page_title: Lichtensteig
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Lichtensteig / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Lichtensteig SG, Switzerland
context_page_description: Lichtensteig is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
context_section_description: The municipality is located in the Toggenburg (the upper  Thur basin), on the right side of the Thur. It is downstream of Wattwil, and upstream of Dietfurt (Bütschwil municipality), and on the western site of the Wasserfluh Pass.
  The ruins of Neu-Toggenburg castle are on a rocky outcropping above the village.
  Lichtensteig is the smallest municipality in Toggenburg in terms of area, with only  2.8 km² (1.1 sq mi). It is 
  35.7% of the area used for agricultural purposes,  44.6% is forested, and 18.2% is built up, the remainder (1.4%) being accounted for by bodies of water.
  The highest point is at 1,146 m (Köbelisberg), the lowst at 591 m (untere Platten).
caption: View from south
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