Wil is a town with a small-town character in the canton of St. Gallen. It is an important center in the west of the canton and the second largest conurbation in eastern Switzerland for Toggenburg. It is also the abbot's town, as prince abbots resided in the court of Wil for more than 500 years. For centuries, trade and traffic have been the lifeblood of the regional market town. Wil is considered a metropolis in the geographical triangle between St. Gallen, Winterthur and Frauenfeld. The town lies exactly on the main traffic axis from St. Gallen to Zurich. The region has an industrial and commercial tradition. The town is also known as the "gateway to Toggenburg". The region is geographically highly structured, with the southern areas extending into the foothills of the Southern Thurgau and Toggenburg Alps. The journey to Winterthur takes 30 minutes, to Zurich 45 minutes, to St. Gallen 25 minutes and to Weinfelden 25 minutes. The schools in Wil are easily accessible for all these regions.
Wil has over 23,960 inhabitants and an area of 20.82 km2. Wil's ideal location, diverse urban infrastructure, good transport links and urban rural surroundings speak in its favor. The Wil region is an economically, scenically, culturally and agriculturally attractive intercantonal region with good transport connections. In Fürstenland, Wil is the transportation hub for rail and road. The municipality of Bronschhofen has also been part of the town of Wil since 2013. Over 180 kilometers of hiking trails are signposted around Wil. Since 2013, the almost 33 km long "Weg rund um Wil" (trail around Wil) has run around the entire municipal area. Companies such as Stihl & Co, Larag AG, Camion Transport AG, Brändle AG, Heimgartner Fahnen AG, Schmolz+Bickenbach and Kindlimann AG are based in Wil.
Wil railroad station is located on the St. Gallen - Wil, Wil - Weinfelden and Wil - Wattwil railroad lines and is an important railroad junction. Regional services are provided by the Thurbo regional railroad. The narrow-gauge FWB runs from the secondary station to Frauenfeld. Wil is an IC stop on the route from Zurich to Munich. S-Bahn trains run to Zurich and Winterthur. There are express train connections to Wil, Uzwil, St. Gallen, Zurich-Kloten Airport and Zurich. These regions, as well as Toggenburg, are well connected for traveling to schools in Wil. There is a dense public transport network throughout the region. Pedestrian and bicycle traffic is also specifically promoted in the town.
Convenient and easy access to the schools in Wil by car make the educational location ideal for attending training or continuing education, further training. You can reach Wil directly from Winterthur or St. Gallen via the A1. The main road leads from Märstetten to Wattwil via Wil. The town offers around 2,000 public parking spaces, which are distributed throughout the town center. This means that everyone can find a parking space on the way to their school in Wil.
In addition to elementary school, upper secondary schools and day schools, Wil is also home to a vocational and further education center, a cantonal school, music school, sports schools, language schools, cantonal school, vocational schools, adult education center, baccalaureate school for adults, University of Applied Sciences, private schools and educational offers for adults. The diverse range of "Schulen Wil" makes the town a centrally located education location not only for the Toggenburg and Fürstenland regions.
Wil offers a well-kept gastronomy with various restaurants, cafés and bars. This means that you will also find good catering options while visiting a school in Wil. Typical Wil specialties include cheese, pear bread, Wiler almond fish, cornelian cherry and chokeberry jam as well as farmer's ham, crusty ham and smoked ham from the Keller butcher's shop. Try culinary products made from Thurgau apples such as apple sauce, chocolate apple brioche, apple pie, apple sorbet, sparkling apple wine from the Möhl cidery and apple syrup. Well-known drinks are the Wiler Blanc de Pinot Noir and the Thurbobräu beer. You can enjoy these after your lessons at the school in Wil.
After your stay at the schools in Wil, the old town of Wil, one of the best preserved in Eastern Switzerland, invites you to linger. Picturesque half-timbered houses, romantic arcades and picturesque alleyways and squares make up its unique charm. The sights of the old town include the aristocratic Baron's House, the Court House, the Captain's House, St. Peter's Church, the late Gothic parish church of St. Nicholas, the Church of the Holy Cross, the Dominican monastery of St. Catherine, the town museum and the Hofplatz (Hof zu Wil). A spacious pedestrian zone as a promenade with attractive stores lies directly adjacent to the old town. After visiting the schools in Wil, you can enjoy a varied cultural experience in the Stadtsaal and Cinéwil at the railroad station, as well as in the concert hall or the Chällertheater in the Baronenhaus. Built in 2006 in pure wood construction, the Wiler Tower on the Hofenberg with 189 steps offers a beautiful view over the town from a height of 34 meters.
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