page_title: Rüthi
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Rüthi / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Auf der Brücke der Zollstraße: ca. 320° Panorama von Lienz SG und Rüthi SG im Gemeindegebiet von Altstätten im Rheintal; Blick auf den Hohen Kasten im Alpsteingebirge. English: On the bridge of the customs road: about 320 ° panorama of Lienz and Rüthi in the municipality of Altstätten in the Rhine Valley, overlooking the high castes in the Alp-stone- mountains.
context_page_description: Rüthi is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Rüthi has an area, as of 2006, of 9.3 km² (3.6 sq mi).  Of this area, 47.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.8% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 13.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
  The municipality was located in the Oberrheintal district until the creation of the Rheintal Wahlkreis.  It consists of the villages of Rüthi, Büchel and the Hirschensprung as well as the southern part of the hamlet of Rehag.  Other villages were part of the municipality.  From 1798 to 1831 the village of Kobelwald (later part of Oberriet) and from 1803 to 31 the village of Lienz (afterward part of Sennwald, then in 1883 part of Altstätten) were part of Rüthi.
caption: Panorama of the road between Lienz and Rüthi
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