Bollingen is a village () within the

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Rapperswil-Jona Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, Rapperswil-Jona also includes Bollinge ...

in the

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canton of St. Gallen.

Geography

The village is located along the northern shore of the upper Lake Zürich (''Obersee'') between Jona and

Schmerikon Schmerikon is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster (Wahlkreis), See-Gaster in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen in Switzerland. In the local Swiss Germa ...

. Bollingen was part of the former municipality of Jona: On 1 January 2007 the former municipalities of

Rapperswil Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dial ...

and Jona merged to form the new political entity

History

Sandstone from Bollingen may have been used even in the Roman Empire era, but presumably is extracted and processed since 1000 AD. Among others it was used for the

Grossmünster The Grossmünster (; "great minster") is a Romanesque-style Protestant church in Zürich, Switzerland. It is one of the four major churches in the city (the others being the Fraumünster, Predigerkirche, and St. Peterskirche). Its congregation ...

and

Fraumünster The Fraumünster (; lit. in ) is a church in Zürich which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women which was founded in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter Hildegard. He endowed the Benedictine convent with the l ...

churches in Zürich, as well as for the

Einsiedeln Einsiedeln () is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality and Districts of Switzerland#Schwyz, district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey, established in the 10th century. Histor ...

and St. Gallen abbeys, or the

Zunfthaus zur Meisen The Zunfthaus zur Meisen is the guild house of the Zunft zur Meisen. It is one of the many historically valuable buildings in the Lindenhof quarter in Zürich, Switzerland, and also housed the porcelain and faience collection of the Swiss Nation ...

that was built in 1757 at the

Münsterhof Münsterhof (literally: Fraumünster abbey courtyard) is a town square situated in the Lindenhof hill, Lindenhof quarter in the historical center of Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest town square within the Altstadt (old town) of Zurich and i ...

plaza in Zürich. In the European Middle Ages, the two settlements named and are mentioned as part of the later

Herrschaft Rapperswil The House of Rapperswil respectively Counts of Rapperswil (''Grafen von Rapperwil'' since 1233, before ''Lords'') ruled the upper ''Zürichsee'' and ''Seedamm'' region around Rapperswil and parts of, as of today, Swiss cantons of St. Gallen, ...

of the

Counts of Rapperswil The House of Rapperswil respectively Counts of Rapperswil (''Grafen von Rapperwil'' since 1233, before ''Lords'') ruled the upper ''Zürichsee'' and ''Seedamm'' region around Rapperswil and parts of, as of today, Swiss cantons of St. Gallen, ...

. The earliest document sealed at the

Rapperswil Castle Rapperswil Castle (Swiss German: ''Schloss Rapperswil'') is a castle, built in the early 13th century by the House of Rapperswil, in the formerly independent city of Rapperswil. The castle is located on the eastern Lake Zurich's western Obersee ...

was related to the donation of the church of ''Unterbollingen'' to the

Rüti Abbey Rüti, which comes from the Old High German word , meaning " clearing", is a popular name for towns in the German speaking part of Switzerland. It can refer to the following: * Rüti, Glarus in Glarus *Rüti, Zürich in Zürich *: Rüti Reformed C ...

, and also mentions among others a ''civitas'' of the town of

as witnesses of Count Rudolf von Rapperswil in 1229. On the peninsula at Oberbollingen, a St. Nicholas Chapel is mentioned, where around 1229 a small Cistercian nunnery, later Premonstratensian convent associated with the Rüti Abbey was established by the Counts of Rapperswil; in 1267 it was united with the nearby ''Mariazell''

Wurmsbach Abbey Wurmsbach Abbey (Kloster Mariazell-Wurmsbach) is a monastery of Cistercian nuns located in Bollingen, Switzerland, Bollingen, a locality of Rapperswil-Jona, in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is located on the north shore of Obersee (Zü ...

. In 1519 a new church in honor of St. Pancras was inaugurated in Unterbollingen. After the

Reformation in Zürich The Reformation in Zürich was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli, who gained the support of the magistrates of the city of Zürich and the princess abbess Katharina von Zimmern of the Fraumünster Abbey, and the population of the city of Hist ...

the church was acquired by the city of

to be united with the , but since 1871 it is a

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for its own.

Points of interest

Bollingen is known for the "

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" built there by

Carl Gustav Jung Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology. A prolific author of over 20 books, illustrator, and correspondent, Jung was a ...

. Another remarkable site is the nearby

Transportation

was a railway station located about halfway between Bollingen village and the

, which closed in 2004 for economic reasons. It is located on the Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line in between and stations. The railway building remained, but the platforms have been removed. Since railway services were suspended, public transport was reduced to a bus service. Until December 2023, bus line 621 operated between and Buech/St. Dyonis (closest bus stop is ''Buechstr. West'', a ca. 30 minute walk away from Bollingen village). Line 621 was subsumed into line 995, operated by '' Schneider Busbetriebe''. The route was shortened and the western terminus became . As of December 2023, the bus route is as follows:

Literature

* Eugen Halter: ''Geschichte der Gemeinde Jona''. Schweizer Verlagshaus, Zürich 1970.

References

External links

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Dorfverein Bollingen
{{authority control Villages in the canton of St. Gallen Former municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen Cultural property of national significance in the canton of St. Gallen Rapperswil-Jona Populated places on Lake Zurich