Rheineck
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3235
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Rheineck centerThe parcel data lists 1’066 parcels in Rheineck, covering 2.2 km². 81% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 698 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’066
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 2.2 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 698 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 81%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1969
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Rheineck
Rheineck ranks 65th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Rheineck measures 698 m², smaller than the canton median of 950 m². Rheineck is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 81% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (30.9%), BauG Kernzone K4 (15.8%) and BauG Wohnzone W2a (13.4%). In total, Rheineck uses 19 zone designations.
According to the building register, Rheineck has 1’276 buildings with 1’910 dwellings, 1.5 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (64.6%). Non-residential buildings account for 33.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (19.8% of them), and 19.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1969, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 863 (81%)
Unbuilt: 203 (19%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 329 | 0.25 km² | 96.7% |
| BauG_Kernzone K4 | 168 | 0.07 km² | 91.7% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2a | 143 | 0.11 km² | 87.4% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 88 | 0.60 km² | 33.0% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 72 | 0.07 km² | 94.4% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 48 | 0.05 km² | 83.3% |
| BauG_Industriezone IA | 37 | 0.13 km² | 86.5% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 36 | 0.09 km² | 2.8% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 30 | 0.05 km² | 90.0% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 27 | 0.16 km² | 81.5% |
| BauG_Grünzone Naturschutz ausserhalb Baugebiet | 22 | 0.06 km² | 36.4% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 17 | 0.07 km² | 88.2% |
| Other zones (7 labels) | 49 | 0.51 km² | 49.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’276 buildings with 1’910 dwellings here; 477 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’276
- Dwellings
- 1’910
- Single-family houses
- 477
- Building volume
- 1.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Rheineck
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Rheineck. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.
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