Schwende

Schwende is a municipality of the canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes in Switzerland. It has a population of 1900 (2000, estimate). The area of Appenzell is 5750 hectares.

Coat of Arms

A silver castle stands on three green mountains. The three mountains are horizontally traversed by a silver waived beam. The background is blue. The coat of arms refers back to the Schwende Castle located in this village, but destroyed at the beginning of Appenzell's liberation wars.

Name

In the 12th century the name was recorded as Swendi or swandjan. This is a derivate of the German expression schwinden machen (wood clearing).

External link

• Appenzell Tourism
• Schwende (German language)