Rathaus Rapperswil is the former Rathaus of the city government of medieval town of Rapperswil, Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Today, the building houses a café and restaurant, the city archives and a collection of stained glass windows, silverware and paintings. The building and the city archives are listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance.
Rathaus Rapperswil at Hauptplatz plaza as seen from the east towards Neue Jonastrasse
As seen from the south
Rathaus Rapperswil and Hauptplatz (main square) as seen from nearby Liebfrauenkapelle respectively Rapperswil Castle
1865 photograph taken by Alwina Gossauer, showing the Hauptplatz square and the Rathaus building, as seen from Schlosstreppe; the oldest known photography of Rapperswil.
Rapperswil is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located between Obersee and the main part of Lake Zurich.
Rapperswil as seen from Etzel mountain: Capuchin monastery to the left, Rapperswil castle and St. John's church in the background, Lake Zürich harbour and Altstadt in the foreground respectively Seedamm, wooden bridge and upper Lake Zürich to the right (October 2010)
Rapperswil
Rapperswil Hauptplatz (main square), former Rathaus (town hall) to the right
Rapperswil peninsula; Einsiedlerhaus and parts of the Capuchin monastery's (to the right), the rose gardens and Technical University (HSR) (to the left), as seen from Lindenhof at the Rapperswil castle