Textilland Explorer Tour Adventure tours in Textilland Ostschweiz
Textile app By car or Explore the textile city of St. Gallen public with the free “TextileStGallen” app. transport Textilland See fi rst-hand how the textile Explorer Bobbin industry shaped Eastern Spend a night among exquisite Switzerland – at your own fabrics and experience the region pace or on a guided tour. up close and personal. Pioneering spirit and tradition of world renown Welcome to The tours “Textilland Ostschweiz”
St.Gallen is world-famous as a textile city. Promi- Explore and revel in a unique culture, Textilland Explorer Tour South nent fashion houses like Chanel, Christian Dior, a fascinating textile past and present, Along the southern tour, you are immersed in the Giorgio Armani and many others incorporate a stunning landscape, fine dining – in other traditional and picturesque landscape of the towns of St.Gallen embroidery into their designs, and the words: our Eastern Switzerland with all Innerrhoden and Ausserrhoden in the canton big name fashion shows in Paris, Milan and New of its facets. of Appenzell. After a brief side trip to the Flawil Muse York all feature haute couture made from St.Gallen um of Local History, you arrive in the textile city of fabrics. The likes of celebrities such as Michelle Have a great trip with lots of fun along the way. St.Gallen in Eastern Switzerland. Obama, Adele, Madonna and Charlène, the Prin cess of Monaco, all wear creations from St.Gallen. Thomas Meyer Eastern Switzerland is a veritable textile region President of the “Textilland Ostschweiz” that has been shaped by history. It is constantly association Textilland Explorer Tour North being reinvented by the many successful compa- The northern tour starts at Lake Constance and winds nies and their products which range from thread up to the Appenzell Biedermeier village of Heiden, © D. Schvarcz and fabric to embroidery and undergarments all passing through the towns of Trogen and Speicher to the way to fashionable and functional textiles made THE LIBRARY IN THE © Mattias Nutt the textile capital of St.Gallen. From here the journey with state-of-the-art technology. TEXTILE MUSEUM continues through the idyllic landscape of Thurgau IS AN INEXHAUSTIBLE Experience pioneering spirit and tradition first back to Arbon which is situated on the banks of Lake SOURCE OF IDEAS. hand! Culture enthusiasts will appreciate the Constance. unique features our region has to offer – exciting excursions await!
© T. Siebrecht Tip: Tour “Textilland Ost- schweiz” by public transport Take advantage of the “Oskar” tourist card for Eastern Switzerland. If you stay more than two nights EXQUISITE FABRICS, in a partner hotel, the “Oskar” card is available for EMBROIDERY AND just CHF 30. The card includes public transport (bus LACE BREATHE LIFE INTO THE FASCI- and train) and grants free admission to the following NATING WORLD OF museums: Museum Appenzell, Appenzell Folklore TEXTILES FROM Museum, Museum of Appenzell Customs Urnäsch, THE MIDDLE AGES Textile Museum St.Gallen, Museum Herisau and TO THE PRESENT. many more. PASS THROUGH CHANGING SCENERY, MARVEL AT VINTAGE CARS More information about the guest card is available A RED THREAD RUNS THROUGH AND TEXTILE HIGHLIGHTS AND SAVOUR REGIONAL SPECIALTIES ON at www.oskarferien.ch or from the staff at the tourist THE “TEXTILLAND OSTSCHWEIZ” THE TWO “TEXTILLAND EXPLORER information offices. TOURS” IN AND AROUND THE TEXTILE Follow the red thread of the “Textilland Explorer Bobbin” CITY OF ST.GALLEN. and delve into the long tradition and innovative future of the textile industry in Eastern Switzerland. Feel the pioneering spirit and tradition first hand! Book an exclusive experience and overnight accommodation and spin your own personal “Textilland” tale. www.textilland.ch/explorertour Couverture: © Mattias Nutt
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Grand tour of Switzerland 9 Arbon The “Grand Tour of Switzerland” is a journey of discovery that combines the highlights of Switzer- Steinach land in a single trip. The journey itself is the reward Altenrhein rather than the final destination. It covers over Roggwil Horn Bischofszell 1,600 kilometres and leads through the most beau- Häggenschwil G 8 b tiful areas in Switzerland, showing just how varied, Goldach diverse and even spectacular our country is. Hauptwil Rorschach 5 Staad You travel through four different language Direction of Zurich regions, over five alpine passes, and to eleven Rorschacherberg Waldkirch Direction of Munich UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as well as two Wittenbach D biospheres and 22 lakes. In short, you will expe rience a concentrated dose of Switzerland Grub with natural and cultural gems – strung together Heiden 10 like a fine necklace. 2 3 K www.grandtour.myswitzerland.com/en/ E 1 a Rehetobel St. Gallen 2 GRAND TRAIN TOUR 7 1 OF SWITZERLAND Gossau A Wald The Grand Train Tour of Switzerland combines I Flawil all panoramic routes into one tour broken Trogen 3 Magdenau Speicher down into 8 stages of a breathtaking route. Lucerne–St.Gallen–Schaffhausen–Zurich section. H www.grandtraintourofswitzerland.ch c 4 6 Teufen Herisau Degersheim F Bühler
