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There are several roads and paths in the region with great views over the lake. But this spot is really special… especially because, from midday at the latest, you have the sun at your back.

This small chapel on the ridge was built in 1892 in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes. From the chapel, you have a wonderful view into the distance, over Lake Constance and the associated national borders.

Fünfländerblick On the Fünfländerblick, the view is fantastic. The Fünfländerblick owes its name to the view of Switzerland, Austria, and the formerly independent German states of Bavaria, Württemberg, and Baden. Text / Source: St.Gallen-Bodensee Tourismus, Bankgasse 9, St.Gallen https://st.gallen-bodensee.ch/de/map/poi/funflanderblick-ac477623-0957-4a92-bf9c-9bd555970463.html

Maria Lourdes Kapelle (1892) Rossbüchel In 1892, a Lourdes chapel was built on the ridge on behalf of Klara Bischof. For over 100 years, a chapel has stood on the crest of the Rossbüchel in honor of the Mother of God of Lourdes. The builder of the chapel was the devout maiden Klara Bischof, originating from a family of roofers and therefore commonly known by the name "Deckers Klara". On the occasion of a pilgrimage to Rankweil, Klara Bischof visited the Lourdes chapel in Altenstadt. It was there that she got the idea to erect a chapel in Grub as a thank you for the health regained in Lourdes. When carrying out the plan, difficulties arose from all sides. The church administration feared a decline in church attendance and thus a reduction in offertory income for the church. However, there were also enough people who encouraged Klara Bischof in her endeavor. On January 25, 1892, she was able to acquire the necessary land on the height of the Rossbüchel at a low price. Material transport began just a few days later. 180 loads of masonry stones were quarried and transported to the height. The construction, which began on March 23, was completed at the end of June. Bell founder Egger in Staad donated the little bell, which was transported to Grub on a richly decorated handcart, was consecrated on June 16, and its voice first sounded on June 18. Egger also donated the cross and knob for the small tower. The Lourdes statue arrived on March 11 from Gröden in Tyrol and was first housed in Klara Bischof's home. Under festive accompaniment, the solemn transfer of the two statues, Maria and Bernadette, to the chapel took place on August 6. The festive day of the chapel's consecration was the feast day of the Assumption of Mary, on August 15, 1892. Ext / Quelle: eggersriet.ch http://www.eggersriet.ch/de/aktuellesportrait/portrait/geschichte/welcome.php?action=showinfo&info_id=7348

Mattenbach Suspension Bridge, Grub AR to Grub SG The Grub-Grub pedestrian suspension bridge between Grub Appenzell and Grub St. Gallen is one of the solid, down-to-earth suspension bridges. Without frills and with two anchorages on each side, the bridge still swings enough to feel the real suspension bridge experience. With a walkway width of just 65cm, it is one of the narrowest suspension bridges in Switzerland. Because the side cladding was attached conically, the width at "backpack height" is still sufficient for careful crossing. The bridge is a welcome shortcut for locals between the two villages. Since the bridge, opened in April 2019, was also mentioned in the Swiss press and on television, it is also known regionally. On beautiful weekend days, there can be quite a few people at the bridge. It is 180 meters long, the new attraction in the Appenzeller Vorderland. Since April 2019, the two villages Grub AR and Grub SG have been connected again by an attractive, 180-meter-long suspension bridge over the Mattenbach. A very popular hiking trail across the cantonal border from Frauenrüti Grub AR to the Grünau area Grub SG is thus continuously accessible again. The bridge is only for the sure-footed. The highest point of the bridge is around 40 meters above the gorge. Text / Source: haengebruecken.com/grub-grub https://www.haengebruecken.com/grub-grub-kantonsverbindend-haengebruecke/

Heidenbach Heiden - Built in June 1996 Wooden bridge over the Heidenbach Built in June 1996 By the Vorderland AR civil protection organization And the local tradesman. On behalf of the Heiden spa association. Supported by the municipality of Heiden

The baroque monastery of St. Gallen is the glorious culmination of a thousand years of monastic culture, growing out of the hermitage of the missionary Irish monk Gallus, who retreated to the wild high valley of the Steinach in 612. A hundred years later, his hermitage became the starting point for a new monastic community under Abbot Otmar. In 747, a fully developed monastery adopted the rule of St. Benedict. A hundred years after Otmar, at the beginning of the 9th century, Abbot Gozbert ushered in the "golden age" of the abbey. In 1805, the monastery was dissolved by the newly founded canton. Since then, the monastery has housed the government and administration of the canton of St. Gallen, as well as the head and administration of the diocese of the same name, created in 1823.

Since 1983, the Collegiate Church and Cathedral of St. Gallen (actually Collegiate Church of St. Gallus and Otmar) and the entire Abbey District have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The baroque new building of the Benedictine monastery church, built between 1755 and 1766, stands where Saint Gallus is said to be buried. From 720 onwards, Abbot Otmar organised the construction work around the crypt, and his successor Gozbert began the construction of the new monastery church from 820 onwards. The construction of the Collegiate Church in its present form - it is one of the last monumental sacred buildings of the late Baroque period - was planned by Gabriel Loser and Johann Caspar Bagnato. Its two 68-metre-high towers tower above the old town of St. Gallen.