Grösse A4 (x=6.8 mm) Small, yet just right. Excellent conditions for both companies and individuals • Central position in Europe, close to three international airports • Excellent quality of life • One of Europe’s most attractive tax locations • Reasonable prices for real estate • Liberal, flexible job market with high productivity levels • Open European market • Legal certainty and planning security thanks to political stability • Direct and flexible advisory services for you Grösse A4 (x=6.8 mm) Small, yet magnificent. Welcome to Appenzell Ausserrhoden Live and work where others go on holiday. Enjoy excellent quality of life, and take advantage of attractive land prices and low taxes. Appreciate the wonder of nature on your doorstep, and live in the heart of Europe. These are just some of the things Appenzell Ausserrhoden has to offer. Six successful entrepreneurs will explain on the next few pages why they can thoroughly recommend our canton – both as a business location, and as a place to live. Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a member of the St.GallenBodenseeArea, Switzerland’s third largest and most cost-efficient economic region. “Our sturgeon breeding centre is in Uruguay, our customers are all over the world – and we are right in the middle. Perfect.” Alexander Zwyer, CEO ZwyerCaviar GmbH, Teufen 2 Grösse A4 (x=6.8 mm) Right in the middle of Europe : The land of short distances Zurich : 1 hour. Berlin : 1.5 hours. London : 1.5 hours. Paris : 1.5 hours. The the atre : 20 minutes. Lake Constance : 30 minutes. The local kindergarten : 5 minutes. Open countryside and forests : right on your doorstep. Just some of the advan- tages of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Whether you are looking for a new busi ness location or simply somewhere to live, do comeOslo and get to know us, by looking 3,75 h Stockholm at the following pages, or better still, in person. You’re 2,5sure h to like us ! Copenhagen Dublin 1,5h 2 h London 1,5h Amsterdam 1,5 h Berlin 1,5h Warsaw Bruxelles 2 h 1,5h Frankfurt 1 h Prague Paris 1,5h 1,5h Vienna 1,5h Herisau Budapest 1,75 h Lyon 1h Monaco Florence 1h 1h GERMANY Friedrichshafen Lisbon Barcelona Madrid 1,75 h 1,5h 2 h Rome 1,5h Zurich St.Gallen Herisau Altenrhein AUSTRIA Travel times from Herisau Car Public SWITZERLAND transp. St.Gallen city centre 13 min. 7 min. St.Gallen Altenrhein Airport 28 min. 50 min. Zurich city centre 75 min. 75 min. Zurich Airport 60 min. 65 min. Berne 159 min. 197 min. Basel 126 min. 165 min. Friedrichshafen Airport 70 min. 150 min. Constance 59 min. 79 min. Bregenz 42 min. 59 min. Vaduz 71 min. 89 min. Stuttgart 180 min. 220 min. Munich 172 min. 220 min. Milan 249 min. 280 min. 3 “More than 65 000 sales advisors sell JUST products in 30 differ ent countries worldwide. But the most beautiful job location is the one with the view.” Hansueli and Marcel Jüstrich, company owners of the JUST Group, Walzenhausen 4 Grösse A4 (x=6.8 mm) True quality of life : Appenzell Ausserrhoden as a place to live Nestling in the delightful countryside between Lake Constance and the Alpstein mountains, between nature and culture, city and countryside, the gentle hilly landscape of Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a unique place to live, offering true quality of life. Ideal for work. Perfect for holidays. A fantastic place to live. Lush green meadows and dark forests ; unspoilt Whether you are talking about Herisau, the adminis- villages with character and a healthy life of their own trative and unofficial main town of the canton, the – generously spaced and allowing nature to remain low-tax municipality of Teufen, the town of Heiden what nature wants to be : nature. If you would like to with its panoramic view, or one of the many small live where others go on holiday and yet still enjoy villages – all are considered to be ideal places to live, the benefits of a well-developed infrastructure and especially for families. The state schools offer school excellent transport connections, you will find days and block teaching times that suit family require- Appenzell Ausserrhoden an excellent choice. ments, and there are cross-community programmes and networks for the supervision of children outside Because here on this particular little patch of earth, school hours, making it relatively easy for both the extensive range of leisure, sports and recreational mothers and fathers to juggle professional commit- activities on offer makes every day feel like a holiday. ments and family life. In the 20 municipalities of varying sizes in the Hinter- land, Mittelland and Vorderland areas of Appenzell, idyllic villages and landscapes, lively traditions and friendly good-neighbourliness all contribute to a high quality of life. 5 School and professional education : From kindergarten