Oberschwendi

Oberschwendi is a locality in Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland and has an elevation of 1,319 metres. Oberschwendi is situated nearby to the locality Chopf, as well as near Furi.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. John’s Abbey in the Thurtal and Neuenalpspitz.

St. John’s Abbey in the Thurtal

Church

Photo: Ginkgo2g, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal was a Benedictine monastery originally established in Alt St. Johann in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in the mid-12th century.

Neuenalpspitz

Peak

Photo: Ramessos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Neuenalpspitz is a peak.

Evangelische Kirche Alt St. Johann

Church

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Evangelische Kirche Alt St. Johann is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alt St. Johann and Unterwasser.

Alt St. Johann

Village

Photo: Breeze, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alt St. Johann is a village in the Toggenburg region, since 2010 part of the municipality Wildhaus-Alt St.Johann in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Unterwasser is a village in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, situated at the confluence of the two streams forming the upper Thur. Unterwasser is situated 3 km east of Oberschwendi.

Stein

Village

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 2.5.

Stein is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The municipalities of Nesslau-Krummenau and Stein merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Nesslau. Stein is situated 3½ km west of Oberschwendi.

Oberschwendi

Type: Locality
Location: Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.20012° or 47° 12′ 0″ north

Longitude

9.27222° or 9° 16′ 20″ east

Elevation

1,319 metres (4,327 feet)

Open location code

8FVF672C+2V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11297321053

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

11813933

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In Other Languages

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German: “Oberschwendi”

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