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Kempraten
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Kempraten-Lenggis is a village within the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona, Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Kempraten-Lenggis was a village of the independent municipality of Jona that in 2006 merged with Rapperswil to the town of Rapperswil-Jona. It is located on the shore of Lake Zurich northerly of Rapperswil on the so-called Kempratnerbucht. This natural indentation on the lake shore extends between Feldbach, Hombrechtikon, and Rapperswil on a length of about 3 kilometres. Due to its location, the area was inhabited in pre-Roman times. To the east, Kempraten is bordered by the bay respectively the Lindenhof hill in Rapperswil and these area of the village is called Kempraten. Settlements in the region of Rapperswil-Jona date back at least 5000 years, among the highlights of archaeological relicts include the Neolithic Seegubel site and La Tène culture body burials which indicates an early settlement. Linguists are speculating whether a Helvetiic settlement Cambioratin has been established on the so-called Kempratnerbucht, Centum prata was an economic center for the surrounding area, too, a residential and commercial area for artisans, traders, boatmen and carters living in it. It measured about 300 metres form north to south and 200 metres from west to east, including massive stone buildings, half-timbered, from here respectively the so-called Einsiedlerhaus in Rapperswil, there was probably a boat route to the Gallo-Roman sanctuary on Ufenau island. After the Alamannic invasion and withdrawal of the Roman administration to Italy around the year 401, in 741 and 744, documents in the archives of St. Gallen Abbey describe the village as Centoprato, another document in 863 as Centiprata, inspired by the Latin name Centum Prata. According to a 9th-century document, Kempraten was a well known site with relics of the martyr Alexander. Around 847 legends tell of a basilica with a priest in Kentibruto. At the beginning of the 13th century, Kempraten was part of the Herrschaft Rapperswil by the Counts of Rapperswil, in 1253 it was part of the former parish church Busskirch. Today, this old Christian community belongs to the Catholic parish Rapperswil-Jona, beginning 1803, Kempraten was part of the former municipality Jona. Kempraten railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the line S7 and it is a 36-minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof and three minutes to Rapperswil train station. Georg Matter, Die Römersiedlung Kempraten und ihre Umgebung, published by Gemeinde Jona, Jona 2003, ISBN9783908006688. Lukas Gschwend, Kempraten vor 1250 Jahren – Ein Beitrag zur ersten schriftlichen Nennung im Jahre 741, verlag der Kulturkommission der Gemeinde Jona,1991. Eugen Halter, Geschichte der Gemeinde Jona, official website Alois Stadler, Kempraten in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland,9 August 2007
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Jona
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Jona is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Jona is located at the shore of Obersee. It has been part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona since 2007, as comprising the villages of Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen. The river Jona flows through the municipality in the Lake Zürich, the Middle High German form Jonun is recorded 1243. The river name was adapted into Alemannic around the 8th century from a Gallo-Roman *Jauna as a weakly inflecting feminine *Jōna. In 1350, Rapperswil and its castle was destroyed by Rudolf Brun. After 1803s Act of Mediation, Rapperswil and Jona joined the canton of St. Gallen, in the early 19th century, Jona rivers hydropower was used for a larger number of watermills along the small river. As a renewable source, the river was important for industrialization of the growing village. On January 1,2007, the municipalities of Rapperswil and Jona merged to form a new political entity and this makes it the second largest town in the canton after the capital St. Gallen itself. Jona railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S5 and its train station is a 33-minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof. The towns bus service has been provided, since 2008, by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland, Jona railway station area will be newly constructed by probably the end 2015, as well as the bus station situated nearby. Carl Gustav Jung Jakob Braendlin-Näf Johann Jakob Staub Wangpo Tethong, Swiss-Tibetan activist, writer, spokesperson of Greenpeace Switzerland, alberich Zwyssig Eugen Halter, Geschichte der Gemeinde Jona. Politische Gemeinde Jona, Schweizer Verlagshaus, Zürich 1970, Rapperswil-Jona Bollingen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Busskirch in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, Jona in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Kempraten in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
