Oberriet SG

History

Oberriet is first mentioned in 891 as Cobolo. About 1290 it was mentioned as Chobilwalt and in 1417 it was first mentioned as Oberriet.

Geography

Oberriet has an area, , of . Of this area, 57.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Rheintal Wahlkreis. It consists of the villages of Oberriet, Eichenwies, Montlingen and Kriessern in the Rhine valley, as well as Holzrhode in the Kamor hills and the village of Kobelwald and the hamlets of Freienbach, Kobelwies and Hard. It also includes the former Imperial palace (Kaiserpfalz) at Kriessern, but not the formerly attached village of Mäder in Vorarlberg and Diepoldsau. It lies between Rüthi in the south and Eichberg in the northwest.

Most-observed species

• Indian Balsam

  Impatiens glandulifera Royle · Magnoliopsida
  14,291
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  10,887
• Japanese Knotweed

  Reynoutria japonica Houtt. · Magnoliopsida
  3,187
• Canadian Goldenrod

  Solidago canadensis L. · Magnoliopsida
  3,172
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,883
• Butterfly-bush

  Buddleja davidii Franch. · Magnoliopsida
  2,861
• Early Goldenrod, Tall goldenrod, Giant goldenrod

  Solidago gigantea Aiton · Magnoliopsida
  2,668
• common frog

  Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 · Amphibia
  2,325

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland
• M 3.6 — 2020-08-08
  5 km SE of Gramais, Austria
• M 3.8 — 2018-02-01
  4 km N of Innerbraz, Austria