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The town of St. Gallen grew around the Abbey of St Gall, founded in the 8th century. [6] The abbey is said to have been built at the site of the hermitage of Irish missionary Gallus, who according to legend had established himself by the river Steinach in AD 612. [7] The monastery itself was founded by Saint Othmar in c. 720. [6]
Sankt Gallen may refer to: St. Gallen, town in Switzerland; Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland; ... St. Gallenkappel, a former municipality in the canton of St. Gallen
Town or city: St. Gallen: ... Tonhalle St. Gallen is a concert hall in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is a cultural centre, a venue for concerts, banquets and meetings ...
The canton of St. Gallen is an artificial construct of various historical territories, defined by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Act of Mediation in 1803. About half of the canton's area corresponds to the acquisitions of the abbey of St. Gallen over centuries. The city of St. Gallen became independent of the abbey in 1405.
St. Gallen railway station (German: Bahnhof St. Gallen) serves the town St. Gallen, the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.It is located at the junction of the standard gauge St. Gallen–Winterthur, Rorschach–St. Gallen, and Romanshorn–Toggenburg lines of Swiss Federal Railways and the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line of Appenzell ...
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From the 2000 census, 34,670 people (about 52.3% of the population) are Roman Catholic, while 17,313 people (26.1%) belong to the Swiss Reformed Church.Of the rest of the population, 1,946 people (2.93%) belong to the Orthodox Church, 1,617 people (2.44%) belong to another Christian church, and 15 people (0.02%) belong to the Christian Catholic faith.
Leading up to the December 2013 timetable change, the service pattern on the Sulgen–Gossau line was an hourly service (provided by the S5) between Weinfelden and St. Gallen, supplemented by additional trains during peak hours. The relaunched St. Gallen S-Bahn kept this service pattern and designated the additional peak services S55. [8]