Herisau, the largest town of the Swiss canton of Appenzell, in the Ausser Roden division, stands 2549 feet above sea-level, 5½ miles SW. of St Gall by rail. It is a thriving seat of the cotton manufactures. Pop. 11,082.
Herisau
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 682
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