Diepoldsau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Diepoldsau is first mentioned in 891 as Thiotpoldesouua. Schmitter is first mentioned in 1385. It was the crossing point for Jews escaping Nazi Germany into the St. Gallen area. Thousands of Jews were saved despite the general Swiss Policy of severely restricting Jewish escape from Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. Diepoldsau has an area, as of 2006, of 11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi). Of this area, 67.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). More information...
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