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49-448: Kempraten-Lenggis was a village of the former independent municipality of Jona that in 2006 merged with Rapperswil to the town of Rapperswil-Jona . It is located on the right-hand (northeastern) shore of Lake Zurich (German: Zürichsee ) northerly of Rapperswil on the so-called Kempratnerbucht , literally "Bay of Kempraten". This natural indentation on the eastern lake shore extends between Feldbach, Hombrechtikon , and Rapperswil on

98-650: A document of emperor Otto II , in which goods of the Einsiedeln abbey were confirmed on 14 August 972. The fourth Abbot of Einsiedeln , Wirunt (996–1026), or Wirendus, Wirund, Wem, Wirand, Verendus, was according to 15th-century chronists a Graf von Wandelburg of the Rapperswil family. Wandelburg may be another name of the Grynau Castle at the Buechberg hill on Obersee lake shore. According to

147-464: A length of about 3 kilometres (2 mi). Due to its location, the area was already inhabited in pre-Roman times and once was used as a natural harbor. To the east, Kempraten is bordered by the bay respectively the Lindenhof hill in Rapperswil. These area of the village is called Kempraten . Situated in the east, Lenggis is a longish hill slope where the residential area is growing fast and that

196-711: A pilgrimage basilica with a priest in Kentibruto , estimated to be the St. Ursula chapel built around 885. At the beginning of the 13th century, Kempraten was part of the Herrschaft Rapperswil by the Counts of Rapperswil . In 1253 it was part of the former parish church Busskirch . Today, this old Christian community belongs to the Catholic parish Rapperswil-Jona. In his chronicle, Aegidius Tschudi (he also mentions

245-579: A stone with Roman inscriptions near Jona) in 1443 ( Old Zürich War ) mentions as military troops from the Old Swiss Confederacy cantons of Uri, Zug and Glarus, fighting against Rapperswil, had their camp at the street to the Rüti Abbey . Beginning 1803, Kempraten was part of the former municipality Jona. On 1 January 2007 the former municipalities of Rapperswil and Jona merged to form a new political entity: Rapperswil-Jona that became

294-458: Is bordered by the neighbouring municipalities of Bubikon and Rüti which as well as Feldbach are situated in the Canton of Zürich . Settlements in the region of Rapperswil-Jona date back at least 5000 years. Aerchological relicts have been found at the site of a Bronze Age village , and the remains of a first wooden bridge (16th century BC, reconstructed in 2001) to Hurden (SZ) located at

343-509: Is disused since 2004. The largest railway station of the Rapperswil-Jona municipality is Rapperswil . Counts of Rapperswil The House of Rapperswil respectively Counts of Rapperswil ( Grafen von Rapperwil since 1233, before Lords ) ruled the upper Zürichsee and Seedamm region around Rapperswil and parts of, as of today, Swiss cantons of St. Gallen , Glarus , Zürich and Graubünden when their influence

392-432: Is extremely patchy and incomplete, the family may be in fact extinct several times in the 'male line', estimated at least around 1190 and according to historical documents at 1283, even the female line was continued by Elisabeth von Rapperswil . The line of counts of Rapperswil may be counted back to the 9th century, when their ancestors were called Counts of Wandelberg : This list is based on known genealogical trees of

441-633: Is located on the River Jona , which flows into the Obersee . The River Jona flows through the former Jona municipality in the Obersee (upper Lake Zürich). The settlement is named after the river, first recorded in Latinized form Johanna in AD 834, as super Johannam fluvium . The Middle High German form Jonun is recorded 1243. The river name was likely adapted into Alemannic (Old High German) around

490-659: Is served by S-Bahn trains of the Zürich S-Bahn (lines S5 and S15 , combined quarter-hourly service between Rapperswil and Zürich HB ). Jona railway station and adjacent bus station were renovated between 2013 and 2015. Two other railway stations in the former Jona municipality, Blumenau and Kempraten , are served by the S6 of St. Gallen S-Bahn (hourly service to Schwanden / Linthal ) and S7 of Zürich S-Bahn (half-hourly service to Meilen , Zürich HB and Winterthur ), respectively. Another railway station, Bollingen ,

539-607: The Alt-Rapperswil lands and rights, a change of goods occurred to establish the Bubikon Commandry , given by the Counts of Toggenburg and by the Counts of Rapperswil between 1191 and 1198. Although in concurrency to the neighbouring Rüti Abbey that was founded in 1206, the commandery's lands and goods grew with donations by local noble families during the 13th and 14th centuries. The house (lords) of Rapperswil

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588-791: The Seedamm area of Rapperswil , being part of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps , of which are 56 located in Switzerland. Among the highlights of archaeological relicts include the Neolithic Seegubel site and La Tène culture body burials which indicates an early settlement. Linguists are speculating whether a Helvetiic settlement Cambioratin (bay hill) has been established on

