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Abbey of Saint Gall

The Abbey of Saint Gall (German: Fürstabtei St. Gallen) is a religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland. The Carolingian-era Abbey has existed since 719 and became an independent principality during the 13th century, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. It was founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. The library at the Abbey is one of the richest medieval libraries in the world.

Located at 47.4231, 9.37722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.325 miles away.
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Unterwasser

Unterwasser is a small village in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann. It is a relatively small ski resort, and many of its trails are shared with the nearby village of Wildhaus. Unterwasser in English means "underwater" (and may be so translated in automatic translations), but in this context means "between the waters" as two rivers run through the village.

Located at 47.1975, 9.3075 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.309 miles away.
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Villages in Switzerland, Geography of the canton of St. Gallen, Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland

Kreuzbleichhalle

Kreuzbleichhalle (Sporthalle Kreuzbleiche) is an indoor sporting arena located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The capacity of the arena is 4,000 people. It hosted some matches at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship and is the home arena of the TSV St. Otmar team handball club.

Located at 47.42, 9.362 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.324 miles away.
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Indoor arenas in Switzerland, Handball venues in Switzerland

AFG Arena

The AFG Arena is a multi-use stadium in St. Gallen, Switzerland, completed in 2008. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of FC St. Gallen of the Swiss Challenge League. It replaces the Espenmoos stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people. The name comes from the sponsor, the Arbonia-Forster-Gruppe AFG. When it was completed, FC St. Gallen was just relegated to the Challenge League.

Located at 47.4083, 9.30639 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.323 miles away.
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Football venues in Switzerland, St. Gallen, Buildings and structures in the canton of St. Gallen

Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland

The Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland is the judicial authority to which decisions of the federal authorities of Switzerland can be appealed. The FAC's decisions can generally be appealed, in turn, to the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.

Located at 47.4222, 9.35889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.325 miles away.
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Federal courts of Switzerland, Administrative courts

Fälensee

Fälensee (or Fählensee) is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1446 m, the surface area is 0.12 km². It is located in a narrow valley between Hundsteingrat and Roslen-Saxer First.

Located at 47.2517, 9.41667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.314 miles away.
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Lakes of Switzerland, Lakes of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Visitor attractions in Appenzell Innerrhoden

Sämtisersee

Sämtisersee is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1209 m, the surface area is 0.13 km². It is located below Hoher Kasten not far from Fälensee.

Located at 47.2717, 9.45778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.315 miles away.
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Lakes of Switzerland, Lakes of Appenzell Innerrhoden

Seealpsee

Seealpsee is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1,143.2 m, the surface area is 13.6 hectares. The lake can be reached by foot from Wasserauen or from Ebenalp. A network of routes around Ebenalp connects Seealpsee with other notable sights in the Appenzell Alps, such as the Wildkirchli and Säntis. The Berggasthaus Forelle am Seealpsee, with a large open air terrace, dominates the western end of the lake.

Located at 47.2689, 9.4 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.315 miles away.
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Lakes of Switzerland, Lakes of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Visitor attractions in Appenzell Innerrhoden

Wildkirchli

Wildkirchli is the name of a system of three caves in the Alpstein massif of Appenzell, Switzerland. They are notable for the traces of paleolithic habitation discovered in 1940 by Emil Bächler (1868–1950), dating to ca. 50,000 to 30,000 BP. Even earlier are remnants of cave bears found in the caves, dating to ca. 90,000 BP. The hermit hut houses a large bear skeleton found in the caves on site. The caves were inhabited by hermits from 1658 to 1853.

Located at 47.282, 9.408 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.316 miles away.
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Caves of Switzerland, Geography of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Visitor attractions in Appenzell Innerrhoden, History of the Alps

Eastern Switzerland

Eastern Switzerland is the common name of the region situated to the north of Glarus Alps, with the cantons of Schaffhausen, Thurgau, St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Glarus. The north of canton Graubünden (with the city of Chur) is sometime considered to be part of Eastern Switzerland. Eastern Switzerland is also defined as one of the NUTS-2 regions of Switzerland.

