Toggenburg
Toggenburg
Wahlkreis Toggenburg | |
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constituency, geographical region | |
Coordinates: 47°17′58″N 9°5′13″E / 47.29944°N 9.08694°E | |
UTC+2 (CEST ) | |
Municipalities | 10 |
Toggenburg is a region of
Geography
The valley descends in a northwestern direction from the watershed between the Rhine and the Thur, and is enclosed on the northeast by the chain of the Säntis (8,216 ft [2,504 m]) and on the southwest by that of the Churfirsten (7,566 ft [2,306 m]) and of the Speer (6,411 ft [1,954 m]). It is a fertile valley of about 45 kilometres (28 mi) in length from the source of the river to Wil.[1]
At Wildhaus, the highest village (3,632 ft [1,107 m]), the house wherein Huldrych Zwingli, the Swiss Reformer, was born in 1484, is still shown.[1] Other villages are Lichtensteig, Kirchberg and Wattwil.
History
There are traces of the paleolithic
The upper Thur valley was part of the province of Raetia in the Roman era, and was reached by Alemannic-speaking settlers only in the early medieval period. This is evidenced by a substantial substrate of Romance toponyms in the upper Toggenburg (upstream of Stein).[2]
The name of the region is derived from that of the
Part of the Toggenburg followed the
In 1707, the Toggenburg again declared its independence of St. Gall, in reaction to the Abbey's plans to build a road across the
In the Helvetic Republic, the Toggenburg was divided between the cantons of Säntis and Linth. The parts were re-united as part of the canton of St. Gallen in 1803.
Schüblig, a type of sausage is a tradition in the area.
Demographics
The Toggenburg Wahlkreis has a population of 46,954 (as of 31 December 2020).[3] Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), 584 are from Germany, 952 are from Italy, 3,124 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 167 are from Austria, 1,137 are from Turkey, and 1,123 are from another country.[4] Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 41,718 speak German, 107 people speak French, 673 people speak Italian, and 47 people speak Romansh.[5]
The age distribution, as of 2000[update], is; 6,296 children or 13.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 7,444 teenagers or 16.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 5,046 people or 11.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 6,784 people or 14.8% are between 30 and 39, 6,390 people or 13.9% are between 40 and 49, and 4,926 people or 10.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 3,773 people or 8.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 3,269 people or 7.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 1,652 people or 3.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 326 people or 0.7% who are between 90 and 99, and 1 person who is 100 or more.[5]
In 2000[update] there were 4,967 persons (or 10.8% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 8,910 (or 19.4%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 27,097 (or 59.0%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 2,202 (or 4.8%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 318 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 165 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 198 people who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 2,050 who are either institutionalized or lived in another type of collective housing.[5]
Out of the total population in the region, as of 2000[update], the highest education level completed by 11,393 people (24.8% of the population) was Primary, while 15,123 (32.9%) have completed Secondary, 3,627 (7.9%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 2,291 (5.0%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question.[5]
As of October 2009[update] the average unemployment rate was 2.9%.[6]
From the 2000 census[update], 21,238 or 46.3% are
Municipalities
Since 1 January 2013, the Toggenburg district has consisted of ten municipalities:
Coat of arms |
Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[3] |
Area in km2 |
Elevation in m |
SFOS number |
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Bütschwil-Ganterschwil | 5,041 | 21.83 | 610 | 3395 | |
Ebnat-Kappel | 5,007 | 43.57 | 630 | 3352 | |
Kirchberg |
9,241 | 42.59 | 735 | 3392 | |
Lichtensteig | 1,879 | 2.82 | 625 | 3374 | |
Lütisburg | 1,614 | 14.09 | 580 | 3393 | |
Mosnang | 2,889 | 50.46 | 735 | 3394 | |
Neckertal | 4,064 | 49.03 | 660 | 3378 | |
Nesslau | 3,608 | 92.7 | 759 | 3360 | |
Wattwil | 8,837 | 51.18 | 610 | 3379 | |
Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann | 2,624 | 87.53 | 895 | 3357 | |
Toggenburg | 46,954 | 488.75 | 1727 |
Mergers and name changes
- On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of
- On 1 January 2023 the former municipalities of Hemberg and Oberhelfenschwil merged to form the new municipality of Neckertal.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e public domain: Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1911). "Toggenburg, The". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 1045–1046. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Wilhelm Götzinger, Die romanischen Ortsnamen des Kantons St. Gallen (1891).
- ^ a b "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Der Kanton St. Gallen und seine Menschen in Zahlen - Ausgabe 2009 (in German) accessed 30 December 2009
- ^ a b c d e Canton St. Gallen Statistics-Hauptergebnisse der Volkszählung 2000: Regionen- und Gemeindevergleich-Personen Archived 2010-09-09 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 30 December 2009
- ^ St Gallen Canton statistics-Unemployment (in German) accessed 30 December 2009
- ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German)