Wolfhalden is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
canton of
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Ausserrhoden (; in English sometimes Appenzell Outer Rhodes) (german: Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden; rm, Chantun Appenzell Dadora; french: Canton d'Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures; it, Canton Appenzello Esterno) is one of the 26 canton ...
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 ...
.
History
Wolfhalden,
Heiden and
Lutzenberg
Lutzenberg is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. Its hamlet of Tobel is listed as a heritage site of national significance.
History
Lutzenberg is first mentioned in 1634 as ''Lutzenberg''. Lutzenberg, Heiden ...
originally were parts of a single municipality named the
Kurzenberg. Around 1650 Wolfhalden and Heiden could not agree about control over the local church. This led to the creation of a church in each village in 1652, making them independent. In 1658 the Kurzenberg was split into the three separate municipalities in defiance of the canton government; their borders were officially established in 1666-7.
Geography
Wolfhalden has an area, , of . Of this area, 58% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
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Demographics
Wolfhalden has a population () of 1,719, of which about 11.3% are foreign nationals.[Brief Statistics for the half-canton]
accessed 15 September 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4.3%. Most of the population () speaks German
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**Ger ...
(94.4%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.0%) and Italian being third ( 0.9%).[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 17-Sep-2009
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.2% male and 48.8% female.[ The age distribution, , in Wolfhalden is; 138 people or 8.2% of the population are between 0–6 years old. 197 people or 11.7% are 6-15, and 90 people or 5.3% are 16-19. Of the adult population, 70 people or 4.1% of the population are between 20–24 years old. 483 people or 28.6% are 25-44, and 428 people or 25.3% are 45-64. The senior population distribution is 211 people or 12.5% of the population are between 65–79 years old, and 72 people or 4.3% are over 80.][Appenzell Outer Rhodes website]
accessed 15 September 2009
In the 2007 federal election
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the FDP received 65.1% of the vote.[
In Wolfhalden about 74.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '']Fachhochschule
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'').[
Wolfhalden has an unemployment rate of 1.8%. , there were 65 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 29 businesses involved in this sector. 372 people are employed in the ]secondary sector
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and there are 26 businesses in this sector. 175 people are employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 54 businesses in this sector.[
The historical population is given in the following table:]
Heritage sites of national significance
The ''Alte Mühle Wolfhalden'' (The Old Mill at Wolfhalden) is listed as a heritage site of national significance.Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
21.11.2008 version, accessed 17-Sep-2009
References
External links
Official Page
(German)
{{Authority control
Cultural property of national significance in Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Municipalities of Appenzell Ausserrhoden