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Thal, St. Gallen
Summary
Thal is a village and municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides the village of Thal itself, the municipality also includes the villages of Altenrhein, Buechen, Buriet and Staad.
Thal is first mentioned in 1163 as curtis tale.
The Weinburg was of regional importance as the seat of noble dynasties (1419-1686), of federal importance as a county recorder's office (1686-1772) and of European importance as the seat of the Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1817-1929). After the First World War, the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was impoverished and Prince Friedrich von Hohenzollern (1891-1965) was forced to sell the Weinburg estate. The Steyler Mission Society (Societas Verbi Divini, SVD) was found as the buyer. On 2 December 1929, the contract of sale was concluded. One year later, the Weinburg could be opened under the new name Gymnasium Marienburg, first as a mission school. The secondary school was followed by a theological seminary and finally a heigh school. In the summer of 2012, High School closed its doors.
The 1983 UCI Road World Championships (cycling) took place in Altenrhein, a village in the municipality.
Thal has an area, , of . Of this area, 44% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 35.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.2%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
The municipality was part of the Unterrheintal District, but in 2004 became part of the Rorschach Wahlkreis. It is located between the Appenzell foothills, the Buchberg and Lake Constance. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Thal and (since 1803) the villages of Altenrhein, Buechen, Buriet, Staad and a number of scattered hamlets.
In the North and East, the municipality borders the old bed of the Rhine river (Alter Rhein) and Austria.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Grape Azure slipped embowed and leaved Vert.
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