Hi mommy and daddy,
Yesterday I visited the small town of Lichtensteig.
Lichtensteig is first mentioned in 1228 as Liehtvnsteige and has since the Middle Ages, the city - and markets rights.
The municipality has a medieval old town («city»). The oldest houses, which are also part of the city walls, are dated on the first half of the 15th Century.
The Town Hall.
This building was a few years ago the county jail.
This poor, ugly man stands in front of the bank building.
The UBS branch in Lichtensteig, founded in 1863 as Toggenburg Bank, is the origin of today's biggest bank in Switzerland.
In 1992, the UBS branch bought the artwork "Lost Shadows" and let up before their home business. A naked man moves out from under a blanket and looks shocked at the sky.
The sculpture immediately became an moral nuisance in the town. The figure was transferred back and turned so that her nakedness is no longer visible from the main alley.
Well, we live outside.
Through this gate we came to a place called "Goldener Boden"
Formerly a marketplace, it is used as a car park.
Many beautiful houses are here.
Through the "Hintergasse"
we came to the "Schmalzhaus".
"Gall'sche Offizin" on the ground floor is a hand typesetting and printing with antique pleadings.
A wise saying on the wall.
Here you see the old town hall.
The main street with the arcades.
The Löwen Gasse
with the restaurant - Löwen.
The district building with its bay window.
Again, the main street - this time from below.
Looks a bit sad, in this weather.
From here you can see the station.
I found still a few flowers.
In the background is the railway bridge over the river Thur.
Lichtensteig seen from the station bridge.
Everywhere is dug and built.
The main street from above.
On our way home, I saw again the bank building,
Flowers
and the veterinarian. Good to know.
This is the evangelical church.
The last roses.
This is the old weaving.
Today, a Oldtimer Museeum and the model railway club housed therein.
Kägi, the famous waffle maker.
Just 200 meters from home. In certain wind conditions you can smell at home when they melt chocolate or make waffles.
My last visit was to the St. Loreto Chapel.
Small but beautiful.
Every day at 11am and at 4pm we hear the bells ringing.
That was our walk in and around Lichtensteig.
It was beautiful but cold. Time for warmer clothes.
Bye bye and kisses
Hanne
