Wildhaus | |
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Location of Wildhaus  | |
  Wildhaus  Wildhaus | |
| Coordinates: 47°12′N 9°21′E / 47.200°N 9.350°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | St. Gallen |
| District | Wahlkreis Toggenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rolf Züllig |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.43 km2 (13.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,095 m (3,593 ft) |
| Population (December 2008) | |
| • Total | 1,209 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (91/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 9658 |
| SFOS number | 3357 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-SG |
| Surrounded by | Alt Sankt Johann, Gams, Grabs, Hundwil (AR), Nesslau-Krummenau, Rüte (AI), Schwende (AI), Sennwald |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Wildhaus (High Alemannic: Wildhuus) is a village and former municipality in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, since 2010 by merger with Alt St. Johann part of the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann.
The reformer Huldrych Zwingli was born in Wildhaus in 1484. His birth house can still be visited.