Canton of St. Gallen
Toggenburg
Nesslau

Stein

Stein is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in . The municipalities of Nesslau-Krummenau and Stein merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of .
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  • Type: Village with 398 residents
  • Description: former municipality of Switzerland in St. Gallen
  • Also known as: “Stein (SG)”, “Stein (SG) SG”, “Stein (Toggenburg)”, “Stein (Toggenburg) SG”, “Stein SG”, and “Stein, St. Gallen”
  • Postal code: 9655

Places of Interest

Highlights include Neuenalpspitz and Stockberg.

Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the Appenzell Alps, overlooking in the region in the , Switzerland. It lies on the range west of the . is situated 3½ km north of Stein.

Waterfall
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is a waterfall, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Stein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alt St. Johann and Neu St. Johann.

Village
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is a village in the region, since 2010 part of the municipality Wildhaus-Alt St.Johann in the canton of St. Gallen in . is situated 4 km east of Stein.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Stein.

Village
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is a village in the region of the , , situated at the confluence of the two streams forming the upper Thur. is situated 6 km east of Stein.

Stein

Latitude
47.19917° or 47° 11′ 57″ north
Longitude
9.22834° or 9° 13′ 42″ east
Population
398
Elevation
835 metres (2,740 feet)
Open location code
8FVF56XH+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240097299
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8505047
Wiki­data ID
Q66906
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Stein” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “施泰因”
  • Dutch: “Stein”
  • Esperanto: “Stein SG”
  • French: “Stein”
  • German: “Stein SG”
  • German: “Stein”
  • Hungarian: “Stein (SG)”
  • Irish: “Stein”
  • Italian: “Stein”
  • Kazakh: “Штайн”
  • Lombard: “Stein”
  • Malay: “Stein (SG)”
  • Malay: “Stein, St. Gallen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stein i St. Gallen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stein SG”
  • Piemontese: “Stein”
  • Portuguese: “Stein”
  • Russian: “Штайн”
  • Slovenian: “Stein”
  • Spanish: “Stein”
  • Swedish: “Stein, Sankt Gallen”
  • Swiss German: “Stai SG”
  • Swiss German: “Stein SG”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Stein SG”
  • Turkish: “Stein SG”
  • Turkish: “Stein, St. Gallen”
  • Turkish: “Stein”
  • Ukrainian: “Штайн”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Stein”
  • Uzbek: “Shtayn”
  • Uzbek: “Stein”
  • Volapük: “Stein”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Stein, St. Gallen”
  • Welsh: “Stein”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Stein”. Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 2.5.