http://www.ruggell.li
( 433 meters elevation )
northernmost municipality
Ruggeller Riet nature reserve
border crossing to Austria
sports facilities, tennis courts

General information on Ruggell
Ruggell is the northernmost municipality in Liechtenstein, at the lowest elevation, and is the only town that is not on a slope, but that stands freely on the valley floor.
The name of the town is derived from the Latin "runcare"(= clearing the land). Ruggell was elevated to the status of parish in 1874, before which it belonged to the parish of Bendern. Various prehistoric finds have been made on the territory of Ruggell, as well as finds from the Roman era.
The fertile land was once conquered from the swamps and the Rhine. Agriculture still plays an important role, in addition to employment in industry and trade. The Ruggeller Riet is the home of many animals and plants and is under conservation. Peat ("Tuarba") used to be cut there.

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Historical buildings and sites in Ruggell

• St. Fridolin´s Parish Church
  Until 1875, Ruggell also belonged to the parish of Bendern. A first church was documented in 1617. The plans for the current church, which was built at the end of the 19th century, were by the Viennese architect Gustav von Neumann. The painting is the work of Florus Scheel of Feldkirch.
  It is a neo-Gothic church with a single nave; the chancel and side tower face the east. The vestry was enlarged during the renovation of 1998/99. The old vestry is now a baptismal chapel, where the old Gothic altar is located.

St. Fridolin's Parish Church, built
at the end of the 19th century, is
a testimony to the founding of
the Ruggell parish in 1874

The House of Marti the Cooper,
built in the 18th century, now
serves as a museum and cultural
center