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62-498: The church is situated in the center of the municipality of Rüti on a small rocky plateau near the Jona River at the site of the former abbey which is called Amthof respectively Klosterhof . Northwest of the parish church there is the rectory called Spitzer-Liegenschaft and to the west the Amthaus building which was rebuilt in 1706 when a fire partially destroyed the church and most of

124-487: A Class object of national importance. Jona River The Jona is a river in the Swiss cantons of Zürich and St. Gallen , forming partly their mutual border, and one of the main tributaries of Obersee , Lake Zurich . The Jona rises on the eastern slope of Bachtel mountain near Gibswil in the canton of Zurich . Gibswil marks the drainage divide between the rivers Jona and Töss . Flowing eastward through

186-754: A 55-minute ride away from St. Gallen (direct with Voralpen-Express or S6/ S4 with change in Uznach ). The railway tracks and the infrastructure, excluded the train station's building, have been renewed by June/July 2016. Since 2008, the bus service in Rapperswil-Jona ( Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona ) has been provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO). 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

248-451: A mass grave within the choir of the church, where they were discovered on occasion of the archaeological excavations in 1980. In addition, there was a large number of members of noble families and knights living nearby, although there were never found burials of the founders of the abbey, the House of Regensberg . Most of the burials respectively ledger stones are lost or destroyed – particularly

310-568: 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 Triathon 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

372-684: A small church in Unterbollingen on the upper Lake Zürich peninsula whose rights were transferred by Rudolf von Rapperswil and Diethelm von Toggenburg to the convent in 1229. Initially founded as a branch of the Premonstratensian Abbey in Churwalden, Rüti Abbey, commonly known as Saint Mary Abbey , was placed by the Bishop of Constance to the Weissenau (Minderau) abbey in 1230 and was part of

434-544: A small valley and passing an impressive waterfall, the river changes its direction towards south by a ravine, which is crossed by a viaduct of the Tösstalbahn (operated by the S26 service of Zürich S-Bahn ). From there, it continues southward until Wald , where the Jona turns to the west, dividing the municipalities of Dürnten and Rüti , then passing the village of Tann and Rüti in

496-539: A spectacular fireworks, for the next time in summer 2018. 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 ). Herzbaracke is a swimming theatre, cabaret and restaurant on Lake Zürich at different locations, among them Zürich-Bellevue and Rapperswil harbour. Eis-zwei-Geissebei

558-467: A western annex comprising a toilet facility and a community room. The windows, the floor heating and the church pews were also renewed. The external environment has also been redesigned, including the southern church garden (former cemetery) and a new courtyard, as a joint project of church and political community, designed between the Kantonspolizei Zürich police station respectively Amthaus and

620-543: 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

682-478: Is also a rose garden in the town center, accessible to blind and disabled people. 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 ,

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744-468: Is called Obersee . Part of the old town, the castle and monastery are situated on a peninsula . 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 ,

806-589: 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

868-585: The Seedamm isthmus in Lake Zurich, the area is in close vicinity to the prehistoric lake crossings discovered at the Hurden Rosshorn site. 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. The Hurden Seefeld settlement

930-465: 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 ,

992-740: The House of Regensberg and the Counts of Toggenburg. The Episcopal collection of the Gallen Abbey includes the main altar of the monastery church, probably a late work by Hans Leu der Ältere around 1500. During the Reformation in Zürich the altar was moved to the Wurmsbach nunnery on Obersee lake shore where it remained until 1798. In 1872 the western gallery was built, one year later the Speich organ from Rapperswil

1054-739: 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. The latter are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps" . Located at

1116-591: The Reformation in Zürich until the demolition of the Toggenburgerkapelle vault when the church partially had to rebuild in 1770. Among other burials in the Rüti church, there are the families of the Amtsmann , the representatives of the government of the city of Zürich who resided in Rüti between 1525 and 1789. The Rüti church is listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as

1178-557: 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. The main churches in town include the Roman Catholic St. John's Church (built in early 13th century), the cemetery chapel ( Liebfrauenkapelle ) and a small Protestant church. The locational advantage of

1240-562: The Rüti Monastery , sealed by Fridrich and the knights Herman von Landenberg , Johans von Bonstetten from Ustra and Herman von der Hochenlandenberg on 21 January 1407. In 1436 Count Friedrich VII of Toggenburg died and was buried probably in 1439 in a chapel, the so-called Toggenburger Kapelle ( capella nova in latere monasterii de novo construxit ) given by his noble wife, Countess Elisabeth von Toggenburg , née von Mätsch . Elisabeth Countess of Toggenburg spent her last days in

