Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil explained

HSR
Rector:Margit Mönnecke
Established:1972
Type:Public
City:Rapperswil-Jona
State:St. Gallen (canton)
Coor:47.2236°N 8.8181°W
Country:Switzerland
Budget:CHF 85.368 Million
Campus:Urban
Academic Staff:510
Administrative Staff:140
Students:1600
Former Names:Interkantonales Technikum Rapperswil

The Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil), also called Technikum or HSR, was a technical university in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland. Since 2020 the former HSR is the Campus Rapperswil-Jona of the new OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule.

The university campus is located in Rapperswil at the lakeshore of the Obersee, which is the southeastern part of Lake Zurich. The Seedamm, the Rapperswil railway station and Knie's Kinderzoo are in the vicinity.

Trivia

Remains of pile dwellings have been found at the archaeological site Technikum, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.palafittes.org/fundstelle-en.html?sid=121 The archaeological site Technikum