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Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Canton · Municipalities with height data: 20

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

In the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 17’856 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 10.2 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 15.3 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
10.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
3

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
72.3 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
17’856

1.2% of Switzerland

25 m or taller
35

0.2% of measured parcels

About the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden

For the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 17’856 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 10.2 m, on three quarters at most 11.8 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 15.3 m. The parcel data holds building heights for 20 of the canton’s 20 municipalities.

In the canton, the median building height, 10.2 m, is close to the Swiss median of 9.5 m. The tallest building measures 72.3 m. 14 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 18. By median building height, the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden ranks 4th of 20 cantons with complete height data. Among its municipalities with at least 200 measured parcels, the highest median building heights are those of Herisau (10.8 m), Lutzenberg (10.5 m) and Rehetobel (10.4 m).

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 17’856 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)8.8 m7.8 m
P50 (median)10.2 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)11.8 m11.5 m
P9515.3 m16.6 m
Tallest building72.3 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m70
  • 3-6 m857
  • 6-9 m4’017
  • 9-12 m8’758
  • 12-15 m3’148
  • 15-18 m691
  • 18-21 m201
  • 21-24 m66
  • 24-27 m21
  • 27-30 m13
  • 30 m or taller14

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 13’080 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 18.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor748
  • 2 floors4’909
  • 3 floors5’549
  • 4 floors1’465
  • 5 floors329
  • 6 floors54
  • 7 floors15
  • 8 or more floors11

Tallest buildings

Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 72.3 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller1’0065.6%
25 m or taller350.2%
30 m or taller140.1%
50 m or taller1< 0.1%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden

roofs maps building height for every parcel in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.

Municipalities in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden

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