Goldingen

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Goldingen

Total population

1,129

Coordinates47.26°, 8.97°

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

Overview

Goldingen is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel merged into the municipality of Eschenbach.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Andreas Dietziker

Swiss bicycle racer

M

Marlies Oberholzer

Swiss alpine skier

I

Ivo Rüegg

bobsledder

C

Cornel Züger

Swiss alpine skier

H

Hans Nägeli

Swiss politician (1865-1945)

Alois Pfister

Swiss judge (1921-2009)

Paul Hofmann

Swiss politician (1913-2000)

Ueli Witzig

Swiss designer

Marcel Wildhaber

Swiss cyclo-cross cyclist

F

Ferdinand Rüegg

(1847-1913)

K

Kai Mahler

freestyle skier

Jakob Senn

Swiss writer (1824-1879)

H

Hugo Bigi

(1926-2010)

Marina Gilardoni

Swiss skeleton racer

K

Karl-Heinz Helbling

Hans E. Deutsch

(1927-2014)

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

Nearby places in St. Gallen

• Rüeterswil
  1.1 mi away
• St. Gallenkappel
  1.2 mi away · pop. 1,719
• Bürg
  1.4 mi away
• Hintergoldingen
  1.5 mi away
• Neuhaus SG
  1.6 mi away
• Gebertingen
  2 mi away
• Walde SG
  2.1 mi away
• Ernetschwil
  2.4 mi away · pop. 1,289
• Eschenbach SG
  2.6 mi away · pop. 5,083
• Schmerikon
  2.8 mi away · pop. 3,182
• Uznach
  2.8 mi away · pop. 5,369
• Uetliburg
  3.2 mi away

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

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-09-13

Ruff

Calidris pugnax

Seen 2026-09-13

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Seen 2026-09-13

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

Seen 2026-09-13

Grey Cross Spider

Larinioides sclopetarius

Seen 2026-09-13

Red-crested Pochard

Netta rufina

Seen 2026-09-13

Brown-lipped Snail

Cepaea nemoralis

Seen 2026-09-13

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Seen 2026-09-13

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

Official Identifiers