Capital of Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Herisau has about 15,700 residents in the rolling pre-Alpine hills south of Sankt Gallen. The canton split from Appenzell Innerrhoden in 1597 over religious differences and remains one of Switzerland's smallest. Robert Walser, the writer whose miniature prose influenced Kafka and Sebald, was committed to the Herisau psychiatric clinic in 1933 and spent his final 23 years there. He died during a Christmas Day walk in the snow in 1956.
The Dorfplatz hosts a weekly market. Textile manufacturing once sustained the economy before declining in the twentieth century. Hotels in the Sankt Gallen area accommodate companion meetings. Escortservice.com publishes reviewed profiles for eastern Switzerland. We do not arrange, mediate, or provide services.
Local walking and cycling routes extend through the surrounding area. You must be at least 18.
Capital of Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Herisau has about 15,700 residents in the rolling pre-Alpine hills south of Sankt Gallen. The canton split from Appenzell Innerrhoden in 1597 over religious differences and remains one of Switzerland's smallest. Robert Walser, the writer whose miniature prose influenced Kafka and Sebald, was committed to the Herisau psychiatric clinic in 1933 and spent his final 23 years there. He died during a Christmas Day walk in the snow in 1956.
The Dorfplatz hosts a weekly market. Textile manufacturing once sustained the economy before declining in the twentieth century. Hotels in the Sankt Gallen area accommodate companion meetings. Escortservice.com publishes reviewed profiles for eastern Switzerland. We do not arrange, mediate, or provide services.
Local walking and cycling routes extend through the surrounding area. You must be at least 18.
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