Zelg

Zelg is a hamlet in Wald (AR), Bezirk Vorderland, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Zelg is situated nearby to the locality Bensel, as well as near the hamlet Tanne.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Henry Dunant Museum and Ruppen Pass.

Henry Dunant Museum

Museum

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The Henry Dunant Museum is a biographical museum in the Swiss town of Heiden. It is dedicated 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. Henry Dunant Museum is situated 3 km north of Zelg.

Ruppen Pass

Mountain saddle

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Ruppen Pass is a high mountain pass between the cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. It connects Trogen and Altstätten. The pass road has a maximum grade of 9 percent. Ruppen Pass is situated 3 km southwest of Zelg.

Heiden railway station

Railway station

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Heiden railway station is a railway station in Heiden, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is the upper terminus of the Rorschach–Heiden mountain rack railway line of Appenzell Railways. Heiden railway station is situated 3½ km north of Zelg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oberegg District and Wald.

Oberegg District

Village

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Oberegg District is a district in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. It comprises three small exclaves of the canton, a few kilometers northeast of the rest of Appenzell Innerrhoden.

Wald

Village

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Wald is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.

Heiden

Village

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Heiden is a village and a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. Its Biedermeier village around the church square is listed as a heritage site of national significance. Heiden is situated 3 km north of Zelg.

Zelg

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Wald (AR), Bezirk Vorderland, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.41789° or 47° 25′ 4″ north

Longitude

9.52341° or 9° 31′ 24″ east

Open location code

8FVFCG9F+59

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2086176795

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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