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Schoenau Destination Guide

Explore Schoenau in Switzerland

Schoenau in the region of Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a town in Switzerland - some 89 mi or ( 143 km ) East of Berne , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Schoenau

Current time in Schoenau is now 01:43 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Zurich " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Zurich, Winterthur, Wildhaus, Uzwil, and Teufen AR. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Zurich . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Schoenau ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Silvesterkläuse in Waldstatt

7:19 min by mobemaja
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Silvesterkläuse in Waldstatt ..

Exped DownMat SynMat und Comfortfoam Mat Pump

2:32 min by outdoorfeeling
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Aufbauanleitung der neuen ISO Matten von Exped ..


Towards New Years Eve Schwellbrunn Appenzell Ausserrhoden

0:54 min by DAANWA
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Yodel in one of the greatest towns in Switzerland: Schwellbrunn. Every year it happens once for new years eve. Just great! ..

Swiss cows in the alps

1:10 min by Karlheinz Dietrich
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cows in the alps ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Eastern Switzerland

Eastern Switzerland is the common name of the region situated to the north of Glarus Alps, with the cantons of Schaffhausen, Thurgau, St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Glarus. The north of canton Graubünden (with the city of Chur) is sometime considered to be part of Eastern Switzerland. Eastern Switzerland is also defined as one of the NUTS-2 regions of Switzerland.

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Located at 47.30 9.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Regions of Switzerland

Alpstein

The Alpstein are a subgroup of the Appenzell Alps in Switzerland. The Alpstein massif is in Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and St. Gallen. Despite it being rather low when compared to other Alpine peaks - the highest mountain is the Säntis at 2502 metres - the Alpstein, due to their northern "outpost" position only a short distance from Lake Constance (nearly 30 km) are relatively tall when compared to the surrounding area.

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Located at 47.25 9.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Mountain ranges of Switzerland

Gübsensee

Gübsensee is a reservoir near the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Its dams were built between 1898 and 1900, the first hydroelectric reservoir in Switzerland. Kraftwerk Kubel has generated electrical power there since 1900. Gübsensee Ost is a gravity dam with a height of 24 m, Gübsensee West an earthfill dam. The lake's surface area is 0.17 km². Its volume is 1.5 mio m³.

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Located at 47.40 9.31 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Infrastructure completed in 1900, Lakes of Switzerland, Lakes of the canton of St. Gallen, Reservoirs in Switzerland

AFG Arena

The AFG Arena is a multi-use stadium in St. Gallen, Switzerland, completed in 2008. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of FC St. Gallen of the Swiss Challenge League. It replaces the Espenmoos stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people. The name comes from the sponsor, the Arbonia-Forster-Gruppe AFG. When it was completed, FC St. Gallen was just relegated to the Challenge League.

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Located at 47.41 9.31 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in the canton of St. Gallen, Football venues in Switzerland, St. Gallen

St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal

St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal (German: Kloster St. Johann im Thurtal) was a Benedictine monastery originally established in Alt St. Johann in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in the mid-12th century. The oldest written record of it is dated October 4, 1152, when Pope Eugene III took the monastery into his protection. The pope confirmed the monastery's possessions and free election of its abbot and Vogt. On October 24, 1178, Pope Alexander III confirmed the abbey's extended possessions.

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Located at 47.19 9.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: 1805 disestablishments, Benedictine monasteries in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in the canton of St. Gallen, Christian monasteries established in the 12th century, Imperial abbeys