Goldingen
Sign in to saveGoldingen is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel merged into the municipality of Eschenbach.
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Place details
- Locality
- Eschenbach (SG)
- Region
- St. Gallen
- Country
- Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
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Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Goldingen
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Goldingen - Laupen IMG 9470.JPG
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- Goldingen flago.png
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Wappen Goldingen SG.jpg
- Swiss town.canton
- St. Gallen
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-SG
- Swiss town.district
- Wahlkreis See-Gaster
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 8638
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 3333
- Swiss town.area
- 22.11
- Swiss town.elevation
- 705
- Swiss town.population
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Eschenbach
- Official language
- Swiss High German
- Area
- +22.11
- Elevation
- +647
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Wald
- Official website
- www.goldingen.ch
- Image
- 2012-06-24-See-Gaster (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 149.JPG
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Goldingen is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel merged into the municipality of Eschenbach.
==History== The name Goldingen was applied to two different hamlets in the municipality. The current hamlet of Goldingen is first mentioned in 1800 and before that time was known as Thal. The hamlet of Vordersagen was first mentioned in 1266 as Goldelingin and until about 1700 was known as Goldingen. Additionally the hamlet of Hintersagen was known until about 1800 as Hintergoldingen.