Trogen

Trogen (alt. 903 m/2,963ft; pop. 1,950), the terminus of the St Gallen - Speicher - Trogen tramway, houses the cantonal court and the cantonal school. In the center of the village is the Landsgemeindeplatz, the elegant square in which the cantonal assembly meets in even-numbered years (in Hundswil in odd-numbered years); the square is surrounded by fine 18th C. houses, a church built by Grubenmann in 1779 and the Town Hall.

From Trogen a beautiful minor road leads via the Ruppen (1,010 m/3,314ft; inn) into the Rhine valley.