By Road

Due to the A3 motorway Walenstadt with half connection (to and from Zurich) connected to the motorway network.About the expansion to a full connection is being discussed in government.From Sargans until after Murg leads the main road Seestrasse whales, whales city affected.The villages Berschis, Tscherlach and Walenstadtberg are connected by main roads.Urban transport is dominated by the road and the railway station nearest to their stores.In peak hours the vehicles operate only haltingly the problem is also reinforced by an acute shortage of parking spaces.

By Train

Founded in September 1853, the Swiss Southeastern Railway wanted to build the line Sargans-Rapperswil their plans failed however because of financial problems.Finally the train line from brick-Sargans bridge was opened in 1859 and 1927 was electrified.In 2004, the railway stations in Muhlehorn Unterterzen and whales have been changed to a city train stations.Walenstadt station 2003-2004 was another platform the ticket and information building was closed.Switches and signals have been modernized and are now controlled from Chur.

By Bus

With the timetable change on 9 December 2007, the bus operation of the bus Sarganserland Werdenberg was taken using the more modern vehicles.At the station every hour Walenstadt Regional course keep Sargans-Chur and after brick bridge.On Walen is a haven for private boats and a tourist ship.Walenstadt is thus associated with the lake lying villages Murg, Mols, Unterterzen, fifths and Au Weesen.The project S-Bahn St.Gallen city plans to whales and Flums to 2013 to connect to a half-hour schedule.

Chapel of St.Wolfgang

Located next to the alley to the Lord rectory, built in 1741 stands the chapel of St.Wolfgang.It was 1753 by the Bishop of Chur in honor of the Holy Trinity, consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and St.Wolfgang.The adjacent rectory was originally built in Renaissance style.The chapel is attributed to the late Baroque style.Have been a valuable Pieta on the altar of the chapel must be painted between 1400 and 1450.The Gothic wooden crucifix and the two busts of Saint Margaret and Dorothea were created in 1500.The chapel was during the war 1939 - 1945 misused as a military supply depot.Thanks to the leadership of pastor Clemens Helfenberger was from 1955, a comprehensive, stylish restoration.Many middle-class families have participated by donating to the costs.Pictures and statues come from the former southern gothic chapel.This building is now shown to the chaplaincy and the school.

Evangelical Church

Towards the end of the 19th Century, the number of Protestant believers in the city more and more whales.The desire for a separate Protestant church was forced on so that the citizenry of the community decided to build a new church.After a lengthy search for a suitable building site that sells stained Weaving had a centrally located town in the construction area of 1720 m2 size in February 1902 at the evangelical church of 10,000 francs.The church was planned by architect Abundi Schmid designed by Churchill and adopted in April 1903.The groundbreaking took place on 7 September 1903, the foundation stone was laid on 25 October 1903.

Paxmal

This is one of Paxmal Karl Bickel -built monument to peace.Bickel had during four decades of cooperation with the print and stamp department of the PTT-General maintained.As a thank you gift Bickel 1966, the PTT Paxmal the federal government.The monument often referred to as the Peace Centre is located at Walenstadtberg 1,300 meters above sea level and was built by 1924 to 1949.

Heidi musical Theatre

The Heidi's Musical Theatre is a musical about the culture of character Heidi.The stage, which is a quarter circle, was built for the first time in 2005 on the beach of Lake Walen.The sequel to Heidi 2 was played in the summer of 2007 and is listed in the summer of 2008 was the last time.

Town Square

The present Town Hall Square is now used as a junction of Station Road, Seestrasse to Mr.Lane and the Old Country Road.In the middle is a fountain soldiers who erected in 1920 by Karl and Ernst Hanny commemorating the border occupation 1914-1918.The old town hall was built after the great fire in 1799 and the remaining walls and was the center of the old city core.In 1977 the town hall was renovated it also received an installation of the arcade in the basement.The central pointed arch with a coat of arms of city of whales an emblem of urban and rural Sargans occupied.

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