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{{dablink|This article is about the city. For other uses, see [[Rorschach (disambiguation)]].}}
{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name = Rorschach
| municipality_name = Rorschach
| municipality_type = Gemeinde
| imagepath_coa = Wappen_Rorschach.png|pixel_coa=
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| languages = German
| canton = St. Gallen
| iso-code-region = CH-SG
| district = [[Rorschach (Wahlkreis)|Wahlkreis Rorschach]]
| lat_d=47|lat_m=28|lat_NS=N|long_d=9|long_m=30|long_EW=E
| postal_code = 9400
| municipality_code = 3215
| area = 1.78
| elevation = 400|elevation_description=
| population = 8628|populationof = January 2004 | popofyear = 2004
| website = www.rorschach.ch
| mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
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| neighboring_municipalities= [[Goldach]], [[Horn, Switzerland|Horn]] (TG), [[Rorschacherberg]]
| twintowns = [[Sopron]] (Hungary)
|}}
'''Rorschach''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of [[Rorschach (Wahlkreis)|Rorschach]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[St. Gallen (canton)|St. Gallen]] in [[Switzerland]].
It is south of the [[Lake Constance]] (German: Bodensee)
As of 2003, it had a population of 9000 (approx.) and a surface of [[1 E6 m²|1.78 km²]].
The place was first mentioned in [[850]] as ''Rorscahun''. In [[947]], [[Otto I]] granted the [[abbey of St. Gall|abbot of St. Gall]] the right for markets, coinage and tariffs at Rorschach.
Sights include the ''Kornhaus'', lake promenade, aviation museum in [[Altenrhein]], the [[abbey Mariaberg]], as well as the [[St. Anna castle|St. Anna]], [[Wartensee castle|Wartensee]], [[Sulzberg castle|Sulzberg]] and [[Wartegg castle]]s.
The city is governed by a city council, headed by mayor Thomas Müller ([[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]], elected 2003), and a parliament.
== Transport ==
The train lines link the city to [[St. Gallen]], [[St. Margrethen]], [[Romanshorn]]. A [[rack railway]], the [[Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn]], leads to [[Heiden, Switzerland|Heiden]] (800 m [[Above mean sea level|a.s.l.]]). In [[1856]], the station became the [[terminal station|terminus]] of the line Zurich-St. Gallen. In Former times, train wagons even had been transported over the Lake Constance thus it was possible to reach Heiden from [[Frankfurt]] and also Berlin without changing the seat.
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Schweiz_Rorschach_001.jpg|Town Office
Image:Schweiz_Rorschach_004.jpg|Corn House
Image:Schweiz_Rorschach_002.jpg|Railway Station
Image:Bodensee_bei_Rorschach.jpg|Sun Rise over the Bodensse
Image:Schweiz_Rorschach_006.jpg|boats at the Bodensee shore
Image:Schweiz_Rorschach_003.jpg|Bodensee shore
</gallery>
== External links ==
*[http://www.rorschach.ch City] {{de icon}}
*[http://www.tourist-rorschach.ch Tourism information] {{de icon}}
{{Municipalities of the district of Rorschach}}
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