1302-591: The Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as Class A objects of national importance. Rapperswil railway station is a nodal point of the IR Voralpen Express ( SOB ), the Zürich S-Bahn lines S5 , S7 , S15 and S40 , and the St. Gallen S-Bahn line S6 . This railway station is a 36-minute (S5/S15, combined quarter-hourly service) ride away from Zürich Hauptbahnhof and

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1364-523: The municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Wahlkreis ( constituency ) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland , located between Obersee and the main part of Lake Zurich . 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

1426-515: The war with Zürich , and the scavengers pelted with the remains like schoolboys with snowballs . On 29 November 1389, seven months after the Battle of Näfels , the abbot Bilgeri von Wagenberg moved about 100 bodies respectively the bones of the Swiss-Austrian knights and soldiers, among them his brother Johann von Klingenberg , from the battle field. The Rüti abbey's abbot reburied their remains in

1488-600: The Countess Elisabeth von Rapperswil had to sell her farm estate in Oberdürnten including the associated rights (in particular the lower courts) to the Rüti Abbey. But the House of Rapperswil also supported the Rüti abbey in the following decades, so Johann's I son, Johann II , assigned an estate and all rights in the name of his younger siblings on 17 June 1340. The convent was generously endowed with money and goods by

1550-480: The Gothic nave and choir, because the population of the parish had doubled to 700 people. In 1770, when the three-aisled basilica was damaged again, it was rebuilt as a hall church in late Baroque respectively early Classicism style. The longitudinal walls of the side aisles were added by a new western wall and the nave simultaneously shortened by 12 metres (39 ft). The outer walls of the aisles were raised to roof level,

1612-535: 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

1674-474: The Rüti Abbey, and she was mentioned on 20 June 1442 that she was retreated there ("unser wesen gentzlich in dasselbe gotzhus got zuo dienende gezogen haben") and elected her tomb to be with her husband after her death. On 11 June 1443 marauding troops of the Old Swiss Confederacy devastated the monastery and desecrated the bodies of the nobles, including Count Friedrich VII who they held responsible for

1736-466: The Toggenburg chapel was added, and the abbots Markus Wiler and Felix Klauser (the abbey's last abbot) let renew fundamentally the church building, documented by the engraving 1499 on the portal of the church. The church was then a Romanesque three-nave system of stately proportions. On 3 December 1706 a large fire on resulted in severe damage to the buildings and damaged the choir stalls. The clock tower

1798-460: The Toggenburg family were buried in the so-called Toggenburger Gruft , a burial vault where is as of today the entrance hall to the church. On 23 April 1398 Count Donat von Toggenburg, Herr zu Brettengow und Tavas donated the church of Elsow as benefice for the new Allerheiligenaltar at the grave of the Toggenburg family, for the salvation of his daughter soul Menta von Toggenburg who died shortly before, as well as further lands and goods in

1860-510: The administrative district of Zirkaria Swabia . The consecration was originally celebrated on the Sunday after Conversio Sancti Pauli (25 January); in 1254 Bishop Eberhard von Regensberg moved fair to the Sunday after the day of remembrance of the Saints Philip and Jacob (1 Mai), but in 1298 the parish fair was again postponed on the day of Marcellus (16 January). In 1286, for financial reason,

1922-399: The aristocratic families in northeastern Switzerland, enabling it to buy the rights to parish churches and a large number of additional estates. By gift, purchase and exchange, Rüti Abbey enlarged its ownership, which concentrated in the early 15th century in Rüti (Ferrach and Oberdürnten), between Greifensee and Pfäffikersee and on the northeastern shore on so-called Obersee lakes. Rüti

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1984-412: The choir and are exhibited in the abbey's museum in the Amthaus building. Between 1980 and 1982 a comprehensive restoration of the nave was conducted which preserved the original three-aisled building, but the premises also allowed to make the nave more accessible. The five-month archaeological excavations covered the entire nave and the tombs of the noble families, bailiffs and their women and children in

