St. Margrethen
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St. Margrethen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located on the Swiss–Austrian border.
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Worth seeing in and around St. Margrethen
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Reichshofstadion
Reichshofstadion, commonly known as Sun Minimeal Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-use stadium in Lustenau, Austria, built in 1951. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SC Austria Lustenau.
3.5 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Grimmenstein monastery
Grimmenstein Monastery is a monastery of Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Walzenhausen in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. While it is located in Appenzell Ausserrhoden, the buildings and grounds are a small exclave of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.
1.7 km · monastery building in Walzenhausen in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 03Fort Heldsberg
Fort Heldsberg was built 1938–1940 near St. Margrethen in Switzerland, overlooking the Rhine, which forms the Swiss-Austrian border at that location, just south of Lake Constance.
1.1 km · historical museum in St. Margrethen (Switzerland) · Wikipedia - 04Castle ruin Rosenberg Berneck SG
Rosenberg Castle, formerly Bernang Castle, was the seat of the chief bailiffs for the Prince-Abbots of St. Gallen in Berneck, Switzerland.
3.4 km · The tower on the fudament of the castle ruin Rosenberg in Berneck SG. The building was once stood elsewhere, it was the gardener's house. It was equipped with clockwork and bell. · Wikipedia - 05Princely House
The Fürstenhaus Berneck is a former tithe barn on the grounds of the Rosenberg Castle ruins in Berneck, Switzerland.
3.4 km · manor house in Berneck in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 06Schlössli Buechholz
Schlössli Buchholz, also known as Herrensitz Buchholz, is a castle in Berneck, Switzerland.
3.9 km · manor house in Berneck in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland · Wikipedia
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Getting to St. Margrethen
- Airports
- Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 26 km · Memmingen Allgau (FMM), 75 km · Zürich (ZRH), 82 km
- Stations
- St. Margrethen railway station, 500 m · Rheineck railway station, 3.7 km · Au SG railway station, 1.7 km · Walzenhausen railway station, 2.4 km · Ruderbach railway station, 3.1 km
- Memmingen → St. Margrethen71 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · €9–12
- Stuttgart → St. Margrethen152 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · €24–33
- Rheinmünster → St. Margrethen187 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · €25–36
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- Get inBSB runs seasonal ferries between April and October.
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