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Rapperswil
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The towns main sights are concentrated in the Altstadt of Rapperswil and can be seen while strolling through the medieval alleys. Rapperswil is often referred to as the town of roses because of its displays of roses in three designated parks. No less than 15,000 plants of 600 different kinds may be viewed between June and October, there is also a rose garden in the town center, accessible to blind and disabled people. The old town is dominated by the Schloss Rapperswil located at the peninsula called Endingen, Lindenhof, the castle dates back to the early 13th century. In 1350, it was destroyed by Rudolf Brun, the mayor of Zürich, deer inhabit lands surrounding the castle. Since 1870, the castle has been home to the Polish National Museum created by Polish émigrés, including the castles lessee and restorer, a small Capuchins monastery was established in 1606 at the lakeside Endingerhorn as a Catholic counterpart to the Reformations centre in the city of Zürich. The monastery buildings belong to the citizens of Rapperswil rather than to the monks who inhabit it, the main churches in town include the Roman Catholic St. Johns Church, the cemetery chapel and a small Protestant church. The locational advantage of the place attracted the national Circus Knie who built its headquarters in Rapperswil in 1919, the circus is now also responsible for the Circus Museum and the Knies Kinderzoo located in Rapperswil which is particularly aimed at children. Rapperswil also hosts the Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil HSR and an Economics school for parts of the cantons Zürich, settlements in the region of Rapperswil date back to at least 5000 years ago. The three neighbouring Prehistoric settlements, as well as the early crossings, are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps. The neolithic bridge between Hurden and Rapperswil was renewed by the Romans at least around 165 AD, St. Martin Busskirch is one of the oldest churches around uper Lake Zürich. Even the citizens of Rapperswil had to attend services in Busskirch until Count Rudolf II built the Stadtpfarrkirche on Herrenberg next to Rapperswil Castle on Lindenhof hill. Known members of the family are Countess Elisabeth von Rapperswil, her sons Wernher von Homberg, Reichsvogt and minnesang poet, in 1415, the town bought freedom for itself. In 1442, during Old Zurich War, Rapperswil was in alliance with Zürich, because of its strategic location along important infrastructure lines, and because of flourishing trade, the town grew rich. This allowed a degree of freedom within the Swiss Confederation which ended with the formation of the Swiss cantons by Napoleon in 1799. In 1656 and 1712, Rapperswil was involved in wars between the Catholic and Reformed cantons of the Old Swiss Confederation, Rapperswil was at first part of the Helvetic and the canton of Linths capital city. After the 1803 Act of Mediation, it joined the canton of St. Gallen, on January 1,2007, the former municipalities of Rapperswil and Jona merged to form a new political entity, Rapperswil-Jona has a population of 25,777. This makes it the second-largest town in the canton after the capital of St. Gallen itself, ironman 70.3 Switzerland and the Triathon Challenge took place in Rapperswil-Jona on 6 June 2010, and was repeated several times
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Seedamm
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Seedamm is the partially artificial causeway and bridge at the most narrow area of Lake Zurich, between Hurden and Rapperswil. The Seedamm carries a road and a railway across the lake, with the railway being used by the S5 and S40 lines of the S-Bahn Zürich, the Seedam is based on an ice age moraine located between the three Swiss cantons of Schwyz, St. Gallen and Zürich. The causeway and bridges span this area of water, are 1 kilometre in length and carry a road. To the east of the causeway and bridge, there is the Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden. By 1358, ferry services between Rapperswil and Hurden are mentioned, a small wooden bridge from Ufenau island to Hurden is mentioned around 1430, so-called Kilchweg in die Ufenau. In 1873 the Swiss federal parliament approved the construction of the todays stone causeway, construction works have been begun in 1875 and finished in 1878. The construction costs the sum of 1,462,000 Swiss Francs, in 1878 the Zürichsee-Gotthardbahn established the railway line from Rapperswil railway station via Seedamm. In 1939 and 1951 the now called Seedamm causeway was reinforced to meet the growing demands and this canal is spanned by the Sternenbrücke, which also carries both road and railway. This bridge was renewed