A Oberwaid – Das Hotel. Die Klinik. St. Gallen Highlights on Gais Waldstatt Hotel Vadian Garni, St. Gallen the southern tour 1 Gasthaus Sonne, Rehetobel Radisson Blu Hotel, St. Gallen 1 St.Gallen Textile Museum 2 Einstein St. Gallen Einstein St. Gallen* 3 Century of the Zellwegers, Trogen Hotel Congress Spa 4 Hotel Congress Spa 4 Museum Appenzell 3 Oberwaid – Das Hotel. Die Klinik. Appenzell B Säntis – das Hotel, Schwägalp 5 Museum of Appenzell Customs Urnäsch St. Gallen C Grand Resort Bad Ragaz 6 Museum Herisau 4 Hotel Wolfensberg, Degersheim Gonten J D Bio-Schlosshotel Wartegg, 7 Flawil Museum of Local History in the Linden Estate 5 Bio-Schlosshotel Wartegg, 5 Rorschacherberg Rorschacherberg Urnäsch E Dorfhus zum Gupf, Rehetobel Highlights on F Hotel Wolfensberg, Degersheim the northern tour G Bad Horn Hotel & Spa 1 St.Gallen Textile Museum H Hotel zur Linde, Teufen 2 Textile Village Rehetobel a Textile Trail “Stadt St.Gallen” I Seminarhotel Kloster Fischingen 3 Century of the Zellwegers, Trogen and “St.Gallen West” J Hotel Hof Weissbad* 8 Hauptwil-Bischofszell textile industry C b Hauptwil-Bischofszell textile B K Hotel Heiden* discovery trail industry discovery trail * Partners of Textilland 9 Saurer Museum, Arbon c “Appenzellerland Culture Trail” Explorer Bobbin 10 Biedermeier village of Heiden Highlights Highlights
IN A VINTAGE BUS OR A MODERN CAR – YOU’LL SEE BREATHTAKING LANDSCAPES ALONG THE WAY. diesel engines and an embroidery machine from the beginning of the 20th century. The museum, idyllically situated on Lake Constance, takes technology enthusiasts on a fascinating journey 7 | Flawil Museum through history. www.saurermuseum.ch of Local History in the Linden Estate 10 | Biedermeier village The Linden Estate is the former residence of Heiden is a village above Lake Constance with a Huldreich Ottiker who bought the Waldau wea- breathtaking panoramic view over the intersection ving mill in 1872 and turned it into the once of the borders of four different countries. The renowned company, Habis Textil AG. Since 1989 Biedermeier era is brought to life here every four the manor house has been the home of the local years. The reason dates back to a devastating © Mattias Nutt museum. Its exhibitions explore the textile past fire in 1843, which destroyed virtually the entire of Flawil, the history of the town and daily life in village. Heiden was then reconstructed in the Flawil. www.ortsmuseumflawil.ch Biedermeier style typical of that time. Heiden has 1 | St.Gallen Textile Museum 5 | Museum of Appenzell another attraction: the Henry Dunant Museum The St.Gallen Textile Museum features exhibitions Customs 9 | Saurer museum www.biedermeier.ch about Swiss textile production. The combination of A small but charming museum! The narrow, win- The Saurer Museum traces the history of the past and present provides surprising insights into ding rooms of the 400 year-old house with its once world-famous company through some of its the developments and future of the industry. Exqui sloping wooden floors feature displays of home products: heavy commercial vehicles, post buses, site fabrics, embroidery and lace breathe life into life, textiles and jewellery, New Year’s folk festivals the fascinating world of textiles from the Middle (Silvesterchläus), alpine cattle drives, the lives Ages to the present. www.textilmuseum.ch of herdsmen, traditional string © Mattias Nutt music and peasant art. 2 | TEXTILE VILLAGE REHETOBEL www.museum-urnaesch.ch Discover Rehetobel as a former textile village where many of its residents worked in textile 6 | Museum herisau production until 1910, mainly for the merchants in Museum Herisau is the cultural St.Gallen, Trogen and Speicher. textildorf.ch history museum for the town of Ausserrhoden in the canton 3 | Century of the Zellwegers of Appenzell. It provides a wide To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the range of insights into the canton's death of Laurenz Zellweger, an interactive tour history which has been dominated called the “Century of the Zellwegers” was crea- by the textile industry. ted in Trogen. Hear the history and stories sur- www.museumherisau.ch rounding the historical square in Trogen, the Landsgemeindeplatz, as you wander at your own pace through the unique buildings, largely inde- pendently of opening hours.