Located at 47.3, 9.3 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.316 miles away.
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Regions of Switzerland

Gübsensee

Gübsensee is a reservoir near the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Its dams were built between 1898 and 1900, the first hydroelectric reservoir in Switzerland. Kraftwerk Kubel has generated electrical power there since 1900. Gübsensee Ost is a gravity dam with a height of 24 m, Gübsensee West an earthfill dam. The lake's surface area is 0.17 km². Its volume is 1.5 mio m³.

Located at 47.3989, 9.31361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.323 miles away.
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Lakes of Switzerland, Lakes of the canton of St. Gallen, Reservoirs in Switzerland, Infrastructure completed in 1900

Feuerschaugemeinde

Feuerschaugemeinde is a special-purpose municipality for firefighting, energy and water for the town Appenzell, capital of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. The special-purpose municipality exists because parts of the town Appenzell belong to the districts Appenzell, Schwende and Rüte.

Located at 47.3, 9.4 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.317 miles away.
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Geography of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell (town)

Sarganserland

The Sarganserland is a constituency (Wahlkreis) of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, with a population of 36,892. The constituency corresponds to the historical county of Sargans (13th to 15th century) and the later Landvogtei Sargans in the Old Swiss Confederacy (15th to 18th century). Part of the Canton of Linth in the Helvetic Republic, the Sarganserland together with Pfäfers was joined to the canton of St. Gallen at its formation in 1803.

Located at 47.4264, 9.37611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.325 miles away.
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Constituencies of the canton of St. Gallen

Ebenalp

The Ebenalp (1,640 m) is the northernmost summit of the Appenzell Alps. The mountain is a popular hiking destination and has been accessible by cable car from Wasserauen since 1955. Ebenalp attracts up to 200,000 visitors each year. From the high plateau of the cable car station visitors have a panoramic view of the rolling hills of Appenzell. impressive trails start at the station and lead to the a network of mountain huts.

Located at 47.2842, 9.41083 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.316 miles away.
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Mountains of Switzerland, Mountains of the Alps, Mountains of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Visitor attractions in Switzerland, Cable cars in Switzerland, Visitor attractions in Appenzell Innerrhoden

St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal

St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal (German: Kloster St. Johann im Thurtal) was a Benedictine monastery originally established in Alt St. Johann in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in the mid-12th century. The oldest written record of it is dated October 4, 1152, when Pope Eugene III took the monastery into his protection. The pope confirmed the monastery's possessions and free election of its abbot and Vogt. On October 24, 1178, Pope Alexander III confirmed the abbey's extended possessions.

Located at 47.1945, 9.28568 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.308 miles away.
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Benedictine monasteries in Switzerland, 1805 disestablishments, Buildings and structures in the canton of St. Gallen, Imperial abbeys, Christian monasteries established in the 12th century

Abbey library of Saint Gall

The Abbey Library of Saint Gall was founded by Saint Othmar, the founder of the Abbey of St. Gall. The library collection is the oldest in Switzerland, and is one of earliest and most important monastic libraries in the world. It holds 2,100 manuscripts dating back to the 8th through the 15th centuries, 1,650 incunabula (printed before 1500), and old printed books. The library holds almost 160,000 volumes. The manuscript B of the Nibelungenlied is kept here.

Located at 47.4228, 9.3764 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.325 miles away.
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St. Gallen (Wahlkreis)

St. Gallen (Wahlkreis) is a constituency in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Wahlkreis has been established on June 10, 2001 with an area of 157.54 km . The Wahlkreis has its name by the city of St. Gallen.

