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Herisau

Municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden · FSO no. 3001

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

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For Herisau (AR), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 3’284 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 10.8 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 18.3 m or lower.

Key figures

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

Canton: 3

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
32.7 m

Canton: 72.3 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
3’284

18.4% of the canton

25 m or taller
17

0.5% of measured parcels

About Herisau

Herisau is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. For Herisau, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 3’284 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 10.8 m, on three quarters at most 12.9 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 18.3 m.

For Herisau, the median building height, 10.8 m, is close to the canton median of 10.2 m. The tallest building measures 32.7 m. 6 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, Herisau ranks 1st of 20 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 3’284 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereCantonSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)9.3 m8.8 m7.8 m
P50 (median)10.8 m10.2 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)12.9 m11.8 m11.5 m
P9518.3 m15.3 m16.6 m
Tallest building32.7 m72.3 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m8
  • 3-6 m105
  • 6-9 m548
  • 9-12 m1’505
  • 12-15 m693
  • 15-18 m243
  • 18-21 m114
  • 21-24 m40
  • 24-27 m15
  • 27-30 m7
  • 30 m or taller6

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 2’532 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 18.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor137
  • 2 floors766
  • 3 floors1’013
  • 4 floors406
  • 5 floors154
  • 6 floors33
  • 7 floors13
  • 8 or more floors10

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 32.7 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller42512.9%
25 m or taller170.5%
30 m or taller60.2%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Herisau

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Herisau. 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 ~.

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