between March and November 2010 to allow 40 ton trucks to cross the Seedamm, in 2001 a new wooden footbridge was opened alongside the causeway for the first 840 metres of the crossing. It was built in quite the same place as the historical lake bridge linking Rapperswil with the nearby Heilig Hüsli bridge chapel that was built in 1551 and this connection for centuries has been part of old pilgrimage routes, the so-called Jakobsweg to the Einsiedeln Abbey. At the beginning of the 21st-century, about 75 passenger trains and 24,000 vehicles crossed the causeway and the town of Rapperswil-Jona every day, and as of 2016, an average of 26,000 vehicles. In order to relieve the traffic on road and rail during rush hours, because the lake has grown in size over time, the original piles are now around 4 metres to 7 metres under the water level of 406 metres. Geneviève Lüscher, Brücken und Wege der Bronzezeit, beat Eberschweiler, Ur- und frühgeschichtliche Verkehrswege über den Zürichsee, Erste Ergebnisse aus den Taucharchäologischen Untersuchungen beim Seedamm. In, Mitteilungen des Historischen Vereins des Kantons Schwyz, No, hans Rathgeb, Brücken über den See
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Lake Zurich
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Lake Zürich is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich. The waters of the Lake of Zürich flow out of the lake at its north-west end, passing through the city of Zürich, however, the culminating point of the lakes drainage basin is the Tödi at 3,614 metres above sea level. No streams of importance flow into the lake besides the Linth, the Seedamm, a partially artificial causeway and bridge, crosses a narrow point of the lake carrying a railway line and road from Rapperswil to Pfäffikon. The eastern section of the lake is known as the Obersee, west of this dam lie the small islands of Lützelau and Ufenau, where in 1523 Ulrich von Hutten took refuge and died. Both shores are well cultivated and fertile, another touristic destination is the Au peninsula at the village of Au between Wädenswil and Horgen. To the east – separated by Zürichberg-Adlisberg, Forch and Pfannenstiel – are two lakes, Greifensee and Pfäffikersee. Zimmerberg and the Etzel regions lie to the west, administratively, Lake Zürich is split between the cantons of Zürich, St. Gallen and Schwyz. The lower lake, to the west of the Seedamm, is largely in the canton of Zürich, besides Bürkliplatz in Zürich and the Seedamm, there are no bridges across the lake. The Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft – the Lake Zürich Navigation Company – provides with its 17-passenger ships touristic services on Lake Zürich, there are a number of passenger ferry services, noticeably the Horgen–Meilen ferry, an auto ferry between Horgen and Meilen. Zürich, at the end of the lake, is the largest city on Lake Zürich. On the west shore are Rüschlikon, Thalwil, Horgen, Wädenswil, Richterswil, Pfäffikon, on the opposite shore are Küsnacht, Meilen, Stäfa, and Rapperswil-Jona with the medieval town of Rapperswil, whose castle is home to the Polish museum. Schmerikon is close to the east end of the lake, Lake Zürichs water is very clean and reaches, during summer, temperatures well beyond 20 °C. Swimming in the baths and beaches is very popular. Historically, the best weather for swimming has been late August, with August 28 typically having the nicest weather at around 5, the lakes water is purified and fed into Zürichs water system, it is potable. Because the lake has grown in size over time, the piles are now around 4 metres to 7 metres under the water level of 406 metres. Also on the area of about 40 square kilometres around Zürichsee, there also the settlements Greifensee–Storen/Wildsberg on Greifensee
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Lachen, Switzerland
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Lachen is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Lachen is first mentioned around 1217–22 as de Lachun, Lachen has an area of 2.4 km2, as of 2006. Of this area,26. 7% is used for agricultural purposes, of the remaining land,62. 1% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. The municipality is located on a delta of the Wägi river in the section of Lake Zurich. It is the smallest municipality in the Canton of Schwyz, Lachen has a population of 8,480. As of 2007,27. 2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals, over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 14. 1%. The majority of the population speaks German, followed by Italian and Albanian, as of 2000 the gender distribution of the population was 49. 1% male and 50. 9% female. 1293 people or 20. 6% of the population is under 19,1950 people or 31. 1% are 20 to 39, and 2,055 people or 32. 8% are 40 to 64. 489 people or 7. 8% are 65 to 74, there are 347 people or 5. 5% who are 70 to 79 and 138 people or 2. 