Kaltbrunn (St. Gallen)

Geschichte

Kaltbrunn is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.HistoryKaltbrunn is first mentioned in 940 as Chaldebrunna.GeographyKaltbrunn has an area, of 18.6km2. Of this area, 55.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The municipality is located in the See-Gaster Wahlkreis in the Linth valley. It consists of the village of Kaltbrunn and the hamlets of Fischhausen, Wilen and Steinenbrücke in the valley, while on the sparsely inhabited hills are the hamlets of Gublen, Chirnen and Altwies.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, St. George armoured, cloaked and helmeted Azure with a shield Argent a cross Gules and with lance Sable riding a Horse Argent killing the Dragon SableDemographicsKaltbrunn has a population of., about 18.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 44 are from Germany, 140 are from Italy, 418 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 18 are from Austria, 37 are from Turkey, and 107 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.3%. Most of the population speaks German (86.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 4.0%) and Albanian being third ( 3.0%). Of the Swiss national languages, 3,206 speak German, 11 people speak French, 98 people speak Italian, and 8 people speak Romansh.