rapperswil

Rapperswil is located on the northern shore of Lake Zurich at the point at which the lake is cut in two by the Seedamm isthmus, which is an ice age moraine. The upper (or eastern) part of Lake Zurich is called Obersee. Part of the old town, the castle and monastery are situated on a peninsula.

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The town's main sights are concentrated in the Altstadt of Rapperswil and can be seen while strolling through the medieval alleys. The main sights of Rapperswil are its rose gardens, Rapperswil Castle, the reconstructed wooden bridge to Hurden with its bridge chapel Heilig Hüsli located at Seedamm, the Kapuzinerkloster (Capuchin's monastery), the remains of the Middle Ages fortifications located on Lake Zurich, Lindenhof hill, Herrenberg, Engelplatz, Hauptplatz, Bühlerallee and Fischmarktplatz at Rapperswil harbour.

Rapperswil is often referred to as the "town of roses" (Rosenstadt) because of its extensive displays of roses in three designated parks. No less than 15,000 plants of 600 different kinds may be viewed between June and October. There is also a rose garden in the town center, accessible to blind and disabled people.{{cite web|url=http://www.vvrj.ch/en/rapperswil-jona-info/city-of-roses/rosengaerten|title=Rose gardens Rapperswil-Jona|publisher=vvrj.ch|language=de|access-date=2016-03-28}}

The old town (Altstadt) is dominated by the Schloss Rapperswil located at the peninsula called Endingen, Lindenhof and Herrenberg on Lake Zurich perched atop this rocky hill at the bay of Kempraten. The castle dates back to the early 13th century (first mentioned in 1229). In 1350, it was destroyed by Rudolf Brun, the mayor of Zurich, and was rebuilt in 1352/54 by Albrecht II, Duke of Austria. Deer inhabit lands surrounding the castle.[http://www.rapperswil.ch/Schloss.1329.0.html Castle of Rapperswil] (official site) {{in lang|de}} Since 1870, the castle has been home to the Polish National Museum created by Polish émigrés, including the castle's lessee and restorer, Count Wladyslaw Broel-Plater.[http://www.muzeum-polskie.org/ National Museum of Poland in Rapperswil] (official site)

A small Capuchin's monastery was established in 1606 at the lakeside Endingerhorn as a Catholic counterpart to the Reformation's centre in the city of Zurich. The monastery buildings belong to the citizens of Rapperswil (Endingen itself belongs to the Einsiedeln Abbey) rather than to the monks who inhabit it, and is still in use.[http://www.klosterrapperswil.ch Rapperswil monastery] (official site) {{in lang|de}} The main churches in town include the Roman Catholic St. John's Church (built in early 13th century),[http://www.pfarreirapperswil.ch/johann.htm Pfarrei St. Johann] (official site) {{in lang|de}} the cemetery chapel (Liebfrauenkapelle) and a small Protestant church.

The locational advantage of the place attracted the national Circus Knie who built its headquarters in Rapperswil in 1919.[http://www.knie.ch/ Circus Knie] (official site) {{in lang|de}} The circus is now also responsible for the Circus Museum [http://www.rapperswil.ch/Circusmuseum.1353.0.html Circus Museum Rapperswil] (official site) {{in lang|de}} and the Knie's Kinderzoo located in Rapperswil which is particularly aimed at children.[http://www.knieskinderzoo.ch/ Knie's Kinderzoo] (official site) {{in lang|de}} Rapperswil also hosts the Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil HSR (University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil)[http://www.hsr.ch/?L=4 University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil (HSR)] (official site) {{in lang|de}} and an Economics school for parts of the cantons Zurich and St. Gallen.

Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (commonly abbreviated to ZSG) operates passenger vessels on Lake Zurich (Zürichsee),[https://www.zsg.ch/en/home-english.html Zürichsee Schifffahrtsgesellschaft] Boat schedules, mainly {{in lang|de}} connecting the surrounding towns between Zürich-Bürkliplatz and the Rapperswil peninsula with its harbour area.