20% of the population who are over 80. There is one person in Lachen who is over 100 years old, as of 2000 there are 2,817 households, of which 1,039 households contain only one person. 115 or about 4. 1% are large households, with at least five occupants, in the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43. 2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP, the SPS and the CVP, in Lachen about 69. 2% of the adult population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. Lachen has an unemployment rate of 1. 98%, as of 2005, there were 61 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 859 people are employed in the sector and there are 84 businesses in this sector. 2,686 people are employed in the sector, with 370 businesses in this sector. According to the 2000 census,4,141 or 66. 0% of the populati are Roman Catholic, of the rest of the population, there are 179 individuals who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are less than 5 individuals who belong to another Christian church. There are less than 5 individuals who are Jewish, and 413 who are Muslim, there are 38 individuals who belong to another church,336 are agnostic or atheist, and 178 individuals did not answer the question. The historic population is given in the table, Lachen has an average of 149.1 days of rain per year
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Bollingen
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Bollingen is a village within the Swiss municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen. The village is located along the shore of the upper Lake Zürich between Jona and Schmerikon. Bollingen was part of the municipality of Jona, On 1 January 2007 the former municipalities of Rapperswil. Sandstone from Bollingen may have used even in the Roman Empire era. In the European Middle Ages, the two settlements named Unterbollingen and Oberbollingen are mentioned as part of the later Herrschaft Rapperswil of the Counts of Rapperswil, on the peninsula at Oberbollingen, a St. In 1519 a new church in honor of St. Pancras was inaugurated in Unterbollingen, after the Reformation in Zürich the church was acquired by the city of Rapperswil to be united with the Heiliggeistspital, but since 1871 it is a parish church for its own. Bollingen is known for the Tower built there by Carl Gustav Jung, there was a train station about halfway between the Wurmsbach Abbey and the village, closed in 2004 for economical reasons and replaced by a bus connection to Jona. Eugen Halter, Geschichte der Gemeinde Jona, Bollingen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
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Busskirch
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Busskirch is a village within the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The village is located along the shore of the Obersee lakeshore between Jona and Bollingen. Busskirch was part of the municipality of Jona, On January 1,2007. Beginning in the 1st century A. D. Busskirch is first mentioned in 842/843 A. D. as Fossonas ecclesiam, in 854 as Fussinchirichun, «A little church dreaming on the lake» wrote Pius Rickenmann, a poet from Rapperswil, in his poem Busskirch. The early medieval Parish church of St. Martin Busskirch with its cemetery rests on the remains of a Roman building, beginning in the 8th century, the village belonged to the Pfäfers Abbey. Busskirch is one of the oldest churches around the Lake Zürich, even the citizens of Rapperswil had to attend services in Busskirch until Count Rudolf II of Rapperswil built his own church and a chapel next to Rapperswil Castle in 1253. In 1351 St. Martin Busskirch was incorporated by the monastery, in co-operation with Jona the settlement formed an Allmendgenossenschaft, reigned by the Counts of Rapperswil, latter by the city of Rapperswil. In 1253 the parish churches of Rapperswil and Jona were established, St. Martin Busskirch Church, which due to its idyllic lakeside location is very popular for weddings, is a remarkable landmark on the upper Lake Zürich shore. Today visitors can see the Roman ruins excavated in 1975 underneath Busskirch church, restaurant Seegartenkeller next to St. Martin church is a popular touristic destination. Jona forms a river delta near Busskirch and flows at Stampf lido in the upper Lake Zurich. Between Busskirch and Rapperswil respectively Jona there is a busline, provided by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürcher Oberland, eugen Halter, Geschichte der Gemeinde Jona. Rapperswil-Jona Busskirch in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
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Canton of Schwyz
