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Canton of St. Gallen
St. Gallen

Gaiserwald

Gaiserwald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of in the canton of St. Gallen in . The municipality consists of the villages of St. Josefen, Abtwil and Engelburg.
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  • Type: Village with 7,500 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH3442” and “Gaiserwald SG”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kybunpark and Abbey of Saint Gall.

Stadium
Photo: Martin Kobelt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , formerly known as AFG Arena, is a multi-use in , Switzerland, completed in 2008. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of FC St.

Monastery
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The is a dissolved abbey in a Catholic religious complex in the city of in . The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage.

Museum
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The of St Gall is a significant medieval monastic library located in , Switzerland. In 1983, the library, as well as the Abbey of St Gall, were designated a World Heritage Site, as "an outstanding example of a large Carolingian monastery and was, since the 8th century until its secularisation in 1805, one of the most important cultural centres in Europe".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Gallen and Wittenbach.

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is the main city of eastern . For travellers, its main draw is the centuries old Abbey of Saint Gall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with a world famous historic library.

Town
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is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of in the canton of St. Gallen in . is situated 5 km northeast of Gaiserwald.

Town
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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 . is situated 6 km southwest of Gaiserwald.

Gaiserwald

Latitude
47.4267° or 47° 25′ 36″ north
Longitude
9.3341° or 9° 20′ 3″ east
Population
7,500
Elevation
762 metres (2,500 feet)
Open location code
8FVFC8GM+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60264366
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2660680
Wiki­data ID
Q66781
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Gaiserwald” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gaiserwald”
  • Breton: “Gaiserwald”
  • Catalan: “Gaiserwald”
  • Cebuano: “Gaiserwald”
  • Chinese: “盖瑟瓦德”
  • Chinese: “蓋瑟瓦德”
  • Czech: “Gaiserwald”
  • Danish: “Gaiserwald”
  • Dutch: “Gaiserwald”
  • Esperanto: “Abtwil SG”
  • Esperanto: “Engelburg”
  • Esperanto: “Gaiserwald”
  • Esperanto: “St. Josefen”
  • French: “Gaiserwald”
  • German: “Gaiserwald”
  • Hungarian: “Gaiserwald”
  • Irish: “Gaiserwald”
  • Italian: “Gaiserwald”
  • Kazakh: “Гайзервальд”
  • Lombard: “Gaiserwald”
  • Malay: “Gaiserwald”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gaiserwald”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gaiserwald”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gaiserwald”
  • Piemontese: “Gaiserwald”
  • Polish: “Gaiserwald”
  • Portuguese: “Gaiserwald”
  • Russian: “Гайзервальд”
  • Spanish: “Gaiserwald”
  • Swedish: “Gaiserwald”
  • Swiss German: “Gaiserwald”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Gaiserwald”
  • Turkish: “Gaiserwald”
  • Ukrainian: “Гайзервальд”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Gaiserwald”
  • Uzbek: “Gaiserwald”
  • Uzbek: “Gayzervald”
  • Uzbek: “Гайзервалд”
  • Venetian: “Gaiserwald”
  • Vietnamese: “Gaiserwald”
  • Volapük: “Gaiserwald”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gaiserwald”
  • Welsh: “Gaiserwald”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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