: Höhe: 674 m ü. M. Höhenbereich:
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Early history
The town of St. Gallen grew around the Abbey of St Gall, founded in the 8th century. The abbey is said to have been built at the site of the hermitage of Irish missionary Gallus, who according to legend had established himself by the river Steinach in AD 612. The monastery itself was founded by Saint Othmar in c.720.The abbey prospered in the 9th century and became a site of pilgrimage and a center of trade, with associated guest houses, stables and other facilities, a hospital, one of the fi...
Independence from the Abbey
From the later 12th century, the town of St. Gall increasingly pushed for independence from the abbey. In 1180, an imperial reeve, who was not answerable to the abbot, was installed in the town. In 1207, Abbot Ulrich von Sax was granted the rank of Imperial Prince (Reichsfürst) by Philip of Swabia, King of the Germans. As an ecclesiastical principality, the Abbey of St. Gallen was to constitute an important territorial stateand a major regional power in northern Switzerland. The city of St. G...
Ally of the Swiss Confederacy
In 1405, the Appenzell estates of the abbot successfully rebelled and in 1411 they became allies of the Old Swiss Confederation. A few months later, the town of St. Gallen also became an ally. They joined the "everlasting alliance" as full members of the Confederation in 1454 and in 1457 became completely free from the abbot. However, in 1451 the abbey became an ally of Zürich, Lucerne, Schwyz, and Glaruswho were all members of the Confederation. Ulrich Varnbüler was an early mayor of St. Gal...
Topography
St. Gallen is situated in the northeastern part of Switzerland in a valley about 700 meters (2,300 ft) above sea level. It is one of the highest cities in Switzerland and thus receives abundant winter snow. The city lies between Lake Constance and the mountains of the Appenzell Alps (with the Säntisas the highest peak at 2,502 meters (8,209 ft)). It therefore offers excellent recreation areas nearby. As the city center is built on an unstable turf ground (its founder Gallus was looking for a...
Climate
St. Gallen has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with short, warm summers and long, moderately cold winters. Precipitation is very high year round. St. Gallen has a very cloudy climate. Between 1981 and 2010 St. Gallen had an average of 141 days of rain or snow per year and on average received 1,248 mm (49.1 in) of precipitation. The wettest month was July during which time St. Gallen received an average of 172 mm (6.8 in) of rain. During this month there was precipitation for an average of 1...
Radioactivity
St. Gallen is notable for reporting the highest maximum radioactivity measurements of any Swiss city, as published in the 2009 yearly report by the Federal Office of Public Health. While the daily average level of gamma-ray radioactivity in the city is unremarkable at 105 nSv/h, the maximum can reach 195 nSv/h, as high as the average for Jungfraujoch, the location with the highest reported level of radioactivity in Switzerland, due to its high elevation and therefore greater exposure to cosmi...
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Bear rampant Sable langued and in his virility Gules and armed and gorged Or.
Government
The City Council (Stadtrat) constitutes the executive government of the City of St. Gallen and operates as a collegiate authority. It is composed of five councilors (German: Stadtrat/ Stadträtin), each presiding over a directorate. The president of the presidential directorate acts as mayor (Stadtpräsident). In the mandate period 2017–2020 (Legislatur) the City Council is presided by Stadtpräsidentin Maria Pappa. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by...
Parliament
The City Parliament (Stadtparlament) holds legislative power. It is made up of 63 members, with elections held every four years. The City Parliament decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the City Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of proportional representation(Proporz). The sessions of the City Parliament are public. Unlike members of the City Council, members of the City Parliament are not politicians by profession, and they are pa...
Population
St. Gallen has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 76,213. As of 2019[update], about 31.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. The population has grown at 4.4% per year. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (83.0%), with Italian being second most common (3.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (3.7%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 60,297 speak German, 575 people speak French, 2,722 people speak Italian, and 147 people speak Romans...
Historical population
The historical population is given in the following table:
Economy
As of 2007[update], St. Gallen had an unemployment rate of 2.69%. As of 2005[update], there were 336 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 95 businesses involved in this sector. 11,227 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 707 businesses in this sector. 48,729 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 4,035 businesses in this sector. As of October 2009[update] the average unemployment rate was 4.5%. There were 4857 businesses in the municipality o...
St. Gallen is known for its business school, now named the University of St. Gallen (HSG). It was ranked as the top business school in Europe by Wirtschaftswoche, a weekly German business news magazine and is highly ranked by several other sources. Recently, HSG has been building a reputation for Executive Education, with its International MBA reco...
After the years of Gallus' death, the place became one of the centers of Germanic culture. This is because of the creative works of the monks who followed the footsteps of the city's founder Gallus. This resulted to numerous heritage sites of national significanceof the country. In 1992, St. Gallen was awarded the Wakker Prizefor the city's effort ...
The football club FC St. Gallen play in the Swiss Super League. They are the oldest football club in Switzerland and oldest in continental Europe, founded in 1879. Their stadium is the kybunpark.The football club SC Brühl play in the 1. Liga Promotion. Their stadium is the Paul-Grüninger-Stadion.EHC St. Gallen plays in the Swiss Second League, the fourth tier of Swiss ice hockey.The Rugby Club St. Gallen Bishops (Men) was founded in 1990 and Cindies (Women) in 2014. They play at the Grundenmoossports fields.The large urban area Zürich is 80 km south-west of St. Gallen, a 60-minute drive or train ride (ICNtrain).
Early times
1. Joachim Vadian(1484–1551), humanist, scholar, mayor and reformer in St. Gallen 2. Johannes Zollikofer(1633–1692), reformed vicar 3. Georg Gsell(1673–1740), Baroque painter, art consultant and art dealer 4. Michael Schlatter(1716–1790), American German Reformed clergyman 5. Rev. John Joachim Zubly(1724–1781), American pastor, planter and statesman during the American Revolution 6. Adrian Zingg(1734–1816), painter, draftsman, etcher and engraver 7. Prof Christopher GirtannerFRSE (1760–1800),...
19th century
1. Gall Morel(1803–1872), poet, scholar, aesthete and educationist 2. Arnold Otto Aepli(1816–1897), jurist and statesman, President of the Swiss Council of States 1868–1869 3. Johann Jakob Weilenmann(1819–1896), mountaineer and Alpine writer 4. Karl Hoffmann(1820–1895), politician, President of the Swiss Council of States, 1877–1878 and 1889–1890 5. Ernst Götzinger(1837–1896), Germanist and historian 6. Alphonse Bory(1838–1891), politician, President of the Swiss Council of States 1886–1887 7...
Media related to St. Gallenat Wikimedia CommonsCoolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1911). "St Gall (town)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). p. 4.- 39.41 km² (15.22 sq mi)
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