Switzerland
Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Heiden

Heiden is a village and a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in . Its Biedermeier village around the church square is listed as a heritage site of national significance.
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  • Type: Village with 4,060 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH3032”, “Heiden AR”, and “Heiden, Switzerland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Henry Dunant Museum and Heiden railway station.

Museum
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The is a museum in the Swiss town of Heiden, to preserve the memory and legacy of Henry Dunant, the Founder of the Red Cross Movement, who died in Heiden in 1910, after receiving the first-ever Nobel Prize for Peace in 1901.

Railway station
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is a railway station in Heiden, in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is the upper terminus of the Rorschach–Heiden mountain rack railway line of Appenzell Railways.

Railway station
Photo: Wienacht, CC BY 3.0.
is a railway station in , in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is a station on the Rorschach–Heiden mountain rack railway line of Appenzell Railways. Trains stop only on request.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thal and Rorschacherberg.

Village
is a village and municipality in the Wahlkreis of in the canton of St. Gallen in . Besides the village of itself, the municipality also includes the villages of Altenrhein, Buechen, Buriet and Staad. is situated 4 km northeast of Heiden.

Village
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is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of in the canton of St. Gallen in . is situated 4 km northwest of Heiden.

Town
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is a municipality in the district of in the canton of St. Gallen in . It is on the south side of . is situated 5 km northwest of Heiden.

Heiden

Latitude
47.4422° or 47° 26′ 32″ north
Longitude
9.5321° or 9° 31′ 56″ east
Population
4,060
Elevation
784 metres (2,572 feet)
Open location code
8FVFCGRJ+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1684106796
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7286047
Wiki­data ID
Q68315
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Heiden” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Heiden”
  • Armenian: “Հայդեն”
  • Basque: “Heiden”
  • Belarusian: “Гайдэн”
  • Breton: “Heiden”
  • Catalan: “Heiden”
  • Chinese: “Heiden”
  • Chinese: “海登”
  • Chuvash: “Хайден”
  • Corsican: “Heiden”
  • Croatian: “Heiden”
  • Czech: “Heiden”
  • Danish: “Heiden AR”
  • Danish: “Heiden, Schweiz”
  • Danish: “Heiden”
  • Dutch: “Heiden”
  • Esperanto: “Heiden AR”
  • Esperanto: “Heiden”
  • Estonian: “Heiden”
  • Finnish: “Heiden”
  • French: “Heiden”
  • Galician: “Heiden”
  • German: “Heiden AR”
  • German: “Heiden”
  • Hebrew: “היידן”
  • Hungarian: “Heiden”
  • Indonesian: “Heiden”
  • Irish: “Heiden”
  • Italian: “Heiden”
  • Kazakh: “Хайден”
  • Korean: “하이덴”
  • Latvian: “Heiden”
  • Lithuanian: “Heiden”
  • Lombard: “Heiden”
  • Luxembourgish: “Heiden”
  • Macedonian: “Хајден”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Heiden (Sūi-se)”
  • Narom: “Heiden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Heiden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Heiden i Sveits”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Heiden”
  • Norwegian: “Heiden”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Heiden”
  • Piemontese: “Heiden”
  • Polish: “Heiden”
  • Portuguese: “Heiden”
  • Romanian: “Heiden, Elveția”
  • Romanian: “Heiden”
  • Romansh: “Heiden”
  • Russian: “Хайден”
  • Slovak: “Heiden”
  • Slovenian: “Heiden, Švica”
  • Spanish: “Heiden”
  • Swedish: “Heiden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden”
  • Swedish: “Heiden”
  • Swiss German: “Hääde”
  • Swiss German: “Heiden AR”
  • Tahitian: “Heiden”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Heiden AR”
  • Turkish: “Heiden”
  • Ukrainian: “Гайден”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Heiden”
  • Uzbek: “Heiden”
  • Uzbek: “Xayden”
  • Venetian: “Heiden (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Heiden”
  • Volapük: “Heiden”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Heiden, Swiza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Heiden”
  • Welsh: “Heiden”

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