to top university Appenzell Ausserrhoden has an excellent educational system, ranging from kindergarten to modern primary school to vocational college and grammar school. Herisau is also the location of the cantonal vocational training centre. At the renowned Cantonal School of Trogen, pupils can obtain the Swiss Matura school leaving certificate ( approximate equivalent of “A” levels ), with the school’s vocational department offering its vocational counterpart, the “Commercial / ​Vocational Matura”. Several private schools complete the range of educational institutions to be found in Appenzell Ausserrhoden, and one of the world’s most reputable universities, St. Gallen University ( HSG ), is not far away. School levels and duration of schooling Universities, universities of applied sciences and private schools in the region Swiss state schools are among the best in the world. Compulsory schooling lasts nine years. Universities • St. Gallen University ( HSG ) Kindergarten ( from the age of 4 ) 2 years • Zurich University Primary school ( infants / juniors ) 6 years • University of Constance ( Germany ) Mandatory secondary school ( basic and intermediate level ) 3 years Facultative year 10 ( optional ) 1 year • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ( ETH ) Apprenticeship with part-time schooling 3 – 4 years • University of Teacher Education St. Gallen Grammar school ( Matura ; corresponding to “A” levels ) 4 years Universities of applied sciences Well-qualified professionals thanks to a dual • Universities of Applied Sciences and Economics in system of vocational training and schooling St. Gallen, Winterthur, Vaduz ( Liechtenstein ), Lindau ( Germany ), Friedrichshafen ( Germany ) After nine years of compulsory schooling, young • Universities of Applied Sciences and Technology in people are free to choose between going on to St. Gallen, Buchs, Winterthur, Rapperswil, Cons- grammar school or undertaking one of approximately tance ( Germany ), Dornbirn ( Austria ) 300 different apprenticeships. These have a practical • University of Applied Sciences and Social Work in and a theoretical component. After completion of Rorschach an apprenticeship, young professionals can choose • Swiss Textile College in Wattwil to go on into tertiary education. Switzerland’s dual education system has proven its International schools ( a selection ) worth : in no other European country is youth un- St. Gallen, Buchs, Kreuzlingen, “Institut auf dem employment as low as in Switzerland. Rosenberg” in St. Gallen 6 Grösse A4 (x=6.8 mm) Health : Invigorated by natural and conventional medicine Hospitals, clinics, health spas, specialist doctors, specialists in natural medicine, dentists. Therapies, massages, homeopathic medicine, natural medicine, herbal medicine. Recreation, nutrition, exercise, regeneration, maintenance of health, wellness : in Appenzell Ausserrhoden, health has been top of the agenda for centuries, and so there is a correspondingly vast range of both conventional therapies and alternative healing methods on offer here. A long tradition in health care Comprehensive medical care As early as the middle of the 18th century, the nobles The comprehensive range of health care services of Europe would travel to Appenzell Ausserrhoden to offered in Appenzell Ausserrhoden combines alter- revitalise mind, body and soul with the help of various native, complementary and conventional medicine, natural healing processes, whey cures and mudbaths, thus guaranteeing a broad range of medical expertise as well as the healthy fresh air here. Health tourism and the provision of holistic, high quality health care. has continued to grow ever since – slowly, but in many The “Spitalverbund AR” hospital association in different ways – so that today the region presents Herisau and Heiden provides the basic hospital care itself as a unique oasis for leisure activities, culture here for patients admitted to the internal medicine, and recreation, offering an outstanding range of surgery, and obstetrics and gynaecology departments. therapies and health spa treatments. The focus on The Appenzell Ausserrhoden Psychiatric Centre in preventative health and health promotion very much Herisau and various specialist private hospitals and catches the spirit of the age, and thus manages to clinics complete the range of health care and medical bridge the gap between tourism and medicine with treatments available for people suffering from physical great success. and / or mental illnesses. Traditional natural medicine and healing Medical institutions Knowledge of the healing powers of nature has been • Berit-Klinik, Niederteufen passed down from generation to generation, and is • Hirslanden Klinik am Rosenberg, Heiden to be found today in the 300 homeopathic practition- • Klinik Gais, Gais