637-527: The canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland . Before the merger with Rapperswil , the former municipality of Jona comprised the villages of Jona, Bollingen , Busskirch , Curtiberg, Kempraten -Lenggis, and Wagen. The former municipality of Jona extended from the eastern shore of the main part of Lake Zürich ( Kempraten ) to the northern shore of Obersee , the upper or eastern division of Lake Zurich ( Bollingen , Busskirch ). The former village of Jona

686-484: The 8th century from a Gallo-Roman *Jauna as a weakly inflecting feminine *Jōna(n) , yielding modern dialectal Jōne(n) . In 1350, Rapperswil and its castle was widely destroyed by Rudolf Brun , and the Herrschaft Rapperswil – Rapperswil and some surrounding villages including Jona – was acquired by the Habsburg family. After 1803's Act of Mediation , Rapperswil and Jona joined the canton of St. Gallen , and

735-538: The Counts Hans (Johann II), Rudolf and Gotfrid, and the city of Zürich; it was sealed on 19 September 1352, and the brothers had to confirm among others that they will also condone their relatives who supported the city of Zürich . The second document included that Johann's II imprisonment in Zürich shall be forgotten , all prisoners shall be released, and even Count Albrecht would support the city of Zürich against

784-473: The Counts Rudolf, Gotfrid and Johan von Habsburg was regulated in a document on 1 July 1354: The remains of the former Herrschaft Rapperswil – Rapperswil and some surrounding villages excluding Jona – were sold by Count Johann II and his brothers, Rudolf (IV) and Gottfried (II), to the Habsburg family and partially ( Höfe ) to the city of Zürich, as the house of Rapperswil was not able to rebuild

833-500: The Einsiedeln abbey) were built by Rudolf II and his son Rudolf III of Rapperswil . Officially in 1229, the town of Rapperswil was founded when the nobility of Rapperswil moved from Altendorf across the lake to Rapperswil, and a wave of foundations is documented: Wettingen Abbey in 1227, and the Mariazell- Wurmsbach Abbey in 1259. On 28 August 1232 a document confirms an exchange of goods between members of

882-549: The abbey's archives there are no reliable sources about Wirunt's origin. Other unreliable sources mention that Rudolf I (1090–1101) the 9th abbot was a member of the Rapperswil family. Ulrich I von Rapperswil (1192–1206) became the 14th abbot of Einsiedeln. In 1099 first mentioned, the donation of the St. Andreas Church was given by the House of Rapperswil as a spacious three-naved country church. The assumably legal connection with

931-490: The capital St. Gallen itself. The town's bus service, Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona , is provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO) since 2008. In addition, Schneider Busbetriebe  [ de ] operates line 622 to Wagen (continues to St. Gallenkappel / Wattwil ) and line 621 to Buech/St. Dyonis. The main railway station of the former Jona municipality is Jona , which

980-528: The church situated above the Uster Castle , due to the archaeological investigations of 1982 so far is not proven, but the pastoral rights were sold by Elisabeth von Rapperswil not earlier than 1300. Some fortifications, among them in Greifensee , Uster and Alt-Rapperswil were built probably in the early 12th century by members of the family. The Vogts of Rapperswil were persons of influence in

1029-506: The citizenry of Zürich . In compensation, the goods and lands of the äussere former councils had to be refund by the innere (meaning the Guild councils), as long as their property was not sold (by Brun's entourage). These restrictions also included Johann I's children – the German king had to vouch for Brun's regime, Duke Albrecht for Rapperswil and the underage Rapperswils Counts. The feud

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1078-456: The community was supported by Predigerkloster Zürich because its close relationship to the House of Rapperswil. On the peninsula at Oberbollingen , the St. Nicholas Chapel is mentioned, where around 1229 a small Cistercian (first associated with the Rüti Abbey ) monastery was established; in 1267 it was united with the nearby Mariazell-Wurmsbach nunnery. St. Martin Busskirch is one of

1127-589: The counts Johans, Rudolf und Gotfrid von Habsburg so needed, sealed by Markgraf Ludwig von Brandenburg on 23 September 1352. Another document was related to the costs of the captivity of Rapperswil citizens in Zürich which was sealed on 20 May 1358 by relatives of the new lord Count Rudolf von Österreich in Rapreswile , namely Ott von Missouw, Fridrich von Waslze, Heinrich der Raspe, Heinrich der Brunner, Wolfgang von Winden, Johanse von Platzhein and Vogt Johans von Langenhart. The division of an estate between

1176-407: The death of the 18-year-old Count Rudolf V, after which emperor Rudolf I acquired their fiefs, and the family had to sold large parts of the former bailiwick. Great parts of the remaining property of the Herrschaft Rapperswil passed to the house of Homberg, represented by Count Ludwig († April 27, 1289) by first marriage of Elisabeth von Rapperswil and their son, Wernher von Homberg . Around 1309

