town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
of
Appenzell Innerrhoden
Appenzell Innerrhoden (; in English sometimes Appenzell Inner-Rhodes) (german: Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden rm, Chantun Appenzell Dadens; french: Canton d'Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures; it, Canton Appenzello Interno) is one of the 26 cantons ...
in Switzerland. Appenzell has no municipal government of its own; rather, the different parts of Appenzell belong to and are governed by the districts (and municipalities)
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, ...
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 district ...
. Because of that, for firefighting, energy and water, the village Appenzell has a special-purpose municipality, the Feuerschaugemeinde.
History
In 1071 the village was referred to as ''Abbacella''. By 1223 this changed to ''Abbatiscella'', meaning the
Abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. Th ...
's cell. This refers to the abbot of the
Abbey of Saint Gall
The Abbey of Saint Gall (german: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spo ...
.
The buildings in the village core, the parish church, the 1563 town hall, the ''Salesis'' house, the ruins of Castle
Clanx
Clanx Castle (german: Ruine Clanx) is a ruined castle in the Appenzell District of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland.
History
The castle is first mentioned in 1219 as ''in arce Clanx'', named after the Sax family holding in the ...
* Roman Signer (born 1938 in Appenzell) a visual artist who works in sculpture, art installations photography, and video.
Gallery
File:Brennerei "Appenzeller Alpenbitter" an der Sitter in Appenzell.jpg, left, Distillery "Appenzeller Alpenbitter" at the river Sitter and the mountain
Hoher Kasten
The Hoher Kasten is a mountain in the Appenzell Alps, overlooking the Rhine in Eastern Switzerland. It is located on the border between the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and St. Gallen.
The summit is easily accessible with a cable car st ...
in the background
Image:Appenzell Zentrum.jpeg, upleft, The village centre
File:ETH-BIB-Appenzell, Übersicht aus 400 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-002804.tif, Aerial view from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1922)