Altenrhein

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Altenrhein

Coordinates47.49°, 9.55°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Thal is a village and municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides the village of Thal itself, the municipality also includes the villages of Altenrhein, Buechen, Buriet and Staad.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Emil Jannings

German actor (1884-1950)

Neel Jani

Swiss professional Porsche factory driver

Urs App

Swiss historian of Ideas, Religion, and Philosophy

John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti

American Roman Catholic archbishop (1847-1902)

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Joseph Caspar

Swiss painter and engraver (1799-1880)

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Rupert Moser

Swiss anthropologist

Herbert Maeder

Swiss politician and photographer (1930-2017)

Sebastian Gebhard Messmer

Catholic archbishop (1847–1930)

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Daniel Pavlović

Croatian-Swiss footballer

M

Michael Gier

Swiss rower

Prince Sixtus of Parma

Parmese Royal (1886–1934)

Bruno Gehrig

Swiss university teacher

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Bruno Stanek

Swiss television presenter (1943–2026)

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Carl Doka

Swiss politician (1896-1980)

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Manfred Szadrowsky

Swiss teacher (1886-1974)

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Daniel Ott

Swiss composer and musicologist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in St. Gallen

• Staad SG
  1.1 mi away
• Thal
  1.5 mi away · pop. 6,351
• Rheineck
  2 mi away · pop. 3,250
• Rorschach
  3 mi away · pop. 10,274
• Rorschacherberg
  3.2 mi away · pop. 7,685
• Grub SG
  3.3 mi away
• Goldach
  4.1 mi away · pop. 9,783
• Tübach
  4.8 mi away · pop. 1,337
• St. Margrethen SG
  4.9 mi away · pop. 6,718
• Eggersriet
  5.1 mi away · pop. 2,475
• Berneck
  5.2 mi away · pop. 3,289
• Steinach
  5.4 mi away · pop. 2,899

Browse all places in St. Gallen →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Seen 2026-09-26

Curly-leaf Pondweed

Potamogeton crispus

Seen 2026-09-25

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

Seen 2026-09-24

Black Stork

Ciconia nigra

Seen 2026-09-22

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

Seen 2026-09-22

Larch Bolete

Suillus grevillei

Seen 2026-09-21

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-21

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

Seen 2026-09-21

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).