1225-569: The documents related to their rights in Raprechtswile and their possessions in the March (Alt-Rapperswil) area. Furthermore, the document also included the Zürich councils ( äussere Bürger ) who refuged to Rapperswil and financial compensations by the former councils to Brun's entourage, they remained banned until 1342, and the äussere former councils had to pledge allegiance to the King and to

1274-684: The extensive possessions of Rapperswil in Zürichgau. But the Homberg-Rapperswil line extinct with the death of Wernher von Homberg, and the Habsburg-Laufenburg line in 1408, when Johann IV von Habsburg-Laufenburg died without male heirs. Elisabeth gave up of her possessions in Western Switzerland to Wernher von Homberg (son from her first marriage) after the death of Wernher's father, and after her own death

1323-438: The forgiveness of debt of Rapperswil, as some sources hypothesize. Some, if not most of the refugees, were decades before their exile vassals of the Counts of Rapperswil, including the ancient councilors family Bilgeri those members lost six of their seats in the council of Zürich. Johann I was killed in 1337 in the course of a battle at the Grynau Castle against Zürich-Toggenburg troops. Count Johann's children – Johann II,

1372-405: The former Herrschaft Rapperswil was split into the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona. Jona, as municipality, was established in 1803 around the former boundaries of the city of Rapperswil , comprising the small rest of the former Herrschaft Rapperswil and the villages of Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen and Wurmsbach. In the early 19th century, Jona river's hydropower

1421-491: The historians use the term Alt-Rapperswil (old line) and Neu-Rapperswil (new line). Likewise, it is assumed that there were strong family ties with the houses of Regensberg , Kyburg and Toggenburg (see Members of the family ), that may have been involved in the dispute over the inheritance. Nevertheless, around 1200 the Rapperswil Castle and the fortifications of the former locus Endingen (given by

1470-531: The noble families of Kyburg and Rapperswil in the villages of Oberwesin and Niderwesin that were in the possession of Kyburg to 1264 respectively of Rapperswil to 1283, the nucleus of the monastic community "in den Wyden", a community of lay women or beguines which was Count Rudolf IV von Rapperswil donated certain duties, and lands "in den Widen" to establish the Dominikanerinnenkloster Maria Zuflucht in 1259. Initially,

1519-590: The oldest churches around the Lake Zürich and was until 1229 the parish church of the family. There even the citizens of Rapperswil had to attend services, until Count Rudolf II of Rapperswil built the Stadtpfarrkirche on Herrenberg next to the Rapperswil castle on the Lindenhof hill . At that time, the House of Rapperswil had possessions in what is now Eastern and Central Switzerland. They bore

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1568-510: The oldest of three sons, Rudolf and Gotfrid (and their sister Agnes) – were set under guardianship of Albrecht, Duke of Austria, sealed by a document between the city of Zürich and the German King respectively Duke Albrecht on 21 November 1337. The document included also a peace contract and regulations, but as well as the documents in the following years − between the city of Zürich and Austria – It included among others: Johann's children got

1617-549: The remaining bailiwick's rights passed to Count Rudolf († 1315) of Habsburg-Laufenburg by second marriage of Elisabeth of Rapperswil, the sister of Rudolf V, followed by her son, Count Johann I († 1337) and his son, Johann II († 1380). On 12 July 1336 Rudolf Brun , mayor of the city of Zürich, defeated his political opponents, the former members of the Rat (council) of Zürich, of which around 12 members found refuge by count Johann I in Rapperswil. The feud (German: Fehde ) of

1666-586: The remaining lands were inherited by the Laufenburg branch of the Habsburgs . Following the death of Ludwig von Homberg who left a son from Elisabeth, Werner, the countess married again with Rudolf of Habsburg-Laufenburg, son of the count of Kyburg. After her death she might have divided her patrimony. After Ursula's death in 1460, the Habsburg-Laufenburg patrimony fell to the County of Sulz. The genealogy

1715-624: The remains of the Vicus Centum Prata , the historical lake crossings and the Neolithic settlement Seegubel are listed as Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as Class A objects of national importance. Jona, Switzerland Jona is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Wahlkreis ( constituency ) of See-Gaster in

1764-527: The second largest town in the canton after the capital St. Gallen itself. Kempraten railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the line S7 . It is a 36-minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof and three minutes to Rapperswil train station . The station is also served by municipal bus line 994 of Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona (provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland , VZO) and VZO bus route 885 (operates between Rapperswil and Atzmännig, via Rüti ZH , Wald ZH and Goldingen ). The area of

