, neighboring_municipalities= Eichberg,

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(AT-8),

Gais , neighboring_municipalities= Altstätten (SG), Appenzell (AI), Bühler (AR), Eichberg (SG), Rüte (AI), Schlatt-Haslen (AI), Trogen (AR) , twintowns= } Gais () is a village and a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden i ...

(AR), Marbach,

Oberegg Oberegg District is a district in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. It comprises three small exclaves of the canton (the smallest of which is a single monastery), a few kilometers northeast of the rest of Appenzell Innerrhoden. ...

(AI),

Oberriet Oberriet is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Oberriet is first mentioned in 891 as ''Cobolo''. About 1290 it was mentioned as ''Chobilwalt'' and in 1417 it was f ...

Ruggell Ruggell is a municipality of Liechtenstein. It is the northernmost and lowest elevated municipality. As of 2019, it has a population of 2,322. History The name is said to be from the Latin for "clearing the land" (roncale - ad roncalem). Most know ...

(LI),

Rüte Rüte District was a district in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. History Rüte is first mentioned around 1420-21 as ''Rütiner rod''. On 1 May 2022, the former districts of Rüte and Schwende merged to form the new distric ...

(AI),

Rüthi Rüthi is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Rüthi is first mentioned in 820 as ''Reuti''. Until 1994 it was known as ''Rüthi (Rheintal)''. Geography Rüthi has an area, , of . Of this area, 47.9% is used fo ...

, Sennwald,

Trogen Trogen may refer to: People * Karl-Erling Trogen (born 1946) Places * Trogen, Switzerland Trogen is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. The town is the seat of the canton's judicial authorities. History The ...

(AR) , twintowns = Altstätten is a small historic rural town and a

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in the district

Rhine Valley ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , source ...

, in the

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of St. Gall in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It is located with some secure distance of about west from the Alpine Rhine in the flat and wide

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, which also designates the border with

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. It further gives access to the higher situated

Appenzell Appenzell is a historic canton in the northeast of Switzerland, and entirely surrounded by the canton of St. Gallen. Appenzell became independent of the Abbey of Saint Gall in 1403 and entered a league with the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1411, ...

to the west. The official language of Altstätten is (the Swiss variety of Standard)

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, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the

Alemannic Alemannic (''Alamannic'') or Alamanni may refer to: * Alemannic German, a dialect family in the Upper German branch of the German languages and its speakers * Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes in the Roman period * Alamanni (surna ...

Swiss German Swiss German (Standard German: , gsw, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spelling ...

dialect.

Overview

The town consists of the following tracts: Alter Zoll, Altstätten, Bächis, Baumert, Bieser, Büeberg, Bühl, Bühl (Gätziberg), Bühl bei Hinterforst, Burgfeld, Bürglen, Burst, Domishäuser, Fidern, Gätziberg, Gfell, Hoher Kasten, Hub, Kornberg, Krans, Kreuzstrasse, Lithen, Lienz (

exclave An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...

), Lüchingen, Mariahilf (monastery), Oberbüchel, Plona, Riet, Rosenhaus, Ruppen, Strick, Unterlitten, Warmesberg, Weidest und Ziel. Altstätten is situated between the town of St. Margrethen and the town of Buchs/SG, near to the border of Austria, at the foot of the Alpstein-Mountains. In Altstätten has the start of the rack-and-pinion railway line of the Appenzeller Trams to

. An electric

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

way served the town from 1897 until 1973,Buckley, Richard (2000). ''Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria'' (2nd edition), p. 23. Gloucester, UK:

Light Rail Transit Association The Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA), formerly the Light Railway Transport League (LRTL), is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to advocate and encourage research into the retention and development of light rail and tramway/street ...

. . operated by the ''Rheintaler Vekehrsbetriebe'', which also operated

trolleybus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...

es from 1940 to 1977,Murray, Alan (2000). ''World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia'', pp. 72, 85. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. . on a route to Berneck. Altstätten now operates a bus transport network, RTB. Supra-regional popularity was attained by Altstätten by its long and upscale Shrove-Tuesday tradition (carnival). Each January and February performances are held by the Röllelibutzen-club, founded in 1919, as well as many of the town's and region's Youth Music Societies. A highlight is the international parade, which attracts over 30'000 spectators from all of Switzerland.

History

Altstätten is first mentioned in 853 as ''Altsteti''.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...

is ''Or a bear passant Sable langued, armed and in his virility Gules and in chief a Mullet of Five of the last.''

Geography

Altstätten has an area, , of . Of this area, 63.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.9%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is the capital of the

Rheintal ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , sou ...

''Wahlkreis'' and formerly the capital of the Oberrheintal district. The traditional farming city is located on the western side of the

Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...

river between the Appenzell hill country.

