Herisau
Herisau is a municipality and the capital of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. It is the seat of the canton's government and parliament; the judicial authorities are situated in Trogen.
- Town with about 15,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 770 metres (2,530 feet)
- Description: capital of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland
- Postal code: 9100
- Also known as“Herisan”“Herisau AR”
- Neighbors: Saint Gallen
Places of Interest
Discover Herisau Museum and Reformed Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hundwil and Gossau.
Hundwil
Hundwil is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
3½ km southeast of Herisau
Gossau
Gossau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of St. Gallen in the canton of St.
4 km northwest of Herisau
Herisau
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Latitude
47.38555° or 47° 23′ 8″ north
Longitude
9.27876° or 9° 16′ 44″ east
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Open location code
8FVF97PH+6G
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Herisau” goes by many names.
HerisaoAlbanian
HerisauAlbanian
ሄሪሳውAmharic
هيراسايوArabic
HerisauAragonese
ՀերիզաուArmenian
ՀերիսաուArmenian
HerisauAzerbaijani
HerizauAzerbaijani
HerisauBasque
ГерызауBelarusian
হেরিসাউBengali
HerisauBreton
ХеризауBulgarian
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HerisauCebuano
Herisau (kapital sa kanton)Cebuano
ХеризауChechen
HerisauChinese
黑里紹Chinese
黑里绍Chinese
ХеризауChuvash
HerisauCroatian
HerisauCzech
HerisauDanish
HerisauDimli (individual language)
HerisauDutch
HerisaŭEsperanto
HerisauFinnish
ჰერიზაუGeorgian
ΧεριζάουGreek
HerisauHausa
הריזאוHebrew
हेरिसाउHindi
HerisauHungarian
HerisauIndonesian
HerisauIrish
HerisauItalian
ヘリザウJapanese
HerisauJavanese
ХеризауKazakh
ГерисауKirghiz
헤리자우Korean
HerisauKurdish
HērizavaLatvian
HerizauLithuanian
HerisauLombard
HerisauLuxembourgish
HerisauMalay
HerisauMin Nan Chinese
HerisauNorthern Frisian
HerisauNorwegian
HerisauNorwegian Bokmål
HerisauNorwegian Nynorsk
HerisauOccitan (post 1500)
HerisauOromo
ਹੇਰਿਸਾਓPanjabi
اریزوPersian
هریزاوPersian
HerisauPiemontese
HerisauPolish
هیریساوPushto
HerisauRomanian
HerisauRomansh
Хе́ризауRussian
HerisauScots
HerisauScottish Gaelic
ХерисауSerbian
HerisauSerbo-Croatian
HerisauSicilian
HerisauSlovak
HerisauSlovenian
HerisauSomali
HerisauSwahili
HerisauSwedish
HerisauSwiss German
ГерисауTajik
ГерисауTatar
เฮรีเซาThai
HerisauTurkish
ГерізауUkrainian
ХерізауUkrainian
HerisauUpper Sorbian
ہیریساوUrdu
HerisauUzbek
XerizauUzbek
ХеризауUzbek
HerisauVenetian
HerisauVolapük
HerisauWaray (Philippines)
HerisauWelsh
ہیریزاؤWestern Panjabi
黑里绍Wu Chinese
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