Gaiserwald

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Gaiserwald

Total population

7,495

Elevation650 m

Land area12.63 km²

Coordinates47.43°, 9.33°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Gaiserwald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The municipality consists of the villages of St. Josefen, Abtwil and Engelburg.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

P

Paul Giger

Swiss violinist and music composer

R

Rudolf Signer

Swiss organic chemist (1903-1990)

Johannes Baumann

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1874-1953)

H

Hans Diem

Swiss politician

Hans-Rudolf Merz

member of the Swiss Federal Council

Bettina Heim

Swiss figure skater

Emil Sonderegger

Swiss general (1868-1934)

Adolf Naef

Swiss scientist (1883–1949)

Mathias Rusterholz

Swiss athletics competitor

Beat Hefti

Swiss bobsledder

A

Arnold Koller

Swiss psychotherapist and psychiatrist (1874-1959)

Beat Forster

Swiss ice hockey player

C

Costa Vece

Swiss textile artist

Markus Zürcher

Swiss painter (1946-2013)

E

Emanuel Meyer

Swiss politician (1813-1895)

E

Ernest Schüle

Swiss ethnologist (1912-1989)

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

Nearby places in St. Gallen

• Abtwil SG
  0.7 mi away
• Engelburg
  1.2 mi away
• St. Gallen
  2 mi away · pop. 78,213
• Andwil SG
  3 mi away
• Bernhardzell
  3.1 mi away
• Wittenbach
  3.3 mi away · pop. 10,026
• Waldkirch
  3.8 mi away · pop. 3,040
• Arnegg
  3.8 mi away
• Gossau SG
  4 mi away · pop. 17,827
• Häggenschwil
  4.7 mi away · pop. 1,426
• Mörschwil
  5 mi away · pop. 3,116
• Berg SG
  5.4 mi away · pop. 1,033

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.

Books about Gaiserwald

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

viper's-bugloss

Echium vulgare

Seen 2026-09-24

chicory

Cichorium intybus

Seen 2026-09-24

Southern Hawker

Aeshna cyanea

Seen 2026-09-23

Black Tar Spot

Rhytisma acerinum

Seen 2026-09-22

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-21

wild teasel

Dipsacus fullonum

Seen 2026-09-20

Sweetbread Mushroom

Clitopilus prunulus

Seen 2026-09-20

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-09-20

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-09-20

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

Official Identifiers