1813-528: The so-called Kempratnerbucht . Beginning in the 1st century AD, the Roman vicus Centum Prata (100 meadows) has been an important Roman settlement to secure the province borders, and was both a stage town on the intersection of the streets to Zürich (Latin Turicum ), Winterthur ( Vitudurum ) via Irgenhausen ( Irgenhausen Castrum ) and to Chur ( Curia Rhaetorum ) to Rome's alpine route. Centum prata

1862-704: The so-called Marchenstreit between the people of Schwyz and the Einsiedeln abbey beginning around 1100. Around 1180 the lords of Rapperswil inherit the parish rights of Weisslingen and free float in Russikon, Erisberg, Luckhausen, Moosburg and in Kempthal, as well as the castles Greifenberg and Bernegg, and the bailiwick of Kempten in the area around the Töss Valley respectively in Eastern Switzerland. Assumably in compensation of claims related to

1911-545: The so-called Äusseres Zürich coalition was supported by the Rapperswil bailiwick, some knights and noble families, and Count Johann became the leader of the opposition in the city of Zürich . Latter was supported among others by the House of Toggenburg as its military arm, as well as by the Einsiedeln Abbey which supported Brun's regime. The counselors hoped for support by Count Johann and offered probably in return

1960-520: The title of count from 1233, as a partisan of the Staufer kings. Besides also the Urseren valley in 1240, and since the 13th centuries, Lützelau island has belonged to the family, later to the community of Rapperswil (now called Ortsbürgergemeinde ); its sandstone was used to build the Rapperswil castle, the parish church and the town walls. The house of Rapperswil became extinct again in 1283, with

2009-450: The town and the destroyed castles – the rights passed over to Albrecht II, Duke of Habsburg-Austria. All rights related to lands in the Höfe district including the settlements at Bäch, Pfäffikon and Wollerau were sold by Count Goetfrid von Habsburg -Rapperswil on 19 May 1358. Although Countess Elisabeth von Rapperswil was able to continue the line and secured the Habsburg-Laufenburg line

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2058-574: The year 401 (488), the Gallo-Roman , probably Christianized population has been still living there. In 741 and 744, documents in the archives of St. Gallen Abbey describe the village as Centoprato , another document in 863 as Centiprata , inspired by the Latin name Centum Prata . According to a 9th-century document, Kempraten was a well known pilgrimage site with relics of the martyr Alexander (legend of Theban Legion ). Around 847 legends tell of

2107-456: Was an economic center for the surrounding area, too, a residential and commercial area for artisans, traders, boatmen and carters living in it. It measured about 300 metres (984 ft) form north to south and 200 metres (656 ft) from west to east, including massive stone buildings, half-timbered and simple wooden houses. At Kempraten's Lake Zurich bay, the Roman transshipment harbour for goods

2156-421: Was continued Johann II in the late 1340s, but there also were a short time alliance with the city of Zürich: On 28 September 1343 Count Johann II and his brothers Rudolf and Gotfried von Habsburg and the citizens of Rapperswil signed a document for an eternal confederacy with the city council and the citizens of Zürich. An attempted coup by the aristocratic opposition, known as äusseres Zürich , in Zürich

2205-416: Was first mentioned before 1192 in a large numbers of documents, for the last time around 1206 related to the abbot Rudolf of (Alt)-Rapperswil, and since 1233 as Grafen (counts) of Rapprechtswilare. As between 1192 and 1220 documentary mentions of the family are widely missing, the modern research assumes that the original lineage is extinct and subsequently a dispute over inheritance may be broken. Therefore,

2254-405: Was forcefully put down on 23/24 February 1350: Count Johann II, now the opposition's leader, was arrested for two years, and the town walls of Rapperswil, its castle and Altendorf castle were destroyed by Brun in 1350. The peace agreement on 1 September 1352 between Count Albrecht von Oesterreich and the city of Zürich was adjusted by two furthers documents. The first one was the agreement between

2303-521: Was located that have been transported on the Roman streets, on the lake bridge from Rapperswil to Hurden and on the waterway Zürichsee- Obersee - Linth - Walensee . From here respectively the so-called Einsiedlerhaus in Rapperswil, there was probably a boat route to the Gallo-Roman sanctuary on Ufenau island. After the Alamannic invasion and withdrawal of the Roman administration to Italy around

2352-525: Was most extensive around the 1200s until the 1290s. They acted also as Vogt of the most influential Einsiedeln Abbey in the 12th and 13th century, and at least three abbots of Einsiedeln were members of Rapperswil family. In 697 legends mentions a knight called Raprecht in connection with the later Grynau Castle . The former seat of the Vogt in Altendorf was first mentioned as "Rahprehteswilare" in

2401-403: Was used for a larger number of watermills along the small river. As a renewable source, the river was important for industrialization of the rapidly growing village. On January 1, 2007, the municipalities of Rapperswil and Jona merged to form a new political entity: Rapperswil-Jona has a population of 25,777 (as of December 2007). This makes it the second largest town in the canton after

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