Located at 47.4264, 9.37611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.325 miles away.
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Constituencies of the canton of St. Gallen

Schwendisee

Schwendisee is a small lake above Wildhaus on the slopes of the Churfirsten, in Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Besides the main lake (Vorderer Schwendisee), there is a smaller lake nearby (Hinterer Schwendisee). Sediment cores from the lakes have been studied and provide a record of the climate of the last 600 years.

Located at 47.187, 9.331 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.308 miles away.
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Lakes of the canton of St. Gallen, Lakes of Switzerland

Alpstein

The Alpstein are a subgroup of the Appenzell Alps in Switzerland. The Alpstein massif is in Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and St. Gallen. Despite it being rather low when compared to other Alpine peaks - the highest mountain is the Säntis at 2502 metres - the Alpstein, due to their northern "outpost" position only a short distance from Lake Constance (nearly 30 km) are relatively tall when compared to the surrounding area.

Located at 47.25, 9.33333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.313 miles away.
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Mountain ranges of Switzerland

Säntis transmitter

The Säntis transmitter is a 123.5 m (405.3 ft) high transmitting station on the summit of the 2,502 m (8,209 ft) high Säntis mountain in Switzerland. It is operated by Swisscom. The original tower was built in 1955, but due to the extreme weather at such a high altitude, it had to be repeatedly rebuilt. Finally in 1997, a completely new tower has been built which is specifically suited to the icy temperatures.

Located at 47.2494, 9.3427 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.313 miles away.
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Towers in Switzerland

Meistersrüte

Meistersrüte is part of the district Appenzell Innerrhoden, c.a. 900 metres above sea level. It is a small village consisting of roughly 700 Inhabitants and has its own primary school, bakery, two carpenters, two builders,a furniture carpenter, a small 'bits and bobs' shop, a painter, several restaurants, a train stop (for the Appenzeller Bahnen- Sammelplatz) and an electrician.

Located at 47.345, 9.43 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.320 miles away.
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Villages in Switzerland

Appenzell Castle

Appenzell Castle or Clanx Castle (German: Ruine Clanx or Burg zu Appenzell) is a ruined castle in the Appenzell District of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. It is part of the Swiss heritage site of national significance. The castle is first mentioned in 1219 as in arce Clanx. It was built by the Abbot of St. Gall Ulrich von Sax (1204–20) and his brother, the Abbey-Vogt Heinrich. It was named after the Sax family holding in the Calanca valley.

Located at 47.3299, 9.40961 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.319 miles away.
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Hohensax castle

Hohensax is a ruined castle in the Sennwald municipality in the Swiss canton St. Gallen. The castle was built around 1200 by the barons of Sax, and was destroyed in 1446. In 1248, the castle passed to Ulrich von Sax, founder of the Sax-Hohensax line of the noble family. The castle was plundered in a feud of 1393, and sold together with the villages of Sax and Gams to the dukes of Austria. In the Old Zürich War, the people of Appenzell captured and slighted the castle in 1446.

Located at 47.2303, 9.44361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.312 miles away.
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Castles in the canton of St. Gallen

Wegelin & Co

Wegelin & Co. is the oldest bank in Switzerland (and the 13th oldest in the world), but since January 2012 it no longer has any significant assets or operations and announced its intention to close in early 2013. The bank is located in St. Gallen in the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, and specialized in private banking and asset management. Between 2002 and 2010, Wegelin & Co. assisted citizens of the United States in evading taxes on assets totalling over $1.2 billion.

Located at 47.4263, 9.3776 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.325 miles away.
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Notenstein Privatbank

Notenstein Privatbank AG is a Swiss bank, active in the private banking and asset management segments, with ca. 700 employees. The bank was formed in 1968 as a subsidiary company of Wegelin & Co. named Notenstein AG. It was renamed Nettobank AG in 2010, then into Notenstein Privatbank AG in early 2012. At the same time, Wegelin & Co. transferred all its non-US clients and assets and most of its employees to Notenstein Privatbank.

Located at 47.4263, 9.3776 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.325 miles away.
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