Yearbook 2024

The Thur and Neckar valleys are named after the two rivers of the same name. Currently, they are making headlines due to declining trout populations, but in earlier times, carp played a more significant role. It was sometimes bred in the Toggenburg ponds of the Abbey of St. Gallen, which is discussed in a contribution from the 24th edition of the Toggenburg Yearbook. Other topics include the Pfanneregger reform at the Capuchin convent in Wattwil, the rope-making business Ludwig Lamprecht in Lichtensteig, the childhood memories of Theophil Koch in Wildhaus and Unterwasser, the Toggenburg folk songs of the 19th century collected by Albert Edelmann, the missionary doctor Bertha Hardegger from Bütschwil, the Wattwil textile manufacturer family Raschle, the former hospital in Flawil, the Association for Cultural Heritage in Uzwil, and the Mechanical Music Museum in Lichtensteig.