Bollingen is a village (Kirchdorf) within themunicipality ofRapperswil-Jona in theSwisscanton of St. Gallen.
The village is located along the northern shore of theupper Lake Zürich (Obersee) betweenJona andSchmerikon. Bollingen was part of the former municipality of Jona: On 1 January 2007 the former municipalities ofRapperswil and Jona merged to form the new political entityRapperswil-Jona.
Sandstone from Bollingen may have been used even in theRoman Empire era, but presumablyBollinger Sandstein is extracted and processed since 1000 AD. Among others it was used for theGrossmünster andFraumünster churches in Zürich, as well as for theEinsiedeln andSt. Gallen abbeys,[1] or theZunfthaus zur Meisen that was built in 1757 at theMünsterhof plaza in Zürich.[2]
In the European Middle Ages, the two settlements namedUnterbollingen andOberbollingen are mentioned as part of the laterHerrschaft Rapperswil of theCounts of Rapperswil. The earliest document sealed at theRapperswil Castle was related to the donation of the church ofUnterbollingen to theRüti Abbey, and also mentions among others acivitas of the town ofRapperswil as witnesses of CountRudolf von Rapperswil in 1229.[3] On the peninsula at Oberbollingen, a St. Nicholas Chapel is mentioned, where around 1229 a small Cistercian nunnery, later Premonstratensian convent associated with the Rüti Abbey was established by the Counts of Rapperswil; in 1267 it was united with the nearbyMariazellWurmsbach Abbey. In 1519 a new church in honor of St. Pancras was inaugurated in Unterbollingen. After theReformation in Zürich the church was acquired by the city ofRapperswil to be united with theHeiliggeistspital, but since 1871 it is aparish church for its own.
Bollingen is known for the "Tower" built there byCarl Gustav Jung. Another remarkable site is the nearbyWurmsbach Abbey.
Bollingen was a railway station located about halfway between Bollingen village and theWurmsbach Abbey, which closed in 2004 for economic reasons. It is located on theRapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line in betweenBlumenau andSchmerikon stations. The railway building remained, but theplatforms have been removed.
Since railway services were suspended, public transport was reduced to a bus service. Until December 2023, bus line 621 operated betweenRapperswil and Buech/St. Dyonis (closest bus stop isBuechstr. West, a ca. 30 minute walk away from Bollingen village).[4] Line 621 was subsumed into line 995, operated bySchneider Busbetriebe.[5] The route was shortened and the western terminus becameJona. As of December 2023, the bus route is as follows:
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| 995 | Jona railway station – Jona Center – Hummelberg/Jona, Buechstrasse Ost | Schneider Busbetriebe [de] |
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