Lichtensteig

Lichtensteig is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wasserfluh Pass and Wattwil railway station.

Wasserfluh Pass

Mountain saddle

Wasserfluh Pass is a mountain pass in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It connects Lichtensteig and Brunnadern. The pass road has a maximum grade of 10 percent and an elevation gain of 345 m.

Wattwil railway station

Railway station

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

Wattwil railway station is a railway station in Wattwil, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate station on the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway, the southern terminus of the Wil–Ebnat-Kappel railway, and the eastern terminus of the Uznach–Wattwil railway.

Lichtensteig railway station

Railway station

Photo: Plutowiki, CC0.

Lichtensteig railway station is a railway station in Lichtensteig, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It sits at the junction of the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway and Wil–Ebnat-Kappel railway and is served by local trains only. It is an example of a Keilbahnhof.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wattwil and Brunnadern.

Wattwil

Village

Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wattwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located along the Thur river. On 1 January 2013 the municipality of Krinau merged into Wattwil.

Brunnadern

Village

Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brunnadern is a village in the municipality of Neckertal in the Wahlkreis of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Brunnadern was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Mogelsberg and St. Peterzell to form the municipality of Neckertal.

Lichtensteig

Type: Locality with 1,900 residents
Also known as: “CH3374”
Location: Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.3248° or 47° 19′ 29″ north

Longitude

9.0965° or 9° 5′ 47″ east

Population

1,900

Elevation

709 metres (2,326 feet)

Open location code

8FVF83FW+WJ

GeoNames ID

7286345

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