www.jahrhundertderzellweger.ch © Saurer Museum Arbon
THE 100W, A TOP CLASS WEAVING MACHINE FROM BACK PICTURESQUE STONE PALACE, THEN, WEAVES FLUFFY TERRYCLOTH TOWELS IN THE SAU- TROGEN VILLAGE SQUARE. RER MUSEUM WHICH CAN ALSO BE BOUGHT IN THE SHOP. Accommodation food
© Einstein St. Gallen
YOU CAN SPEND A NIGHT SURROUNDED BY EXQUISITE FABRICS IN TEXTILLAND OST- SCHWEIZ. IN COOPERATION WITH THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF “TEXTILLAND OSTSCHWEIZ” – ALL RENOWNED TEXTILE COMPANIES – LEADING HOTELS IN EASTERN SWITZERLAND OFFER SPECIAL TEXTILE-THEMED PACKAGES AND ROOMS WHICH ARE DESIGNED WITH SELECTED TEXTILES. www.textilland.ch/hotels
TEXTILE HOTELS Einstein St. Gallen**** s Hotel zur Linde Hotel Wolfensberg*** Congress Hotel Spa Teufen Degersheim www.einstein.ch www.hotelzurlinde.ch www.wolfensberg.ch
s s Gasthaus zum Gupf Oberwaid**** Hotel & Spa Bad Horn**** THE FIRST-RATE SIX SELECTED RESTAURANTS OFFER A SPECIAL MULTI-COURSE “TEXTILE Rehetobel Das Hotel. Die Klinik. www.badhorn.ch “TEXTILE MENUS” MENU” ALONG THE TWO “TEXTILLAND EXPLORER TOURS” . THEY ARE www.dorfhus-gupf.ch St. Gallen LEAVE NOTHING Radisson Blu Hotel**** s INSPIRED BY THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ST.GALLEN FASHION www.oberwaid.ch TO BE DESIRED. Grand Resort St. Gallen AND MASTERFULLY TRANSLATED INTO THE REGIONAL MENU. INDULGE Bad Ragaz***** s Hotel Vadian** www.radissonblu.com/hotel- IN REGIONAL SPECIALITIES! www.texilland.ch/explorertour www.resortragaz.ch St. Gallen stgallen www.hotel-vadian.com Hotel Heiden**** Säntis – das Hotel***s www.hotelheiden.ch Kloster Fischingen Schwägalp www.klosterfischingen.ch www.saentisbahn.ch/hotel Textilland menus © Bio-Schlosshotel Wartegg Hotel Hof Weissbad**** s www.hofweissbad.ch Bio-Schlosshotel Wartegg***s (only on request) Rorschacherberg Bio-Schlosshotel Wartegg***s www.wartegg.ch Rorschacherberg www.wartegg.ch Einstein St. Gallen**** s Congress Hotel Spa www.einstein.ch Gasthaus Sonne Rehetobel www.appenzelleria.ch Oberwaid**** s Das Hotel. Die Klinik. St. Gallen www.oberwaid.ch Hotel Wolfensberg*** Degersheim www.wolfensberg.ch ENJOY A WELCOME BREAK IN BEAUTI- FUL NATURAL SURROUNDINGS: AT THE WARTEGG BIO-SCHLOSSHOTEL.
