Jona is a village in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. The most recently created canton is the Canton of Jura, which separated from the Canton of of St. Gallen in Switzerland Switzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin, hence its ISO country codes CH and CHE), is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Central Europe where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south,, located at the east side of the Lake Zurich. Jona is part of the municipality Municipalities or communities are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,740 as of 2004. While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities. The area of the municipalities varies between 0.28 km² (Ponte Tresa, Ticino) and 282 km² ( Rapperswil-Jona.

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History

Jona and Rapperswil (1804) Jona river near Holzwies street Jona train station on the S-Bahn Zürich lines S5 and S15

The river Jona flows through the municipality in the Lake Zürich. The river's name was first mentioned in 834 AD, the municipalty Jona was named much later. It is assumed that the name originates as either Celtic The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in central Gaul. During the 1st Jauna (the cold one) – Jona river is still largely determined by forest area – or, as Indo-Eurepean The Proto-Indo-European language is the unattested, reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, spoken by the Proto-Indo-Europeans. The existence of such a language has been accepted by linguists for over a century, and there have been many attempts at reconstruction. Nevertheless, many disagreements and uncertainties remain yamam, meaning stream A stream is a flowing body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, kill, lick, rill, river syke, bayou, rivulet, or run. In some countries or communities a stream may be defined by its size. In the United. Latest interpretations say that the Indo-European word jeu roughly means to move, followed by the Old High German The term Old High German refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of Old High German proper to 750 for this reason. There name Jouna .[1]

In 1350, Rapperswil was widely destroyed by Rudolf Brun, and the Herrschaft Rapperswil – Rapperswil and some surrounding villages including Jona – was acquired by the Habsburg The House of Habsburg or Hapsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian and Spanish Empire and several other countries. Originally from Switzerland, the dynasty first reigned in Austria, which they family. After 1803's Act of Mediation The Act of Mediation was issued by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 February, 1803 establishing the Swiss Confederation. The act also abolished the previous Helvetic Republic, which had existed since the invasion of Switzerland by French troops in 1798. After the withdrawal of French troops in July 1802, the Republic collapsed . The Act of Mediation was, Rapperswil and Jona joined the canton of St. Gallen The Canton of St. Gallen (German: Kanton St. Gallen ) is a canton of Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of 2,026 km², and has a population of 465,937 (2007) of which 97,461 (or 20.9%) are foreigners. The capital is St. Gallen. Spelling variations include: St. Gall, Saint Gall, Saint Gallen,, and the former Herrschaft Rapperswil was splitten into the municipalites Rapperswil and Jona. In the early 19th century, Jona rivers hydropower Hydropower, hydraulic power or water power is power that is derived from the force or energy of moving water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes was used for a larger number of watermills A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping . A watermill that generates electricity is usually called a hydroelectric plant along the small river. As a renewable source, the river was important for industrialization Industrialisation is the process of social and economic change whereby a human group is transformed from a pre-industrial society into an industrial one. It is a part of a wider modernisation process, where social change and economic development are closely related with technological innovation, particularly with the development of large-scale of the rapidly growing village, since 1803 including the sourrounding villages Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen and Wurmsbach.

On January 1, 2007, the municipalities of Rapperswil and Jona merged to form a new political entity: Rapperswil-Jona has a population of 25,777 (December 2007). This makes it the second largest town in the canton after the capital St. Gallen The main tourist attraction is the Abbey of St. Gall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its renowned library contains books which date to the 9th century itself.

Transport

Jona is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S5 and S15. Its train station is a 33 minute (S5) ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof.

Personalities

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Website detten.ch: Jona river (German) and Gallery

Literature

External links

Categories: Villages in Switzerland | Former municipalities of Switzerland | Former municipalities of St. Gallen

 

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