You are here:
  1. Homepage
  2. »
  3. Switzerland
  4. »
  5. Saint Gallen
  6. » Rheineck
Switzerland Flag Icon

Rheineck Destination Guide

Discover Rheineck in Switzerland

Rheineck in the region of Saint Gallen with its 3,298 habitants is a place located in Switzerland - some 107 mi or ( 172 km ) East of Berne , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Rheineck

Local time in Rheineck is now 02:09 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Zurich " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Zurich, Winterthur, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, and Rheineck. When in this area, you might want to check out Zurich . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Rheineck ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Bergbahn Rheineck-Walzenhausen

5:45 min by Martin Sawyer
Views: 3169 Rating: 4.91

On the 9th January 2010 I took a trip on the 2km long Rheineck-Walzenhausen mountain railway, which begins at the mainline SBB station of Rheineck and winds it way up to the village of Walzenhausen, 2 ..

Rheinspitz

0:56 min by vlbgvonoben
Views: 2353 Rating: 5.00

Das Naturschutzgebiet Rheinspitz bei Gaißau ist für die vielfältige Flora- und Fauna, besonders aber für die vielen verschiedenen Vogelarten bekannt. ..


Rohrspitz

1:07 min by vlbgvonoben
Views: 2034 Rating: 5.00

Vogelkundlern und Badegästen ist der Rohrspitz im Naturschutzgebiet Rheindelta bestens bekannt. Durch das flach-abfallende Ufer erreicht der Bodensee hier besonders angenehme Badetemperaturen. ..

SBB Rheintal Express in St. Margrethen

1:32 min by WLreisender
Views: 1584 Rating: 4.00

RE 3830 und RE 3821 treffen sich in St. Margrethen. RE 3830 und RE 3821 meet in St. Margrethen. 09.06.2010. ..


Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners.


Interesting facts about this location

Alter Rhein

The Alter Rhein (German for Old Rhine) is the old river bed of the Alpine Rhine in St. Gallen and Vorarlberg in the Rhine Valley, which was cut off when the Rhine was straightened during the 20th century. These cut-off arms have become valuable recreational areas and a nature reserve. In 1900, the short-cut at Fussach was completed. The old river course, from Höchst and St.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 47.47 9.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Rhine, Rivers of Europe, Rivers of Switzerland, Rivers of Vorarlberg, Tributaries of Lake Constance

St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport

St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport is an airport at Altenrhein in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. This small airport is located on the Swiss side of the Bodensee, also known as Lake Constance. The paved, eastbound runway is equipped with an Instrumental Landing System (ILS). The approach more often than not requires the use of ILS, due to the rapidly changing weather conditions of the Bodensee's environment.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 47.49 9.56 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Airports in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in the canton of St. Gallen

Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn

Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn is a railway line and former railway company in Switzerland. It is a standard gauge mountain rack railway, using the Riggenbach rack system and is part of Appenzeller Bahnen. The 7 km route links Rorschach with Heiden.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 47.45 9.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Former railway companies of Switzerland, Mountain railways, Rack railways of Switzerland

Henry Dunant Museum

The Henry Dunant Museum is a museum in the Swiss town of Heiden, 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. The Museum is situated in the nursing home where he lived from 1892 until his death.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 47.44 9.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Biographical museums in Switzerland, Henry Dunant, Museums in Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Reichshofstadion

Reichshofstadion is a multi-use stadium in Lustenau, Austria, built in 1953. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SC Austria Lustenau and FC Lustenau 07. The stadium holds 8,800 people.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 47.42 9.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Football venues in Austria, Sports venues in Vorarlberg

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Rheineck

Related Locations

Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.