Welcome To The City Of Rorschach - Integration im Kanton St.Gallen

Welcome to the City of
Rorschach
www.rorschach.ch
Dear new arrivals
Rorschach is what you see in it, whether at the lakeside, in the
town centre or in the countryside surrounding it. In spring,
summer, autumn and winter. Always and everywhere. We would
like you to be able to find and establish yourself here. Because
Rorschach is also what you make out of it.
Therefore, we warmly welcome you to Rorschach. We hope
that you can put down roots here and start to feel at home and
comfortable in our town.
You´ll find several opportunities to participate in sports and games
in several clubs and associations. We invite you to take an active
part in our town life. Don´t be scared to take the first step.
This brochure is a guideline helping you to find the right addresses
for your various questions and problems. You will find addresses,
telephone numbers and internet sites of authorities and
organisations in the city and in the canton. Your first location for
advice is the front office at the municipal hall, where people will
be glad to lead you to the competent authority.
Englisch

CITY ADMINISTRATION – www.rorschach.ch
STADTVERWALTUNG
Stadt Rorschach, Rathaus, Hauptstrasse 29,
9400 Rorschach, 071 844 21 11
Opening hours:
Mon - Fri: 08.00 - 11.30 a.m.
Mon: 01.30 - 06.00 p.m.
Tue - Thu: 01.30 - 05.00 p.m.
Fri: 01.30 - 04.30 p.m.
Residents’ Registration Office / Front Office
(Einwohneramt / Front Office)
Registration and cancellation within 14 days
(Registration with valid travel documents, residence
permit, family reunification, compulsory health
insurance, copy of the rental agreement), registration
of moped, animal protection office, board of control for
dogs, authentication of signatures and documents
Registry Office (Zivilstandsamt)
Registration of birth, marriage or death.
Certificates of birth, marriage and death, etc.
Branch Office (AHV-Zweigstelle)
integrated in the Front Office
Information on old-age pension and survivor`s
benefits insurance (AHV), disability insurance (IV),
supplementary policies, premium reduction,
child benefits, etc.
Other Departments at the Municipal Hall
Tax Office, Chancellery
Other Departments near the Municipal Hall
Debt Enforcement Office
Social Services (Social Welfare, Guardianship Office)
Location Promenadenstrasse 74
Building Inspection and City Development Office
Garbage Disposal
Issuing of parking-cards and garbage disposal
The garbage is collected once a week. The garbage
schedule comes every year by mail and is obtainable at
the Front Office or on our homepage. Special garbage
bags (A-Region) for household waste, obtainable e.g. at
Coop, Migros etc.
Promenadenstrasse 74, 9400 Rorschach, 071 844 21 50
Location Promenadenstrasse 74
Technical Company Rorschach (Technische Betriebe)
Electricity and water supply. If you move contact them
very early to check the electricity or water metersl
Promenadenstrasse 74, 9400 Rorschach, 071 844 22 22
Road Traffic and Shipping Department
Canton St. Gallen – www.stva.sg.ch
(Strassenverkehrs- und Schifffahrtsamt)
Driving - and vehicle test, changing of foreign driving
licenses (within 12 months), etc.
Strassenverkehrs- und Schifffahrtsamt,
St. Leonhardstrasse 40 und Moosbruggstrasse 11,
9001 St. Gallen, 058 229 22 22
SCHOOL / SCHULE – www.rorschach.ch
School Secretariat (Schulsekretariat)
Enrollment for kindergarten and school, German
courses, school holiday schedule, etc.
Kirchstrasse 6, 9400 Rorschach, 071 844 21 81
International Schools – www.standort.sg.ch
The private schools focus on internationally-oriented
families. The medium of instruction is English.
LEGAL ADVICE AND TRANSLATION SERVICE
Arbitration board for tenancies (Mietschlichtung)
Free advice for tenants and landlords
Sekretariat Rathaus Rorschach, 071 844 21 47
Free Legal Advice (Gratis Rechtsberatung)
Thursday: 04.30 - 07.00 p.m.
Bleichestrasse 11, 1st floor, Office of the Women`s
Center (Büro der Frauenzentrale) 9000 St. Gallen
071 228 46 00
Translation Service (Übersetzungsdienst)
Translations (also for legal purposes)
Handels- und Dolmetscherschule St. Gallen,
Hodlerstrasse 2, 9008 St. Gallen, 071 245 30 35
or Telephone Directory: „Übersetzungen“(Translations)
EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION – www.afa.sg.ch
Regional Employment Placement Center (RAV)
Support in search for employment, advice, courses
and educational offers, clarification of earning- related
benefits and unemployment benefits
Berneckerstrasse 12, 9435 Heerbrugg, 058 229 97 77
Vocational, Studies and Career Advice
Personal advice for young people and adults
Teufenerstrasse 1/3, 9001 St. Gallen, 058 229 72 11
Careers and studies advice: 058 229 72 33
Recognition of Foreign Diplomas
www.bbt.admin.ch oder www.crus.ch
Gap Offers for Young People without Apprenticeship
Amt für Berufsbildung, Davidstrasse 31,
9001 St. Gallen, 058 229 38 78