2046-450: The church must have been largely completed when in 1250 an indulgence was granted on the occasion of the fair festival year, and again, to the promotion and maintenance of the precious building of St Mary's Church when the construction was completed probably in 1283. In the subsequent 200 years, especially the aisles with tombs and monuments from lower and higher nobility in the area of the present north-eastern Switzerland crowded. To 1439/42

2108-399: The church. The pipe organ in the gallery was installed by Orgelbau Th. Kuhn AG in 1936. 1) Extract of Zimbel 4f.; 2) Transmissionregister with additional Bassoktave; 3) Extract of Plein jeu 6f.; 4) Transmission Gedeckt 16′ III. Manual; 5) Transmission Traversflöte 4′ III. Manual; In 1206 the estate for the abbey was given by Liutold IV , Count of Regensberg , and

2170-399: The early days of Christianity, represented with their symbols: Dorothea with the basket of roses, Mary Magdalene with the ointments bush, Appolonia with forceps and tooth, Ursula with arrow, Catherine with wheel and sword, Barbora tower, chalice and host, Margareta with cross and dragons and Helena in search of the cross of Christ. On the east wall two coats of arms memorized the founder family,

2232-607: 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

2294-411: The mainstays have been removed, as well as all the old elements of the building outside that wall including the Toggenburgerkapelle of 1439. In 1903 Rüti had filed an application for the construction of a new church, but instead the canton of Zürich allowed to build a new cemetery. As early as 1930 the old cemetery at the church was demolished down to the original level, a staircase from the main street

2356-484: The mayor of Zurich , and was rebuilt in 1352/54 by Albrecht II, Duke of Austria . Deer inhabit lands surrounding the castle. 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 . A small Capuchin's monastery was established in 1606 at the lakeside Endingerhorn as a Catholic counterpart to

2418-406: 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 1,450 metres (4,757 ft) in length and 4 metres (13 ft) wide; 546 oak piles have been installed. In 1415,

2480-424: The nave and choir, as well as the foundations of the massive columns and the walls of the chancel screen. The nave was lowered to the ground level of the original monastery church in order to improve the view of the liturgical center with the communion table and the Gothic choir arch. In addition, the church is now wheelchair-accessible. Doors were added to the side chapels, and the preservation of monuments approved

2542-473: The ones of the Toggenburg family and those of the nobilities that were deconsecrated by the Old Swiss Confederacy troops in June 1443 – or were re-used for buildings etc. The devastation and the plundering weakened the monastic manorial, and the desecration of the graves diminished the importance of the abbey as preferred burial place of the nobility. But, memoria for the noble families remain largely intact, even after

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2604-486: The pilgrims towards Einsiedeln to cross the lake before the prehistoric bridge at the Seedamm isthmus was re-built in 1358 . 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

2666-454: The pillars of the choir arch were re-executed in 1492 by the Swiss artist Hans Haggenberg. The gothic windows and the wall tabernacle and the coat of arms in the choir (1490) are also works donated by abbot Wyler who is buried nearby in the choir's ground floor. It is decorated with Israelite kings, prophets, priests, and the parable of the ten virgins which adorn the chancel arch, and eight women from

2728-727: The place attracted the national Circus Knie who built its headquarters in Rapperswil in 1919. The circus is now also responsible for the Circus Museum and the Knie's Kinderzoo located in Rapperswil which is particularly aimed at children. Rapperswil also hosts the Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil HSR (University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil) 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 ), connecting

2790-477: The present Weinland district of the canton of Zürich, confirmed among others by Ruodolf von Bonstetten from Ustra on 23 April 1398. Count Fridrich von Toggenburg, Herr zu Brettengow und Tafas donated to his own and the salvation of his ancestors who were buried (at the Rüti church) and where he also expects to be buried , the church, rights and lands ( Kirchwidem and Kirchensatz ) in Wangen in der March to

2852-450: The remaining buildings of the abbey. In 1214 AD the canons of Premonstratensian abbey laid the foundation stone, and they first built the presbytery and two apses. The monastery church was connected to the cloister. The tower of the present church dates back to the first construction phase to 1219, together with the choir and the northern side chapel which probably were rebuilt respectively expanded from 1250 to 1283. The construction works of

2914-741: The river follows the cantonal border between St. Gallen and Zurich. It underneaths the Oberland Autobahn ( A53 highway ), at the same time also reaching the canton of St. Gallen and the Rapperswil-Jona municipality. After flowing in a nearly straight line through the former village center of Jona , it is crossed by the Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line (operated by the Voralpen-Express and St. Gallen S-Bahn lines S4 , S6 and S17 ) before it finally flows out into Obersee ,

