Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil

HSR
Former names
 Interkantonales Technikum Rapperswil
Type Public
Established 1972
Budget CHF 72.162 million[1]
Rector Herrmann Mettler
Academic staff
 237[1]
Administrative staff
 307[1]
Students 1188[1]
Location Rapperswil-Jona, St. Gallen (canton), Switzerland
47°13′25.00″N 8°49′05.00″E / 47.2236111°N 8.8180556°E / 47.2236111; 8.8180556Coordinates: 47°13′25.00″N 8°49′05.00″E / 47.2236111°N 8.8180556°E / 47.2236111; 8.8180556
Campus Urban
Website www.hsr.ch
HSR on Obersee lakeshore

HSR (German: Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil) or University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil is a technical university in Rapperswil, a locality of the city of Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland. HSR is part of the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland.

Location

The university is located nearby Seedamm respectively Rapperswil railway station and Knie's Kinderzoo on upper Lake Zürich (Obersee).

Trivia

Archaeological relicts have been found at the Technikum island settlement,[2] and the remains of a first wooden bridge (1523 BC, reconstructed in 2001) to Hurden located on the Obersee lakeshore nearby the Technical University (HSR) respectively the so-called Heilig Hüsli at the northwestern part of the Seedamm area. The three neighbouring Prehistoric settlements, as well as the early lake crossings, are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps.[3][4]

See also

External links

Media related to Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Annual report 2010" (PDF). HSR. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sites Switzerland: Rapperswil-Jona–Technikum (CH-SG-02)". palafittes.org. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  3. ↑ "Prehistoric Pile Dwellings in Switzerland". Swiss Coordination Group UNESCO Palafittes (palafittes.org). Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  4. ↑ "World Heritage". palafittes.org. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
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