Rapperswil
Rapperswil is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located between Obersee and the main part of Lake Zurich.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 26,400 residents
- Description: former town in the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Rapperswil SG” and “Rappi”
- Postal code: 8640
Places of Interest
Highlights include Polish Museum and Hauptplatz.
Polish Museum
Museum
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The Polish Museum, Rapperswil, was founded in Rapperswil, Switzerland, on 23 October 1870, by Polish Count Władysław Broel-Plater, at the urging of Agaton Giller, as "a refuge for Poland's historic memorabilia dishonored and plundered in the homeland" and for the promotion of Polish interests.
Rathaus Rapperswil
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hurden and Jona.
Hurden
Hamlet
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Hurden is a village in the municipality of Freienbach in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. First mentioned in 1217, the name "de Hurden" was used for the peninsula and for the fish traps made of woven work, called "Hürden" or "Hurden", which were used by the locals.
Jona
Town
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Jona is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Feldbach
Village
Feldbach is a village near Rapperswil, Switzerland. It is located on the north bank of the lake of Zurich and is part of the political municipality of Hombrechtikon. In the local dialect it is called Fäldbach. Feldbach is situated 3 km northwest of Rapperswil.
Rapperswil
- Categories: city, former municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Rapperswil, See-Gaster, Canton of St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.22665° or 47° 13′ 36″ northLongitude
8.8164° or 8° 48′ 59″ eastPopulation
26,400Elevation
408 metres (1,339 feet)United Nations Location Code
CH ZJWOpen location code
8FVC6RG8+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 240062727OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Rapperswil” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رابرزفيل”
- Armenian: “Ռապպերսվիլ”
- Asturian: “Rapperswil”
- Cebuano: “Rapperswil”
- Chinese: “拉珀斯維爾”
- Chinese: “拉珀斯维尔”
- Czech: “Rapperswil”
- Dutch: “Rapperswil SG”
- Dutch: “Rapperswil”
- Egyptian Arabic: “رابرزويل”
- Esperanto: “Rapperswil SG”
- French: “Rapperswil SG”
- French: “Rapperswil”
- German: “Rapperswil SG”
- German: “Rapperswil”
- German: “Stadt Rapperswil”
- Greek: “Ράπεσβιλ”
- Hebrew: “ראפרסוויל”
- Hungarian: “Rapperswil”
- Irish: “Rapperswil”
- Italian: “Rapperswil”
- Japanese: “ラッパースウィル”
- Japanese: “ラッパースヴィル”
- Kazakh: “Rappersvïlʹ”
- Kazakh: “Рапперсвиль”
- Kazakh: “راپپەرسۆىيل”
- Korean: “라퍼스빌-요나”
- Korean: “라퍼스빌”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rapperswil”
- Norwegian: “Rapperswil”
- Piemontese: “Rapperswil”
- Polish: “Raperswil”
- Polish: “Rapperswil”
- Portuguese: “Rapperswil”
- Romanian: “Rapperswil”
- Russian: “Рапперсвиль”
- Sicilian: “Rapperswil”
- Spanish: “Rapperswil”
- Swedish: “Rapperswil, Sankt Gallen”
- Swedish: “Rapperswil”
- Swiss German: “Rapperschwiil”
- Swiss German: “Rapperswil SG”
- Tosk Albanian: “Rapperswil SG”
- Ukrainian: “Рапперсвіль”
- Uzbek: “Rappersvil”
- Uzbek: “Rapperswil”
- Uzbek: “Рапперсwил”
- Western Panjabi: “ریپرسول”
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