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Toggenburg (disambiguation)

Toggenburg can refer to:

  • Toggenburg (Switzerland), a region and constituency in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen
  • the Counts of Toggenburg, the medieval counts eponymous of the region
    • Elisabeth von Toggenburg née von Matsch (1380's — around 1439), last countess of Toggenburg
  • Toggenburg (goat), a breed of goat
  • Cyre de Toggenburg, a Swiss French painter

It may also refer to:

  • "Toggenburg Mountain", a ski area in Fabius, New York
Toggenburg

Toggenburg is a region of Switzerland. It corresponds to the upper valley of the river Thur and that of its main tributary, the Necker. Since 1 January 2003, Toggenburg has been a constituency (Wahlkreis) of the canton of St. Gallen ( SFOS number 1727).

Usage examples of "toggenburg".

Lake of Constance by the Rhine valley, you ascend to Ragatz and the Baths of Pfeffers, thence turn westward to the Lake of Wallenstatt, cross into the valley of the Toggenburg, and so make your way northward and eastward around the base of the mountains back to the starting-point, you will have passed only through the territory of St.

He was born January 1, 1484, on the Toggenburg, amidst the lofty mountains, breathing the atmosphere of freedom and beauty from the first.