Herisau

Herisau is a railway stop in Herisau, Bezirk Hinterland, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Herisau is situated nearby to Town Hall, as well as near the town Gossau.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Herisau railway station and Herisau Museum.

Herisau railway station

Railway station

Herisau railway station

Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Herisau railway station is a railway station in Herisau, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is an intermediate station on the 1,435 mm standard gauge Bodensee–Toggenburg line of Südostbahn and the 1,000 mm metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen line of Appenzell Railways.

Herisau Museum

Museum

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Herisau Museum is situated 540 metres south of Herisau.

Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Town Hall is situated 580 metres south of Herisau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Herisau and Gossau.

Herisau

Town

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Herisau is a municipality and the capital of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. It is the seat of the canton's government and parliament; the judicial authorities are situated in Trogen.

Gossau

Town

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Gossau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Gossau is situated 3½ km northwest of Herisau.

Hundwil

Village

Photo: Zenit, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hundwil is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. Hundwil is situated 4 km southeast of Herisau.

Herisau

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Herisau, Bezirk Hinterland, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.39021° or 47° 23′ 25″ north

Longitude

9.2767° or 9° 16′ 36″ east

Elevation

747 metres (2,451 feet)

Operator

SOB-bt

Network

Ostwind

Abbreviation

“HE”

UIC ID

8506290

Open location code

8FVF97RG+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1085696136

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

GeoNames ID

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