Demographics

Altstätten has a population (as of ) of . , about 21.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 175 are from

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, 228 are from

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, 1108 are from ex-

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, 143 are from

, 82 are from

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, and 316 are from another country.Der Kanton St. Gallen und seine Menschen in Zahlen - Ausgabe 2009
accessed 30 December 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (89.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.7%).
accessed 31-December-2009 Of the Swiss national languages (), 9,243 speak

, 17 people speak

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, 172 people speak Italian, and 22 people speak Romansh. The age distribution, , in Altstätten is; 1,296 children or 12.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,438 teenagers or 13.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,337 people or 12.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 1,614 people or 15.5% are between 30 and 39, 1,410 people or 13.6% are between 40 and 49, and 1,300 people or 12.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 884 people or 8.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 689 people or 6.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 350 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 62 people or 0.6% who are between 90 and 99, and 1 person who is 100 or more.Canton St. Gallen Statistics-Hauptergebnisse der Volkszählung 2000: Regionen- und Gemeindevergleich-Personen
accessed 30 December 2009 there were 1,323 persons (or 12.7% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 2,162 (or 20.8%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 5,673 (or 54.6%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 575 (or 5.5%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 68 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 37 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 49 who lived household made up of unrelated persons, and 494 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (28%), the SP (9.9%) and the FDP (9.4%). In Altstätten about 64.4% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...

''). Out of the total population in Altstätten, , the highest education level completed by 2,532 people (24.4% of the population) was

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, while 3,579 (34.5%) have completed Secondary, 905 (8.7%) have attended a

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school, and 488 (4.7%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question. The historical population is given in the following table:

Religion

From the , 6,216 or 59.9% are

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, while 2,050 or 19.7% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

. Of the rest of the population, there are 12 individuals (or about 0.12% of the population) who belong to the

Christian Catholic The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is an Old Catholic denomination in Switzerland. This denomination is part of the Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic). Recent developments In 1871 the Zürich Catholic community planned to build a chu ...

faith, there are 310 individuals (or about 2.99% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 152 individuals (or about 1.46% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 3 individuals (or about 0.03% of the population) who are

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

, and 762 (or about 7.34% of the population) who are

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

ic. There are 74 individuals (or about 0.71% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 468 (or about 4.51% of the population) belong to no church, are

agnostic Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. (page 56 in 1967 edition) Another definition provided is the view that "human reason is incapable of providing sufficient ...

atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...

, and 334 individuals (or about 3.22% of the population) did not answer the question.

Economy

, Altstätten had an unemployment rate of 2.17%. , there were 399 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 147 businesses involved in this sector. 2,675 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...

and there are 152 businesses in this sector. 3,313 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 426 businesses in this sector. the average unemployment rate was 4.0%. There were 726 businesses in the municipality of which 148 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 443 were involved in the third. there were 3,302 residents who worked in the municipality, while 2,025 residents worked outside Altstätten and 3,269 people commuted into the municipality for work.

Sights

The village of Altstätten as well as a concentration of castles, which is known as the ''Schlosslandschaft Ober/Unterrheintal'' and spans Altstätten,

Balgach Balgach is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Balgach is first mentioned about 890-91 as ''Palgaa''. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Per ...

, Berneck and Marbach, is designated as part of the

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Sport

In the 1970s, Altstätten's football club, FC Altstätten founded in 1945, was at national league B level, and played in the premiership. Today the club plays in the 2. Liga.

Transport

Altstätten has two train stations: Altstätten Stadt, the eastern terminus of the Altstätten–Gais railway, and Altstätten SG, an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line with frequent local and long-distance service.

Notable people

18th century * (1728 in Altstätten – 1800) church architect * (1750 – 1800 in Altstätten) educationalist and knight of the pen, promoter and patron of

Ulrich Bräker Ulrich Bräker (1735–1798) was a Swiss people, Swiss autodidact, writer and diarist, known for his autobiography, published in 1789, widely received at the time as the voice of an unspoiled State of nature, "natural man" of the lower classes, ...

Gallus Jacob Baumgartner Gallus Jacob Baumgartner (18 October 1797 in Altstätten, Switzerland – 12 July 1869 at St. Gall) was a Swiss statesman and prominent federalist. Biography After attending the Gymnasium in St. Gall he studied law at Fribourg, Switzerla ...

(1797 in Altstätten – 1869) a Swiss statesman and prominent federalist 19th century *

Wilhelm Matthias Naeff Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (19 February 1802 – 21 January 1881) was a Switzerland, Swiss politician and one of the seven initial members of the Swiss Federal Council (1848–1875). Naeff was born in Altstätten into a long-established Rhine-Valley' ...

(1802 in Altstätten – 1881) a Swiss politician and one of the seven initial members of the Swiss Federal Council (1848–1875) *

Carl Eugen Keel Carl Eugen Keel (1885, Altstätten - 1961, Rebstein Rebstein is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Rebstein is first mentioned in 1270 as ''Rebistain''. Geogr ...

