Pfäfers

Also known as Pfäfers SG, Pfafers, Pfaefers

Pfäfers is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The villages belonging to this municipality include: Pfäfers, St. Margrethenberg, Vadura, Valens, Vasön, and Vättis.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Pfäfers
Swiss town.image_photo: Pfäfers von der Valenserstraße.JPG
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Pfäfers-blazon.svg
Swiss town.canton: St. Gallen
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-SG
Swiss town.district: Wahlkreis Sarganserland
Swiss town.postal_code: 7312
Swiss town.municipality_code: 3294
Swiss town.area: 128.53
Swiss town.elevation: 840
Swiss town.website: www.pfaefers.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Ferdinand Riederer
Swiss town.places: Pfäfers, St. Margrethenberg, Vadura, Valens, Vasön, Vättis
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Bad Ragaz, Felsberg (GR), Flims (GR), Glarus Süd (GL), Chur (GR), Landquart (GR), Mels, Tamins (GR), Trin (GR), Untervaz (GR)

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Contents

History
Demographics
Education
Economy
Religion
Coat of arms
Leisure
Traffic
Geography
Localities
Pfäfers
Vättis
Valens
Vasön
Heritage sites of national significance
References
External links

==History== The area around Pfäfers, known as the Taminatal, was inhabited in prehistoric times. In the Drachenloch above Vättis stonetools of cavemen and bones of bears, perhaps 50,000 years old, were found; examples of this archaeology are on display in the local museum in Vättis.

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