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Schwyz is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne to the west and Lake Zürich in the north, centered on and named after the town of Schwyz. It is one of the cantons of Switzerland, Switzerlands Standard German name, die Schweiz, is derived from the name of the canton. For the history of the name, see Schwyz, the Swiss Federal Charter is on display in Schwyz. Northeast of the town of Schwyz is the Einsiedeln Abbey, the earliest traces of humans in Schwyz are from the Upper Paleolithic and Early Mesolithic or about 12,500 BC. An excavation of the karst caves in the valley of the Muota river revealed numerous sites, the alpine meadows at Bödmeren, Twärenen and Silberen were stone age hunter-gatherer camps. Ibex and red deer bones along with charcoal indicate that the animals were butchered and cooked in these camps, in 2009 the first stone age tool in the canton, a stone drill, was discovered. During the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age there were a number of pile dwellings, the two settlements at Hurden in Freienbach are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Hurden sites are related to the western Cortaillod culture, sites on the island of Lützelau and the shore zone at Freienbach are eastern Pfyn culture and Corded Ware culture. During the Bronze Age several bridges were built between the promontory of Endingen in Rapperswil, St. Gallen and the settlements at Hurden, over 200,000 posts and seven bridges have been discovered, along with several settlements and ritual sites. On the Schwyz side of the lake, ten different settlements from 4300-2700 BC have been discovered, however, after 1200 BC there is very little evidence for further Bronze Age settlements in the canton. Only eight Iron Age sites have been discovered in the canton from the 8th to 1st centuries BC, during the Roman era a Roman Vicus was established at Kempraten in Rapperswil around the massive bridge at Seedamm which crossed into Schwyz. A Gallo-Roman temple was built on Ufenau island around AD200 on the site of the present chapel of Sts, a few Roman coin hoards were discovered at Küssnacht and Rickenbach bei Schwyz and Küssnacht may have been the site of a Roman estate. In 561 Schwyz became part of the Ducatus alamannorum and remained independent under the Alemanni dukes until the second quarter of the 8th century. The Alemanni began to settle into the valleys around 680, but for centuries the Germanic speaking Alemanni, Romansh remained the main language in Einsiedeln until the 10th century. In the 8th and 9th centuries the land was under the Counts of the Zürichgau, the low-laying land along Lake Zürich was relatively easy to reach and was settled throughout the Middle Ages. During the Middle Ages, the Muotathal area was used by seasonal herders, Küssnacht was first mentioned in the 9th century, but it is likely that there were earlier settlements. The forests around Einsiedeln were lightly settled, a visit of the Irish monks, Gallus and Columbanus in 611 is mentioned in the Gallusviten. However, their efforts were unsuccessful in Schwyz
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Bubikon
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Bubikon is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Some names of localities have Celtic origins, others may have Roman origins, fiefs of the St. Gallen Abbey are first mentioned around 744 in Berlikon, Bubikon is first mentioned in 811 as Puapinchova. The Ritterhaus Bubikon, a Knights Hospitaller abbey and commandry, was given by the Counts of Toggenburg, Bubikon has an area of 11.6 km2. Of this area,62. 4% is used for agricultural purposes, of the rest of the land,19. 2% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. In 1996 housing and buildings made up 12. 4% of the total area, of the total unproductive area, water made up 0. 8% of the area. As of 200717. 2% of the municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located in the upper Glatt Valley on the divide between the Glatt river and Lake Zurich. It includes the villages of Bubikon and Wolfhausen as well as the hamlets of Barenberg, Berlikon, Bürg, egelsee is located in the municipality. Bubikon has a population of 7,027, as of 2007,8. 7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 49. 5% male and 50. 5% female, over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 17. 7%. Most of the population speaks German, with Italian being second most common, in the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37. 7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the CSP and the Green Party, the age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 25% of the population, while adults make up 62. 6% and seniors make up 12. 4%. The entire Swiss population is well educated. In Bubikon about 80. 7% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education, there are 2125 households in Bubikon. Bubikon has an unemployment rate of 1. 15%, as of 2005, there were 145 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 50 businesses involved in this sector. 1,031 people are employed in the sector and there are 84 businesses in this sector. 1,274 people are employed in the sector, with 203 businesses in this sector. As of 200746. 1% of the population were employed full-time