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Settlements in the region of Rapperswil date back to at least 5000 years ago. Archaeological relicts have been found at the Technikum island settlement,{{cite web|url=http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|title=Sites Switzerland: Rapperswil-Jona–Technikum (CH-SG-02)|publisher=palafittes.org|access-date=2014-12-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220441/http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|archive-date=2014-10-07}} and the remains of a first wooden bridge (1523 BC, reconstructed in 2001) to Hurden located on the Obersee lakeshore nearby the Technical University (HSR) respectively the so-called Heilig Hüsli at the northwestern part of the Seedamm area. The three neighbouring Prehistoric settlements, as well as the early lake crossings, are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps.{{cite web|url=http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|title=Prehistoric Pile Dwellings in Switzerland|publisher=Swiss Coordination Group UNESCO Palafittes (palafittes.org)|access-date=2014-12-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220441/http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|archive-date=2014-10-07}}{{cite web|url=http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/world-heritage/index.html|title=World Heritage|publisher=palafittes.org|access-date=2014-12-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209212026/http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/world-heritage/index.html|archive-date=2014-12-09}} In Kempraten, two kilometers away, there was a probably Helvetic settlement;Unterwasserarchäologische Projekte Kanton St. GallenNeue Zürcher Zeitung (20/21 January 2001): Die Brücke auf dem Grund des Zürichsees and in the beginning of the 1st century AD, the Roman vicus Centum Prata (meaning 100 meadows) became an important trade center on the way to the Roman heartland. The Neolithic bridge between Hurden and Rapperswil was renewed by the Romans at least around 165 AD.

Historians mention a 10th-century ferry station assumably at the so-called Einsiedlerhaus in Rapperswil – in 981 AD as well as the vineyard on the Lindenhof hill – between Kempraten on Kempratnerbucht, Lützelau and Ufenau island and assumably present Hurden, which allowed the pilgrims towards Einsiedeln to cross the lake before the prehistoric bridge at the Seedamm isthmus was re-built in 1358.{{cite web|url=http://klosterrapperswil.ch/das-einsiedlerhaus-in-rapperswil-wechselt-den-besitzer/|title=Das Einsiedlerhaus in Rapperswil wechselt den Besitzer|publisher=Kapuzinerkloster Rapperswil, published by Markus Turnherr, Stadtarchivar|work=Obersee Nachrichten|language=de|access-date=2015-09-12|archive-date=2021-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428091636/https://www.klosterrapperswil.ch/das-einsiedlerhaus-in-rapperswil-wechselt-den-besitzer/|url-status=dead}}

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Rapperswil Castle and the fortifications of the former locus Endingen (given by the Einsiedeln Abbey) were built by the Counts of Rapperswil, i.e. by Rudolf II and his son Rudolf III von Rapperswil around 1200: The town was founded when the nobility of Rapperswil moved from Altendorf across the lake to Rapperswil. On the peninsula at Oberbollingen, the St. Nicholas Chapel is mentioned, where around 1229 a small Cistercian (later Premonstratensian) monastery was established by the house of Rapperswil; in 1267 it was united with the nearby Mariazell-Wurmsbach Abbey. St. Martin Busskirch is one of the oldest churches around upper Lake Zürich. Even the citizens of Rapperswil had to attend services in Busskirch until Count Rudolf II built the Stadtpfarrkirche on Herrenberg next to Rapperswil Castle on Lindenhof hill. Known members of the family are Countess Elisabeth von Rapperswil (around 1252/62 –1309), her sons Wernher von Homberg, Reichsvogt and minnesang poet, and Count Johann I. von Habsburg-Laufenburg-Rapperswil (* around 1295/97, † 1337). His son Johann II († 1380), the opposition's leader against Rudolf Brun, the mayor of Zürich, was arrested for two years, and the town walls of Rapperswil, its castle and Altendorf castle were destroyed by Brun in 1350.

Between 1358 and 1360 Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, built a wooden bridge across the lake that has been used to 1878 – measuring approximately {{convert|1450|m|ft|0}} in length and {{convert|4|m|ft|0}} wide; 546 oak piles have been installed. In 1415, the town bought freedom for itself. In 1442, during Old Zurich War, Rapperswil was in alliance with Zürich and the Habsburg Dynasty. In 1458 Rapperswil was controlled by the Swiss Confederation as a so-called Gemeine Herrschaft, i.e. under control of two cantons (Glarus and Schwyz) of the Old Swiss Confederation and their representative, a Vogt at Rapperswil castle.

Because of its strategic location along important infrastructure lines, and because of flourishing trade, the town grew rich. This allowed a certain degree of freedom (especially within the Habsburg-controlled territories and) within the Swiss Confederation which ended with the formation of the Swiss cantons by Napoleon in 1799. In 1656 and 1712 (the First War of Villmergen and the Toggenburg War, or Second War of Villmergen, respectively), Rapperswil was involved in wars between the Catholic and Reformed cantons of the Old Swiss Confederation. Rapperswil was at first part of the Helvetic and the canton of Linth's capital city. After the 1803 Act of Mediation, it joined the canton of St. Gallen, and the former Herrschaft Rapperswil was split into the municipalities of Rapperswil and Jona.

On 1 January 2007 the former municipalities of Rapperswil and Jona merged to form a new political entity: Rapperswil-Jona has a population of 25,777 (December 2007). This makes it the second-largest town in the canton after the capital of St. Gallen itself.

Ironman 70.3 Switzerland and the Triathlon Challenge took place in Rapperswil-Jona on 6 June 2010, and was repeated several times. The blues'n'jazz festival, taking place since 1998, is held at the end of June. Every three years Seenachtsfest is celebrated one weekend in August, attracting nearly 100,000 visitors to a spectacular fireworks, for the next time in summer 2018.[http://www.seenachtsfest-rj.ch/ www.seenachtsfest-rj.ch] {{in lang|de}} Rapperswil is the home of the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, and their Diners Club Arena is situated on Obersee lakeshore. Kunst(Zeug)Haus is a vibrant center of Swiss contemporary art, housed in a former Swiss Military armory (Zeughaus).[http://www.kunstzeughaus.ch/ Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil website] {{in lang|de}} Herzbaracke is a swimming theatre, cabaret and restaurant on Lake Zürich at different locations, among them Zürich-Bellevue and Rapperswil harbour. Eis-zwei-Geissebei is a Carnival festival in Rapperswil on Shrove Tuesday, and Christkindlymärt is a Christmas funfair celebrated in late December, and last but not least, Radio Zürisee is situated in Rapperswil opposite of the Rapperswil railway station, and Obersee Nachrichten at Hauptplatz plaza.

In Rapperswil there are several sites situated that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance: Schloss Rapperswil with the Polish Museum including the Polish national archive, the medieval Rathaus (town hall) located at the Hauptplatz square, and the Seedamm region including Heilig Hüsli and the remains of the prehistoric wooden bridges respectively the neolithic stilt house settlements located there.[http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501142322/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html |date=2009-05-01 }} The latter are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps".[https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/774 UNESCO World Heritage Centre][http://www.palafittes.org/de/unesco-kandidatur/fundstellen-schweiz/index.html palafittes.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902061704/http://www.palafittes.org/de/unesco-kandidatur/fundstellen-schweiz/index.html |date=2011-09-02 }} {{in lang|de}}

Located at the Seedamm isthmus in Lake Zurich, the area is in close vicinity to the prehistoric lake crossings discovered at the Hurden Rosshorn site.{{cite web|url=http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|title=Sites Switzerland: Freienbach–Hurden Rosshorn (CH-SZ-01)|publisher=palafittes.org|access-date=2014-12-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220441/http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|archive-date=2014-10-07}} One Prehistoric pile dwelling settlement, Rapperswil-Jona–Technikum, was located on a former island and directly linked to these sea crossings. The Feldbach settlement was located at a 3 km footwalk distance to the north and the west.{{cite web|url=http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|title=Sites Switzerland: Rapperswil-Jona/Hombrechtikon–Feldbach (CH-SG-01)|publisher=palafittes.org|access-date=2014-12-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220441/http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|archive-date=2014-10-07}} The Hurden Seefeld settlement was located close to the other end of the sea crossings, on the Hurden side.{{cite web|url=http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|title=Sites Switzerland: Freienbach–Hurden Rosshorn (CH-SZ-02)|publisher=palafittes.org|access-date=2014-12-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220441/http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|archive-date=2014-10-07}} Because the lake has grown in size over time, the original piles are now around {{convert|4|m|ft|0}} to {{convert|7|m|ft|0}} under the water level of {{convert|406|m|ft|0}}.

As well as being part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, the settlements are also listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as Class A objects of national importance.{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.parsys.00017.DownloadFile.tmp/sg2011.pdf|title=Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler Bedeutung: Kanton St. Gallen, A-Objekte|publisher=bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch|language=de|date=2015-01-01|access-date=2015-09-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219042107/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.parsys.00017.DownloadFile.tmp/sg2011.pdf|archive-date=2015-12-19}}

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{{See also|Rapperswil-Jona#Transportation}}

{{rws|Rapperswil}} is a nodal point of the IR Voralpen Express (VAE) of SOB, the Zurich S-Bahn lines S5, S7, S15 and S40, and the St. Gallen S-Bahn lines S4, S6 and S17. This railway station is a 36-minute (S5/S15, combined quarter-hourly service) ride away from Zürich Hauptbahnhof and a 48-minute ride away from St. Gallen with the VAE (or 56 min with the S4), which provide a combined half-hourly service. The VAE also provides a direct link to {{rws|Lucerne}}. The railway tracks and the infrastructure, excluded the train station's building, have been renewed by June/July 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.limmattalerzeitung.ch/limmattal/die-bauarbeiter-leisten-knochenarbeit-am-gleis-130383098|title=Bahnhof Rapperswil: Die Bauarbeiter leisten Knochenarbeit am Gleis|publisher=Limmattaler Zeitung|author1=Kristina Ivancic|author2=Pascal Büsser|language=de|date=2016-06-26|access-date=2016-06-30}}

The harbour is located adjacent to Rapperswil railway station and served by regular boat lines of ZSG. Boats run to/from Zurich and other lakeside towns.

Since 2008, the bus service in Rapperswil-Jona (Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona){{cite web | url=https://www.vzo.ch/stadtbus-rapperswil-jona | title=Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona }} has been provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO).{{cite web | url = http://www.vzo.ch/marktgebiet_de.cfm | title = Marktgebiet | language = de | trans-title = Market area | publisher = VZO | access-date = 2013-10-02 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004082654/http://www.vzo.ch/marktgebiet_de.cfm | archive-date = 4 October 2013 | df = dmy-all }} In addition, Schneider Busbetrieb operates line 622 to Wagen (continues to St. Gallenkappel/Wattwil) and line 621 to Buech/St. Dyonis.

As of 2016, an average of 26,000 road vehicles cross the Seedamm causeway and the Bahnhofstrasse road in Rapperswil every day. As of 30 June 2016, Rapperswil-Jona is expected to participate as the first Swiss city in a pilot project for so-called Mobility pricing in order to relieve the traffic on road and rail during rush hours.{{cite web|url=http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/10vor10/mobility-pricing-theresa-may-125-jahre-volksinitiative|title=FOKUS: Mobility Pricing soll Pendlerverkehr entlasten|work=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) |publisher=10vor10|language=de|date=2016-06-30|access-date=2016-06-30}}

File:Rapperswil - Stadtmuseum - Abschluss Erneuerung 2011-11-18 16-27-38 ShiftN.jpg|Stadtmuseum Rapperswil

File:Fischmarktplatz - Rapperswil Hafen 2011-07-09 14-21-02.JPG|Fischmarktplatz

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File:Liebfrauenkapelle & Mariensäule - Stadtpfarrkirche-Schlossgasse 2011-07-02 14-51-50 ShiftN3.jpg|Liebfrauenkapelle (St Mary's church) between Schloss and Stadtpfarrkirche

File:Kempraten-Rapperswil - Kapelle St Ursula IMG 5550 ShiftN.jpg|St. Ursula chappel (re-built in 1607)

File:Rapperswil - Reformierte Kirche - Friedhof 2011-05-25 11-13-12 ShiftN.jpg|Reformierte Kirche (built in 1841)

File:Eis-Zwei-Geissebei (2010) IMG 8578 ShiftN.jpg|Eis-zwei-Geissebei on the main square at Rathaus Rapperswil (townhall)

File:Herzbaracke - Rapperswil IMG 5573.JPG|Herzbaracke cabaret-theater at Rapperswil harbour

File:Rapperswil - Seedamm IMG 2913 ShiftN.jpg|See-Quai in Rapperswil, Bühlerallee to the left, Lindenhof hill in the background

File:Rapperswil - Hirschpark - Schloss - Lindenhof 2011-06-19 15-11-56.JPG|Lindenhof and Deer park towards to the Schloss

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; Early times

• (Saint) Kunigunde of Rapperswil died in early 4th century AD, a Christian saint, beatified 1504
• Elisabeth von Rapperswil (c.1251 – 1309) the last countess of the House of Rapperswil
• Albrecht von Rapperswil (13th century) one of the Minnesingers featured in the Codex Manesse
• Wernher von Homberg (1284–1320) a knight in the service of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
• Count Johann I (Habsburg-Laufenburg) (c.1297–1337), son of Countess Elisabeth von Rapperswil
• Count Johann II (Habsburg-Laufenburg) (c.1330 – 1380), son of Johann I

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; Modern times

• Valentin Molitor (1637–1713) a composer and Benedictine monk
• Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795) early woman novelist, publicist and journalist
• Felix Maria Diogg (1762–1834) a painter and Swiss Classicism portraitist
• Count Wladyslaw Plater (1808–1889) a Polish count, in 1870 co-founded the Polish Museum, Rapperswil
• Joachim Raff (1822–1882) a German-Swiss composer, teacher and pianist
• Agaton Giller (1831–1887) a Polish historian, journalist and politician; co-founded the Polish Museum, Rapperswil
• Alwina Gossauer (1841–1926) one of the first Swiss women professional photographers
• Franz Curti (1854–1898), opera composer
• Stefan Zeromski (1864–1925) a Polish novelist and dramatist; nominated four times for the Nobel Prize in Literature
• Martha Burkhardt (1874–1956) a painter and photographer Information boards on occasion of the 2015 exhibition Der Zeit voraus - Drei Frauen auf eigenen Wegen, Stadtmuseum Rapperswil-Jona.
• Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–1996) a graphic designer and teacher
• Kurt Aepli (1914–2002) a silversmith, designer of fine jewelry and implements and teacher
• Josef Helbling (born 1935) a former cyclist, competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Gerold Späth (born 1939) an author, poet and writer [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1421863/ IMDb Database] retrieved 20 December 2018
• Hans Heinemann (born 1940) a former cyclist, competed in the 1960 and the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Alfredo Battistini (1953–2008) an Italian-Swiss sculptor, illustrator and athlete
• Alexander Hahn (born 1954) is an electronic media artist

• Towns respectively villages of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona: Bollingen, Busskirch, Jona, Kempraten, Rapperswil
• Points of interest: Circus Knie, Heilig Hüsli, Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil HSR (University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil), Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden, Kapuzinerkloster Rapperswil, Knies Kinderzoo, Lindenhof, Paddle steamer Stadt Rapperswil, Polish Museum Rapperswil, Rapperswil Castle, Hintergasse, Rathaus Rapperswil, Seedamm, Stadtmuseum Rapperswil, Stadtpfarrkirche Rapperswil, Liebfrauenkapelle (Rapperswil), Wurmsbach Abbey, Rapperswil rose gardens
• Tourism in Switzerland

{{reflist|30em}}

• Beat Glaus: Der Kanton Linth der Helvetik. Schwyz 2005. {{ISBN|3-033-00438-5}}
• Peter Röllin: Kulturbaukasten Rapperswil-Jona. Rapperswil-Jona 2005. {{ISBN|3-033-00478-4}}

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• [http://www.rapperswil-jona.ch Rapperswil-Jona] (official site) {{in lang|de}}
• [http://www.ogrj.ch/ Ortsgemeinde Rapperswil-Jona] {{in lang|de}}
• [http://www.rapperswil.ch/Tourismus_Rapperswil-Jona.1277.0.html?&neu=%20class%3Dl Tourist Information Rapperswil-Jona] {{in lang|de}}
• {{HDS|1371|Rapperswil}}

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