2976-614: 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 . In Kempraten , two kilometers away, there was a probably Helvetic settlement; and in the beginning of the 1st century AD, the Roman vicus Centum Prata (meaning 100 meadows ) became an important trade center on

3038-531: The so-called Tannertobel ( lit.   ' Tann Ravine ' ). Once again, it changes its direction, flowing now southward again, slightly meandering through Rüti and the so-called Joner Wald ( lit.   ' Jona Forest ' ), where it is followed (and eventually crossed) by the Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil railway line (operated by Zürich S-Bahn lines S5 and S15 ). In the Jona Forest,

3100-599: The surrounding towns between Zürich-Bürkliplatz and the Rapperswil peninsula with its harbour area. Settlements in the region of Rapperswil date back to at least 5000 years ago. Archaeological relicts have been found at the Technikum island settlement , 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

3162-604: 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,

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3224-705: 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

3286-473: The transfer of their lands on Lutzelnoew island, including numerous buildings and lands in the Herrschaft Grüningen . By order of the council of the city of Zürich, on occasion of the Reformation in Zürich , the monastery was abolished, and the so-called Amt Rüti established on 17 June 1525, to manage the extensive estates and income, and the monastery church went over to the state. The members of

3348-544: The upper section of Lake Zurich ( Zürichsee ), forming a small river delta at Stampf lido near Busskirch . The length of the Jona measures nearly 20 kilometres (12.4 mi), rising at 950 metres (3,117 ft) a.s.l. and flowing in Obersee at 406 metres (1,332 ft) a.s.l. The river belongs to the Limmat → Aar → Rhine system. Its drainage basin measures 65 square kilometres (25.1 sq mi). The river's name

3410-573: 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

3472-411: Was added. In 1903 Erich Honegger donated a Gothic baptismal font made of white sandstone. On occasion of the renewal work, the choir paintings from 1492 reappeared and restored in 1962/63. The conservators assigned to relocate the remaining six medieval grave slabs from the longitudinal walls of the nave to the choir. The seating, wainscot and wooden floor and well-preserved interior parts were dispelled in

3534-507: Was an important stage point along the Jakobsweg (Way of St. James) leading via Rapperswil and the wooden bridge at the Seedamm lake crossing to the Einsiedeln Abbey . In 1408 the Rüti village and the abbey came under the reign of the government of the city of Zürich as part of the so-called Herrschaft Grüningen . Among many other transfers of lands and goods, on 12 May 1433 Heini Murer von Grueningen and his wife Anna Keller confirmed

3596-453: Was built, however, not a new church access added. Minor renovations were carried out in 1935/36, archaeological investigations in 1962 and 1971/72, and in particular in 1982. In the ground between the church and the Amthaus building, the former monastery's church dimensions are highlighted. Abbot Markus Wyler initiated the Last Judgement fresco on the chancel arch, donated by Baron Bernhard Gradner and Veronika von Starckenberg. The work on

3658-425: Was destroyed, the bells melted in the heat of the fire and fell through the burnt-out tower. The Baroque reconstruction of the church after the fire of 1706 took over the late Romanesque choir, but was modest in dimensions. The church was repaired again in 1710, and new bells and a new movement were added. The separation wall between the former lay church and the monk church was demolished and the church services held in

3720-428: Was first mentioned in 834 AD, the former municipality Jona was named much later. It is assumed that the name originates as either Celtic Jauna (the cold one) – the Jona is still largely determined by forest area – or, as Indo-European yamam , meaning stream . Latest interpretations say that the Indo-European word jeu roughly means to move , followed by the Old High German name Jouna . Its hydropower

3782-419: Was located close to the other end of the sea crossings, on the Hurden side. Because the lake has grown in size over time, the original piles are now around 4 metres (13 ft) to 7 metres (23 ft) under the water level of 406 metres (1,332 ft). 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

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3844-422: Was used for a larger number of medieval watermills along the small river. As a renewable source, in the 19th century, the river was important for industrialization of the textile industry of the communities of Wald, Rüti, and Rapperswil-Jona. Rapperswil Rapperswil ( Swiss German : [ˈrɑpːərʃˌʋiːl] or [ˈrɑpːərsˌʋiːl] ; short: Rappi ) is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of

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