Berneck, St. Gallen

Heerbrugg Castle (German: Schloss Heerbrugg) is a privately owned castle located in Heerbrugg, St. Gallen, Switzerland. It was built in 1775 by wealthy merchant Bartholomäus Schlumpf, on the Herrenbrugg über die Aich estate (where remnants of an original fort dating back to 1077 laid). In 1774, the original estate burnt down in a fire, and Schlumpf acquired it. He not only bought the land but also the rights that came with it. He also owned a farmhouse, acreage and forestry. In 1775, he commissioned the castle to be rebuilt, as it stands today. In 1792, he sold the castle to Captain Custer of Altstätten for 16,000 Guilders. In 1833, a brother-in-law, German-born Karl Völker, originally from Eisenach, acquired it and used it as a boarding school. Between 1867 and 2005 it was owned by the Schmidheiny family before being sold to Leo von Rotz and his brother Peter von Rotz. Since 2006, it is solely owned by Peter von Rotz.

Grimmenstein Monastery is a monastery of Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Walzenhausen in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. While it is located in Appenzell Ausserrhoden, the buildings and grounds are a small exclave of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.

Au is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Heerbrugg railway station (German: Bahnhof Heerbrugg) is a railway station in Au, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line.

St. Margrethen (Saint Margrethen/Sankt Margrethen) is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Walzenhausen is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.

Walzenhausen railway station (German: Bahnhof Walzenhausen) is a railway station in Walzenhausen, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is the terminus of the Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain rack railway line of Appenzell Railways.

Au SG railway station (German: Bahnhof Au SG) is a railway station in Au, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line.

St. Margrethen railway station (German: Bahnhof St. Margrethen) is a railway station in St. Margrethen, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line and the western terminus of the St. Margrethen–Lauterach line to Austria.

Höchst is a municipality in the district of Bregenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

The Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway (German: Bergbahn Rheineck–Walzenhausen; RhW) is a 1.9 kilometres (1.18 mi) long rack railway in Switzerland. It links Rheineck station, in the municipality of Rheineck and the canton of St Gallen, with the village and health resort of Walzenhausen, in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Passenger service on the line now forms part of the St. Gallen S-Bahn, branded as the S26.The line is owned and operated by the Appenzell Railways company, which also operates several other railway lines in the two Appenzell cantons.

Ruderbach railway station (German: Bahnhof Ruderbach) is a railway station in St. Margrethen, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is the only intermediate station on the Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain rack railway line of Appenzell Railways.