(1885 in Altstätten – 1961) a Swiss expressionistic painter, principally known for his woodcuts * Ferdinand Gehr (1896 – 1996 in Altstätten) a Swiss painter 20th century *

Paul Baumgartner Paul Baumgartner (21 July 1903 – 19 October 1976) was a Swiss pianist. Born in Altstätten, Switzerland, he studied piano and composition with Walter Braunfels in the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and with Eduard Erdmann in Köln ...

(1903 in Altstätten – 1976) a Swiss pianist * (born 1946 in Altstätten) politician and Swiss folk-musician * Gardi Hutter (born 1953 in Altstätten) a Swiss Clown, comedian, author, actress and Cabaret artist *

Marcel Gisler Marcel Gisler (born 18 March 1960) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. Life Marcel Gisler was raised in the Canton of St. Gallen. Since 1981 he lives in Berlin and studied Theatre studies and Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin w ...

(born 1960) a Swiss film director and screenwriter IMDb Database
retrieved 15 February 2019 *

Jasmin Hutter Jasmin Hutter (b. 11 June 1978 in Altstätten) is a Swiss politician of the Swiss People's Party, of which she is vice-president. She holds an MP position at the National Council of Switzerland The National Council (german: Nationalrat; f ...

(born 1978 in Altstätten) a Swiss politician, serves on the

National Council of Switzerland The National Council (german: Nationalrat; french: Conseil national; it, Consiglio nazionale; rm, Cussegl naziunal) is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, the upper house being the Council of States. With 200 seats, the ...

Sport *

Yvonne Elkuch Yvonne Elkuch (born 31 March 1968) is Liechtensteiner cyclist who came 47th in the road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially kno ...

(born 1968 in Altstätten) a Liechtenstein cyclist, competed in the

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and

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Nagwa El Desouki Nagwa El Desouki (born 2 April 1971 in Altstätten) is a Swiss slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s (decade). Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of sixth in the K-1 event in Athens Ath ...

(born 1971 in Altstätten) a Swiss Olympic slalom canoer * Lars Burgsmüller (born 1975) a former German tennis player, lives in Altstätten *

Rainer Schüttler Rainer Schüttler (; born 25 April 1976) is a German former professional tennis player. Schüttler was the runner-up at the 2003 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. He won an Olympic silver medal in double ...

(born 1976) a retired German professional tennis player, lives in Altstätten *

Ivo Heuberger Ivo Heuberger (born 19 February 1976) is a retired tennis player who represented Switzerland at the Davis Cup. Early life Ivo Heuberger was born in the small town of Altstätten, Switzerland on 19 February 1976. He began his tennis career after ...

(born 1976 in Altstätten) a retired tennis player who represented Switzerland at the Davis Cup *

Remo Lütolf Remo Lütolf (born 18 February 1980) is a Swiss breaststroke swimmer who won four medals at European and World championships in 1999, 2000 and 2003. He also competed in three events at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympi ...

(born 1980 in Altstätten) a Swiss breaststroke swimmer, competed in the

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and

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Marc Benz Marc Benz (born 15 November 1982 in Altstätten) is a Swiss racing driver. He has competed in such series as Porsche Supercup, Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Formula Renault V6 Eurocup is a former type of formula ra ...

(born 1982 in Altstätten) a Swiss racing driver *

Daniela Casanova Daniela Casanova (born 14 May 1984) is a former tennis player from Switzerland. She achieved career-high WTA rankings of 456 in singles on 8 July 2002 and 402 in doubles on 17 June 2002. She won two singles titles and four doubles titles on the ...

(born 1984 in Altstätten) a Swiss former professional tennis player * Myriam Casanova (born 1985 in Altstätten) a Swiss former professional female tennis player *

Stefan Frei Stefan Frei (born 20 April 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Seattle Sounders FC. Born in Switzerland, Frei moved with his family to the United States as a teenager. He has spent his entire professional career pla ...

(born 1986 in Altstätten) a Swiss football goalkeeper, has played all his professional career in

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Martin Rechsteiner Martin Rechsteiner (born 15 February 1989) is a Liechtensteiner former international footballer who played as a right back. He last played club football for FC Balzers. Career Born in Altstätten, Switzerland, Rechsteiner played club football fo ...

(born 1989 in Altstätten) a Liechtensteiner international footballer, 150 club caps and 39 for

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Orhan Ademi Orhan Ademi (born 28 October 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as forward for Regionalliga West club 1. FC Bocholt. Early life and career Ademi is of Macedonian Albanian descent. His parents emigrated to St. Gallen, Switzerlan ...

(born 1991 in Altstätten) a Swiss footballer, over 200 club caps *

Gabriel Lüchinger Gabriel Lüchinger (born 18 December 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attac ...

(born 1992 in Altstätten) a Swiss footballer, about 175 club caps

References

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Altstatten Cities in Switzerland Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen