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Rapperswil
Former municipality of Switzerland
Rapperswil as seen from Etzel mountain: Capuchin monastery to the left, Rapperswil castle and St. John's church in the background, Lake Zürich harbour and Altstadt in the foreground respectively Seedamm, wooden bridge and upper Lake Zurich (Zürichsee) to the right (October 2010)
Rapperswil as seen from Etzel mountain: Capuchin monastery to the left, Rapperswil castle and St. John's church in the background, Lake Zürich harbour and Altstadt in the foreground respectively Seedamm, wooden bridge and upper Lake Zurich (Zürichsee) to the right (October 2010)
Coat of arms of Rapperswil
Coat of arms
Rapperswil is located in Switzerland
Rapperswil
Rapperswil
Location in Switzerland
Rapperswil is located in Canton of St. Gallen
Rapperswil
Rapperswil
Location in Canton of St. Gallen
Country Switzerland
Canton St. Gallen
District See-Gaster
Municipality Rapperswil-Jona
Area
 • Total 1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi)
Elevation
409 m (1,342 ft)
Population
 (December 2006)
 • Total 7,601
 • Density 4,368/km2 (11,310/sq mi)
Postal code
8640
Surrounded by Altendorf (SZ), Freienbach (SZ), Jona, Bollingen, Lachen (SZ)

Rapperswil (Swiss German: or short: Rappi) was a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is at the east side of the Lake Zurich (Zürichsee). As of 31 December 2006, 7,601 people lived there.

On 1 January 2007 the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined together to become the new municipality called Rapperswil-Jona.

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  • Hauptplatz - Rapperswil Schlosstreppe 2011-06-19 14-57-58 ShiftN2

    Rapperswil Hauptplatz (main square), former Rathaus (town hall) to the right

  • Rapperswil - Kapuzinerkloster - Lindenhof - Endingerturm - ZSG Limmat 2011-04-24 18-34-22

    Rapperswil harbour, Seedamm and wooden bridge; Einsiedlerhaus and parts of the Capuchin monastery's (to the right), the rose gardens and Technical University (HSR) (to the left), as seen from Lindenhof at the Rapperswil castle

  • Rapperswil - Schlosshügel IMG 0966

    Einsiedlerhaus, Endingertor and southern town walls, as seen from Lake Zürich, Capuchin monastery to the left, the vineyards and Lindenhof hill in the background

  • Rapperswil - Codex Vindobonensis - Ausschnitt - 1550

    Rapperswil on Codex Vindobonensis (1550)

  • Murerplan - Oberes Zürichseegebiet IMG 2383

    Upper Lake Zürich and its medieval central municipality Rapperswil on Murerplan (1566)

  • DS Stadt Zürich & Rapperswil - Rapperswil 1914.IMG 2362

    ZSG paddle steamships Stadt Rapperswil (to the left) and Stadt Zürich at Rapperswil harbour (1914)

  • Rapperswil - Holzbrücke - Heilighüsli IMG 2873

    Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden, Seedamm to the left, Heilig Hüsli and Rapperswil in the background

  • Rapperswil - Stadtpfarrkirche - Liebfrauenkapelle 2010-06-11 18-38-24 ShiftN

    St. John's church portal and Liebfrauenkapelle to the left

  • Rapperswil - Kapuzinerkloster

    Capuchin monastery as seen from Lake Zürich

  • Einsiedlerhaus - Endingerturm - Schlossberg-Lindenhof - Rosengarte 2011-07-02 15-00-10 ShiftN

    Rose gardens at Einsiedlerhaus

  • Rapperswil - Bahnhof - Schloss IMG 2902

    S-Bahn Zürich S15 line at Rapperswil railway station, Schloss Rapperswil and St. John's Church in the background

  • Eis-Zwei-Geissebei IMG 8675

    Guggenmusik concert (Eis-zwei-Geissebei)

  • Knies Kinderzoo IMG 3835

    Knie's Kinderzoo

  • Kirchenschatz Stadtpfarrkirche Rapperswil - Messgewand-Schild 1694 - Stadtmuseum Rapperswil 2012-12-01 16-26-59 (P7700)

    Silverware (1694) of St John the Baptist church's treasury. Collection of the Stadtmuseum of Rapperswil

  • Codex Manesse 192v - Albrecht von Rapperswil

    Codex Manesse, Albrecht von Rapperswil, c.1340

  • Ausstellung 'Der Zeit voraus - Drei Frauen auf eigenen Wegen' - Stadtmuseum Rapperswil - Marianne Ehrmann-Brentano 'Kleine Fragmente für Denkerinnen', Isny 1789, Porträt M.E. 2015-09-05 16-19-24 -crop-

    Marianne Ehrmann, 1789

  • Rapperswil - Stadtmuseum - Abschluss Erneuerung 2011-11-18 16-27-38 ShiftN

    Stadtmuseum Rapperswil

  • Fischmarktplatz - Rapperswil Hafen 2011-07-09 14-21-02

    Fischmarktplatz

  • Rapperswil - Engelplatz IMG 2409 ShiftN

    Engelplatz

  • Rapperswil - Herrenberg IMG 4818 ShiftN

    Herrenberg

  • Rapperswil - Stadtpfarrkirche-Schloss - Kempraten IMG 5536

    Stadtmuseum Rapperswil, Liebfrauenkapelle, Stadtpfarrkirche St. Johann (St. John's church) and the Schloss, as seen from Kempraten-Lenggis

  • Liebfrauenkapelle & Mariensäule - Stadtpfarrkirche-Schlossgasse 2011-07-02 14-51-50 ShiftN3

    Liebfrauenkapelle (St Mary's church) between Schloss and Stadtpfarrkirche

  • Kempraten-Rapperswil - Kapelle St Ursula IMG 5550 ShiftN

    St. Ursula chappel (re-built in 1607)

  • Rapperswil - Reformierte Kirche - Friedhof 2011-05-25 11-13-12 ShiftN

    Reformierte Kirche (built in 1841)

  • Eis-Zwei-Geissebei (2010) IMG 8578 ShiftN

    Eis-zwei-Geissebei on the main square at Rathaus Rapperswil (townhall)

  • Herzbaracke - Rapperswil IMG 5573

    Herzbaracke cabaret-theater at Rapperswil harbour

  • Rapperswil - Seedamm IMG 2913 ShiftN

    See-Quai in Rapperswil, Bühlerallee to the left, Lindenhof hill in the background

  • Rapperswil - Hirschpark - Schloss - Lindenhof 2011-06-19 15-11-56

    Lindenhof and Deer park towards to the Schloss

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