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Eschenbach, St. Gallen
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Eschenbach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel merged into the municipality of Eschenbach, Eschenbach is first mentioned in 775 as Esghibach. In 829 it was mentioned as Esgithorf, the name Goldingen was applied to two different hamlets in the municipality. The current hamlet of Goldingen is first mentioned in 1800 and before time was known as Thal. The hamlet of Vordersagen was first mentioned in 1266 as Goldelingin, additionally the hamlet of Hintersagen was known until about 1800 as Hintergoldingen. St. Gallenkappel is first mentioned in 1275 as S. Galli capella, in 1425 it was mentioned as bi Sant Gallencappel, and in the local Swiss German is still known as Chappele. It is located along two old trade and pilgrimage routes, one from Toggenburg over the Laad and the second from Hummelwald to Lake Zurich, in the 9th Century there may have been a chapel dedicated to St. Gallus, where the current parish church now stands. This chapel was the origin of the village name, on 10 December 1830, St. Gallenkappel was the site of a popular assembly, protesting the loss of freedoms under the Act of Mediation and the Restoration. The assembly at St. Gallenkappel was one of several in the Canton of St. Gallen and they called for two main changes in the cantonal constitution. First, they called for peacefully adjusting the constitutions by adjusting the way seats in local legislatures, in particular they objected to what they saw as the over-representation of the cantonal capital in the government. Secondly, they sought a way to amend the constitution, very few cantons even had a way to amend or modify the constitutions, and none of them allowed citizens initiatives to be added. While all of these assemblies ended peacefully, they did march through the streets of St. Gallen, following the protest march, the government quickly agreed to the protesters demands. Throughout the country, these successful assemblies led to the known as the Regeneration. The larger municipality of Eschenbach now has a combined area of 54.86 km2. Eschenbach had an area, as of 2006, of 13.3 km2, of this area,61. 9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21. 9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15% is settled and the remainder is non-productive, the municipality is located in the See-Gaster Wahlkreis. It consists of the village of Eschenbach and the hamlets of Bürg, Diemberg, Ermenswil, Länziken, Lütschbach, Goldingen had an area, as of 2006, of 22.1 km2. Of this area,50. 7% is used for agricultural purposes, of the rest of the land,3. 7% is settled and the remainder is non-productive
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Hombrechtikon
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Hombrechtikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Hombrechtikon is first mentioned in 1200 as Humbrechtigkon, in 1217 it was mentioned as Hunbrechticon. Hombrechtikon has an area of 12.2 km2, of this area,60. 6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14. 9% is forested. Of the rest of the land,18. 7% is settled, in 1996 housing and buildings made up 13. 9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest. Of the total area, water made up 1. 2% of the area. As of 200715. 8% of the municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located between Lake Zurich and the Zürcher Oberland, the land is very hilly, which prevented a large, single village from forming. There at least 97 different hamlets and individual houses scattered throughout the municipality. Some of the largest are Lützelsee and Feldbach, Hombrechtikon has a population of 8,463. As of 2007,16. 7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals, as of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 49. 2% male and 50. 8% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11. 6%, most of the population speaks German, with Italian being second most common and Albanian being third. In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44. 1% of the vote, the next three most popular parties were the SPS, the FDP and the CSP. The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 25. 5% of the population, while adults make up 60. 8%, the entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Hombrechtikon about 77. 9% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education, there are 2948 households in Hombrechtikon. Hombrechtikon has an unemployment rate of 2. 12%, as of 2005, there were 260 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 87 businesses involved in this sector. 983 people are employed in the sector and there are 93 businesses in this sector. 1305 people are employed in the sector, with 224 businesses in this sector. As of 200741. 6% of the population were employed full-time
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