Goldach

Geschichte

Goldach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.HistoryGoldach is first mentioned in 789 as Goldaha, though this comes from a later copy of the original document. In 847 it was mentioned as Coldaun.GeographyGoldach has an area, of 4.7km2. Of this area, 33.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 51.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The municipality is located in the Rorschach Wahlkreis. It is located on the road between Rorschach and St. Gallen and stretches from Lake Constance to the Rorschacherberg. It consists of the village sections of Ober-Goldach, Unter-Goldach and Riet.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure two Bars wavy Or.DemographicsGoldach has a population of., about 20.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 128 are from Germany, 625 are from Italy, 481 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 129 are from Austria, 69 are from Turkey, and 218 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.5%. Most of the population speaks German (89.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.0%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.2%). Of the Swiss national languages, 7,552 speak German, 19 people speak French, 337 people speak Italian, and 12 people speak Romansh.