Hundwil - Hundwil

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Hundwil
CantonAppenzell Ausserrhoden
Residents
940 (2018)
height
788 m, 897 m
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Hundwil

Hundwil is a village in appenzeller Hinterland in Eastern Switzerland. Hundwil is known as a former parish town.

background

The village of Hundwil was known as the location of the Appenzell Ausserrhodische Landsgemeinde, which is held every second year. The Schwägalp and part of the Säntis summit is located in the municipality of Hundwiler, but the Hundwiler Höchi is most often associated with the municipality. On the foothills of the Alps, Marlies Schoch, the landlady and non-party politician, is probably the best-known Hundwiler.

history

Hundwil was first mentioned as "Huntwilare" in 921 on a land exchange deed. In the 14th century the Hundwil church is raised to a parish church, the place becomes the main town of a Rhode with tax and court administration. In 1524 the Kirchhöri von Hundwil decided to adopt the Reformed faith, and on June 2, 1597, the Reformed Outer Rhodes decided to divide the land in the canton.

Like the rest of the Appenzellerland, Hundwil also comes in the 17th and 18th centuries. Century through linen weaving and embroidery to a certain degree of prosperity, it was not until 1860 that the place became more accessible with the construction of the Mittellandstrasse, and in 1925 the first concrete bridge spanned the Hundwiler Tobel.

In 1989 the Landsgemeinde in Hundwil decided to introduce cantonal women's suffrage, the last Landsgemeinde held in Hundwil as early as 1997 and from then on, decisions on cantonal matters were made at the ballot box.

getting there

By plane

The nearest international airport is that of 1 Zurich-Kloten, Hundwil can be reached in around one and a half hours by train and post bus.

By train / by bus

The closest train station is that of 2 Herisau. The S-Bahn St.Gallen represents on the standard gauge line of the Southeast Railway the connection between Herisau and St. Gallen for sure. With trains of the Appenzell Railways one arrives from Zurich coming here on the line Gossau - Herisau to the starting point of the post bus line Hundwil.

The Postbus-Line runs every hour from Herisau via Hundwil and stone via Niederteufen St. Gallen.

In the street

The main road connection is the main road 463 of Herisau above Hundwil and further than 459 to Appenzell. The main road 463 leads from Hundwil above stone and Niederteufen after St. Gallen.

mobility

Locally you can get around on foot.

Tourist Attractions

Ref. Hundwil Church
Hundwil, Appenzell houses
Row of houses on the main street
  • 1 the Reformed Church Hundwil was probably in the 13th century. Built in the late Romanesque style and later redesigned in the Gothic style, frescoes from this era have been preserved. Around 1750 the church was redesigned by the architects Jakob and Johann Ulrich Grubenmann from Teufen and the tower was rebuilt in 1894.
  • the Villagescape with a well-preserved row of houses on Dorfstrasse, with geranium decorations in summer. The large undeveloped meadow in front of the church in the center of the village is the meadow on the Landsgemeindeplatz, on it the Landsgemeinde was held until 1997 in the odd years. The chair (Tribune for the government) was always on the main road, the voice cloud on the meadow up to the hill to the southwest.
  • which was built in 1778 by the well-known architect Johann Ulrich Grubenmann, almost 30 m long 2 Talking bridge in Hundwilertobel in Hundwilertobel, the way from Herisau to Hundwil, the old Landsgemeindeweg, across the Urnäsch river to Hundwil. The cross yokes are provided with sayings that "speak" to the hiker.
  • the Reinforced concrete bridge the main road over the Urnäsch from 1925 had to be broken in 1992 due to frost and corrosion damage 3 New building to be replaced.
  • the Hundwilerhöchi with the mountain inn built around 1900.

activities

  • hike, in the direction of the Urnäsch river, where you can swim, splash around and dammed in summer, and of course on the Hundwilerhöchiwhich can be reached in different ways.

shop

On site there is a bakery / bread rack and a butcher's shop, groceries and everyday items are offered in the Lädeli in the Rest. Krone, the next larger supermarkets are in Herisau.

In a Weissküferei Turners' goods and the classic wooden milk dishes are still made.

kitchen

  • 3  Hirschen restaurant, Village 9. Tel.: 41 (0)71 367 12 08. Café / restaurant, closed in the evening; Bread tray.
  • 5  Restaurant Krone. Tel.: 41 (0)71 367 12 24, Fax: 41 (0)71 367 12 48, Email: . with paintings from 1815 decorated room "Alt Stobe".Open: closed Tuesdays.
  • 6  Restaurant mill, Mühle 133, 9064 Hundwil. Tel.: 41 (0)71 367 12 46. Café / restaurant with its own bakery / pastry shop, here are too Appenzell beaver and specialties available.

nightlife

The nightlife takes place largely in Herisau and St. Gallen.

accommodation

In various inns you can not only eat, but also stay overnight.

  • 1  Berggasthaus Hundwiler Höchi, Hundwiler height. Tel.: 41 (0)71 367 12 16. Mountain inn with overnight accommodation in a few rooms and mattress dormitories, center of attraction with cultural and political events, operated by the well-known Höchi landlady Marlies Schoch.

health

There is no primary care practice in the village, it is the nearest hospital with an emergency unit Herisau cantonal hospital.

Practical advice

  • before the 1 Post Hundwil Postbus buses also stop

trips

  • on the Schwägalp and with the suspension railway on the Säntis
  • in the Alpstein
  • to Herisau, to Urnaesch to the traditional museum or to [[Stein AR | Stein}} to the cheese dairy
  • to St. Gallen with the monastery district, the cathedral and the monastery library

literature

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