Rorschacherberg

Geschichte

Rorschacherberg is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.HistoryWhile some of the hamlets that make up Rorschacherberg are mentioned in the 13th and 14th Centuries. The region known as Ro(r)schacherberg is first mentioned in the 15th Century.GeographyRorschacherberg has an area, of 7.1km2. Of this area, 46.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 27.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The municipality is located in the Rorschach Wahlkreis. It is an agglomeration of several settlements without a true village center. It is located above Rorschach in the hills, and near Unterstaad (which is east of Rorschach) it reaches Lake Constance. It consists of the a number of hamlets such as Rorschacherberg, Koblen, Eschlen and Hüttenmoos.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure five Roses Gules barbed and seeded proper slipped Vert and conjoined issuant from Coupeaux Or on a Base Azure two bars of the first.DemographicsRorschacherberg has a population of., about 23.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 172 are from Germany, 303 are from Italy, 379 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 118 are from Austria, 163 are from Turkey, and 244 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.9%. Most of the population speaks German (88.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.0%) and Italian being third ( 2.9%). Of the Swiss national languages, 5,708 speak German, 19 people speak French, 186 people speak Italian, and 5 people speak Romansh.