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Wittenbach

Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3204

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

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For Wittenbach (SG), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’444 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.7 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 16.4 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
9.7 m
Canton: 9.6 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
2

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
40.5 m

Canton: 77.9 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
1’444

1.2% of the canton

25 m or taller
10

0.7% of measured parcels

About Wittenbach

Wittenbach is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. For Wittenbach, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’444 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.7 m, on three quarters at most 11.4 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 16.4 m.

For Wittenbach, the median building height, 9.7 m, is close to the canton median of 9.6 m. The tallest building measures 40.5 m. 7 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 12. By median building height, Wittenbach ranks 34th of 74 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 1’444 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)8.3 m8.1 m7.8 m
P50 (median)9.7 m9.6 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)11.4 m11.5 m11.5 m
P9516.4 m16.3 m16.6 m
Tallest building40.5 m77.9 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m3
  • 3-6 m62
  • 6-9 m498
  • 9-12 m588
  • 12-15 m181
  • 15-18 m71
  • 18-21 m23
  • 21-24 m7
  • 24-27 m3
  • 27-30 m1
  • 30 m or taller7

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 1’167 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 12.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor73
  • 2 floors624
  • 3 floors317
  • 4 floors95
  • 5 floors47
  • 6 floors4
  • 7 floors0
  • 8 or more floors7

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 40.5 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller1127.8%
25 m or taller100.7%
30 m or taller70.5%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Wittenbach

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Wittenbach. 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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