Rheineck
Sign in to saveRheineck is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Rheineck
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Rheineck loewenhof 00001.jpg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Rheineck-coat of arms.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- St. Gallen
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-SG
- Swiss town.district
- Rheintal
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 9424
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 3235
- Swiss town.area
- 2.18
- Swiss town.elevation
- 400
- Swiss town.website
- rheineck.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Urs Müller
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Gaißau (AT-8), Lutzenberg (AR), Sankt Margrethen, Thal, Walzenhausen (AR)
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- Notable people
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Rheineck is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
==History== Rheineck is first mentioned about 1163 as castellum Rinegge. In 1218 it was mentioned as Rinegg. An older reference from the Tabula Peutingeriana which mentioned Ad Rhenum is now considered to refer to St Margrethen.