Quarten

Also known as Quarten SG

thumb|upright|Quinten and Lake Walen thumb|upright|Murg and Quinten villages on opposite sides of the lake thumb|upright|Aerial view from by Walter Mittelholzer (1923) Quarten is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, on Lake Walen. Besides the village of Quarten, the municipality also includes the settlements of Oberterzen, Unterterzen, Quinten, Mols, Murg, and parts of Tannenbodenalp.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Quarten
Swiss town.image_photo: Walensee Unterterzen-2.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Unterterzen, Quarten
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Quarten Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Quarten-blazon.svg
Swiss town.canton: St. Gallen
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-SG
Swiss town.district: Sarganserland
Swiss town.postal_code: 8883
Swiss town.municipality_code: 3295
Swiss town.area: 61.90

Article

10 sections

Contents

History and name
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Transport
Economy
Religion
Gallery
References
External links

==History and name== Between 801 and 850 AD, the village is mentioned as Quarto, which means "fourth". Like Brüntsch (Primsch in Romansh or first in English; ), Guns (Seguns in Romansh or second in English; ), Terzen (third) and Quinten (fifth), Quarten got its name because it was the fourth courtyard of the diocese of Chur. In 1220, the village was known as Quartin.