Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Bezirk Hinterland
Herisau

Herisau

Herisau is a municipality and the capital of the canton of in . It is the seat of the canton's government and parliament; the judicial authorities are situated in .
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  • Type: Town with 15,900 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Herisan” and “Herisau AR”
  • Postal code: 9100
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Historical Museum and Town Hall.

Museum
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Town hall
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hundwil and Gossau.

Village
Photo: Zenit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the canton of in . is situated 3½ km southeast of Herisau.

Town
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is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of in the canton of St. Gallen in . is situated 4 km northwest of Herisau.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km northwest of Herisau.

Herisau

Latitude
47.38555° or 47° 23′ 8″ north
Longitude
9.27876° or 9° 16′ 44″ east
Population
15,900
Elevation
780 metres (2,559 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH HSA
Open location code
8FVF97PH+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1376423353
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2660365
Wiki­data ID
Q63970
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Herisau” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Herisao”
  • Albanian: “Herisau”
  • Arabic: “هيراسايو”
  • Armenian: “Հերիզաու”
  • Armenian: “Հերիսաու”
  • Azerbaijani: “Herizau”
  • Basque: “Herisau”
  • Belarusian: “Герызау”
  • Belarusian: “Герызаў”
  • Breton: “Herisau”
  • Bulgarian: “Херизау”
  • Catalan: “Herisau”
  • Cebuano: “Herisau (kapital sa kanton)”
  • Cebuano: “Herisau”
  • Chechen: “Херизау”
  • Chinese: “Herisau”
  • Chinese: “黑里紹”
  • Chinese: “黑里绍”
  • Chuvash: “Херизау”
  • Croatian: “Herisau”
  • Czech: “Herisau”
  • Danish: “Herisau”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Herisau”
  • Dutch: “Herisau”
  • Esperanto: “Herisau”
  • Esperanto: “Herisaŭ”
  • Finnish: “Herisau”
  • French: “Herisau”
  • Georgian: “ჰერიზაუ”
  • German: “Engelswil”
  • German: “Herisau”
  • German: “Wilen”
  • Hebrew: “הריזאו”
  • Hungarian: “Herisau”
  • Indonesian: “Herisau”
  • Irish: “Herisau”
  • Italian: “Herisau”
  • Japanese: “ヘリザウ”
  • Kazakh: “Херизау”
  • Korean: “헤리자우”
  • Kurdish: “Herisau”
  • Latvian: “Hērizava”
  • Lithuanian: “Herizau”
  • Lombard: “Herisau”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Herisau”
  • Northern Frisian: “Herisau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Herisau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herisau”
  • Norwegian: “Herisau”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Herisau”
  • Persian: “اریزو”
  • Persian: “هریزاو”
  • Piemontese: “Herisau”
  • Polish: “Herisau”
  • Portuguese: “Herisau”
  • Romanian: “Herisau”
  • Romansh: “Herisau”
  • Russian: “Херизау”
  • Russian: “Хе́ризау”
  • Scots: “Herisau”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Herisau”
  • Serbian: “Херисау”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Herisau”
  • Sicilian: “Herisau”
  • Slovak: “Herisau”
  • Slovenian: “Herisau”
  • Spanish: “Herisau”
  • Swedish: “Herisau”
  • Swiss German: “Herisau”
  • Thai: “เฮรีเซา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Herisau”
  • Turkish: “Herisau”
  • Ukrainian: “Герізау”
  • Ukrainian: “Херізау”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Herisau”
  • Urdu: “ہیریساو”
  • Uzbek: “Herisau”
  • Uzbek: “Xerizau”
  • Uzbek: “Херизау”
  • Venetian: “Herisau”
  • Volapük: “Herisau”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Herisau”
  • Welsh: “Herisau”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہیریزاؤ”
  • Wu Chinese: “黑里绍”

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