© Grand Resort Ragaz On foot Places of interest off the beaten track
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WHETHER ON FOOT, BY BICYCLE OR CAR – Tröckneturm © Textilland Ostschweiz FOLLOW THE TEXTILE LEGACY OF EASTERN The Tröckneturm in Schönenwegen is a striking SWITZERLAND ON ONE OF OUR TOURS. building from the heyday of the St.Gallen textile industry. Between 1999 and 2003, the “Tröckneturm a | St.Gallen Textile Trail Foundation” undertook subtle yet extensive reno Follow in the footsteps of the textile industry in vations to this industrial building in two stages, St.Gallen! The “St.Gallen Textile Trail” guides setting up a documentation centre on the history you to to the prominent historical textile buildings of the city of St.Gallen and the history of the most of St.Gallen’s city centre and tells exciting stories important branches of the St.Gallen textile industry. about each building’s history, architecture and its www.troeckneturm.ch current use. The looped tour takes 1 to 2 hours (approx. 5 km). SINCE 1995 THE HAUPTWIL-BISCHOFSZELL TEXTILE INDUSTRY If you want to learn more, follow the slightly DISCOVERY TRAIL HAS BEEN DOCUMENTING THE APPROXIMATELY longer “St.Gallen West textile trail” which leads 300-YEAR-OLD INDUSTRIAL WORLD OF THE TWO TOWNS ON IN FORMATION PLAQUES. down to the Sitterwerk (and the Sitter River) where you can enjoy a free coffee or a refreshing Schwarzes Haus drink for visitors. b | Hauptwil-Bischofszell (Black House) Use the free “TextileStGallen” app as your textile industry discovery The “Black House” at Cilanderstrasse 5 in personal tour guide through the textile city. It trail Herisau is situated in the middle of the village’s uses GPS technology to take you along the two Bischofszell became the most important ndustrial oldest industrial quarter. The imposing wooden textile trails and, once installed, is available offline hub in the region during the 20th century. The construction is immediately recognisable thanks without a WiFi connection. www.textilweg.ch information plaques along the trail from Hauptwil to its material, age, size and its distinctive bridge to Bischofszell deal with this eventful era of shape. www.textilland.ch/schwarzes-haus Download the free “TextileStGallen” industrialisation and shed light on the history of app from the App Store or Google Play the region. Start: Hauptwil train station. Duration: Store. 2 hours. www.outdooractive.com Group packages Are you looking for the perfect destination for c | “Appenzellerland your next club outing, birthday or company event? © Textilland Ostschweiz Culture Trail” The textile companies open their doors to you The “Appenzellerland Culture Trail” is a three-day and give you an exclusive look behind the scenes. voyage of discovery through space and time. The teams of St.Gallen-Bodensee Tourism and You pass by 50 cultural attractions and places of Thurgau Tourism will be happy to help with interest and gain insight into the culture and your enquiry.
customs of Appenzell through its many contrasts: Tourism St.Gallen-Bodensee © the oldest human settlement mentioned in a document, a contemporary installation by the fa- mous artist Roman Signer and the ruggedly In cooperation with romantic Wissbach Gorge. Start: Degersheim. Duration: 3 days. St. Gallen-Bodensee Tourism Regio Appenzell AR – St. Gallen-Bodensee: www.appenzellerland.ch www.st.gallen-bodensee.ch www.regio-stgallen.ch Textilland Ostschweiz: www.textilland.ch Culinarium: www.culinarium.ch LET THE FREE “TEXTILTGALLEN” APP ENTICE YOU TO THE TEXTILE CITY OF ST.GALLEN. Oskar guest card: www.oskarferien.ch © Mattias Nutt
THE TRIP ITSELF IS ALSO AN EXPERIENCE.
THE PALACES OF TROGEN TELL THE STORY OF THE ZELLWEGER TEXTILE TRADING FAMILY AND ARE LOCATED ON THE TEXTIL- © Mattias Nutt LAND EXPLORER TOUR. shopping
Bahnhofstrasse 8 Brunneggstrasse 9 Bogenstrasse 9 9000 St. Gallen 9000 St. Gallen 9001 St. Gallen www.diemanufakturgmbh.ch www.icimaintenant.ch www.bischoff-textil.com
Fürstenlandstrasse 99 Teufener Strasse 1 Felsenstrasse 36 9001 St. Gallen 9001 St. Gallen 9001 St. Gallen www.jakob-schlaepfer.ch www.filtex.ch www.akris.ch