Weesen

Weesen is a village in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Geography

Weesen has an area, as of 2006, of 5.4 km² (2.1 sq mi). Of this area, 36.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.8%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Bendlet Gules between two Lions counterpassant of the same.

Demographics

Weesen has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 1,592.As of 2007, about 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000), 31 are from Germany, 12 are from Italy, 77 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 18 are from Austria, 3 are from Turkey, and 44 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (92.5%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.8%) and Albanian being third ( 1.4%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 1,315 speak German, 6 people speak French, 17 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh.

Weesen (Hermannsburg)

Weesen is a village belonging to the municipality (Einheitsgemeinde) of Südheide in the north of Celle district in Germany. It lies within the Südheide Nature Park, on the Lüneburg Heath, about 1 km east of Hermannsburg and currently has around 520 inhabitants. Until its incorporation into Hermannsburg as part of the Lower Saxon regional and administrative reforms in 1973, Weesen belonged to the largest municipality in Lower Saxony by area. A stream, the Weesener Bach, flows through the village which, since 1999, has been placed under conservation protection along its entire length. On several of the farms there are still old Treppenspeicher storage barns from the 19th century.

Weesen station