Burgau SG
Burgau is a settlement in the municipality of Flawil with around 120 inhabitants and around 35 houses. With its historic wooden buildings, Burgau resembles a medieval town and has a townscape of national importance.
Burgau was first mentioned in a document in 964. In 1079 there was a first fortification over the Glatt.
In 1166 the rule of the Gielen von der Glattburg began. With the so-called Burgauer Offnung, a law book that recorded traditional customs, “the court members of the Burgau lower court came to an agreement in 1469 with their lord, the knight Rudolf IX. Giel von Glattburg on 114 determinations». In 1486, rule and jurisdiction went to the St. Gallen Abbey. In the Abbot bailiwick of Schwarzenbach, Burgau formed its own lower court. The neighboring towns of Oberglatt, Raaschberg and Alterwil, on the other hand, belonged to the Magdenau court.[1] At that time, 19 families lived in Burgau.
The court house was built in 1632 by Ammann Peter Moosberger, an ancestor of the current owner and the poet C. F. Meyer. In 1639 the courtroom was added. The canvas dealers Egli and Stadler from Burgau caused the church to be built in Oberglatt in 1783 with donations of money.
In 1803, the mediation brought about the dissolution of the court. In 1825 the Burgau village corporation was formed. In 1890 the school merged with the Flawil school community. Around 1900, 185 people lived in Burgau, most of whom made a living from agriculture and from weaving and embroidery (domestic industry).[1] The merger of the Burgau village corporation with the political community took place in April 1953. The 1000th anniversary of the historic hamlet was celebrated with a village festival in 1964. Today Burgau presents itself purely as a place of residence.
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Heloks

June 13, 2021

Very nicely designed building, also the village square right next door with the "roundabout"

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