Goldach is a municipality and a village in the Wahlkreis of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It lies on the southern shore of Lake Constance and extends the town of Rorschach to the west. The settlement is first mentioned in 789 as Goldaha, in a later copy of the original document, and in 847 as Coldaun. It consists of the village sections of Ober-Goldach, Unter-Goldach and Riet, and takes its name from the Goldach stream along its western border. The municipality covers about 4.7 square kilometres, and the main railway line from St. Gallen to Rorschach and the eastern Swiss border runs through it.
Facts
Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Switzerland: Cantons and Cities
citypopulation.deTable of cities, population
Goldach SG 7,940 8,331 8,441 9,065 9,476 9,871
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View the Source 2. Goldach (Wikipedia)
Geography
Goldach has an area, as of 2006, of 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi).
Part Of: Switzerland, Lead
in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Lead, municipality in Switzerland
in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland
View the Source3. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 47.4786,9.4697
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 47.4786,9.4697, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)Quote, Elevation of the place coordinates 47.4786,9.4697, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)
"elevation": 429.0
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/ZurichQuote, Zone Europe/Zurich
1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981
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