Bronschhofen

Geschichte

Bronschhofen is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It merged into Wil on 1 January 2013.HistoryBronschhofen is first mentioned in 796 as Pramolveshova.GeographyBronschhofen had an area, of 13.2km2. Of this area, 65.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The former municipality is located in the Wil Wahlkreis. It consists of the villages of Bronschhofen and Rossrüti as well as the hamlets of Maugwil, Trungen and the pilgrimage site of Dreibrunnen.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Sable a Snail Shell Or.DemographicsBronschhofen had a population of 4,654., about 20.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 74 are from Germany, 249 are from Italy, 364 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 23 are from Austria, 26 are from Turkey, and 90 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.6%. Most of the population speaks German, with Italian being second most common and Albanian being third . Of the Swiss national languages, 3,815 speak German, 11 people speak French, 148 people speak Italian, and 5 people speak Romansh.