Apprenticeship Market (Lehrstellenbörse)
Teufenerstrasse 3, 9001 St. Gallen, 058 229 72 92
Free Legal Advice Labour Law (Arbeitsrecht)
Tuesday: 09.00 -11.00 a.m.
Thursday: 03.00 -05.00 p.m., or by appointment
Gewerkschaftsbund SG, Lämmlisbrunnenstrasse 41,
9000 St. Gallen, 071 222 61 36
GERMAN – INTEGRATION – www.integration.sg.ch
DEUTSCH – INTEGRATION
German Courses for Foreigners
(Deutschkurse für Fremdsprachige)
Fr. 225.– per semester
Location: Burghaldenschulhaus, Burghaldenstrasse 9,
9400 Rorschach
Enrollment: Schulsekretariat Rorschach, 071 844 21 81
German Course for foreign Mothers and Children
(Deutsch für Mutter und Kind – MUKI)
Including childcare, Fr. 225.– per semester,
children Fr. 35.– per semester
Location: Mariabergschulhaus, Mariabergstrasse 33,
9400 Rorschach
Enrollment: HEKS in-fra, Amriswil, 071 410 16 83
SOS
Important Telephone numbers
Police emergency call 117
Fire brigade 118
Medical emergency cases 144
Toxicological Info-center 145
Emergency services in Rorschach:
Emergency doctor 0900 141 414
Emergency dentist 0900 144 002
Extended Hand 143
Telephone Help for
Children and Youths 147
Telephone Service 0800 800 800
TCS-roadside assistance (car) 140
Troubleshooting Service Technical Company
(outside working hours) 079 331 03 00
Preschool Education (Courses for parents with 3-yearold
children) Topics: languages, movement, nutrition,
education and games, Location: old school secretariat
next to school building (Burghaldenschulhaus),
Mariabergstrasse 33, 9400 Rorschach
Enrollment: Verena Natali, 071 841 53 80
Regional Office for the Integration of Foreigners
Gossau – St. Gallen – Rorschach
Information and advice
Silvia Maag, ARGE Integration Ostschweiz,
Multergasse 11, 9001 St. Gallen, 071 228 33 93
FAMILY – CHILDREN – YOUTH
FAMILIE – KINDER – JUGENDLICHE
Infant Care Counselling for Mothers and Fathers
(Mütter- und Väterberatungsstelle Rorschach)
Tue and Fri: 02.00 - 05.00 p.m.
Mariabergstrasse 25, 9400 Rorschach, 071 845 11 25
Youths-, Family- and School- Counselling Centre
(Fachstelle für Jugend, Familie und Schule)
Dufourstrasse 2/4, Postfach 303,
9400 Rorschach, 071 844 49 00
Youth meeting / clubs (Jugendtreffs)
Information at the Counselling Centre for Youth, Family
and School: 071 844 49 00
Day Care Centre
(Tageshort Rorschach Rorschacherberg)
Washingtonstrasse 48, 9400 Rorschach, 071 841 91 92
Day Care Families (Tagesfamilien)
Regional Agency (Regionale Vermittlungsstelle)
Promenadenstrasse 90, 9400 Rorschach, 071 841 99 23
Playgroup for children at pre-school age
(three-year-olds) Information: Frau Elsbeth Liechti
Mühletobelstrasse 38, 9400 Rorschach, 071 855 74 88
City library (Stadtbibliothek Rorschach)
Mon: 04.00 - 06.00 p.m.
Wed: 03.00 - 06.00 p.m.
Fri: 05.00 - 07.00 p.m.
Sat: 10.00 - 12.00 a.m.
Hauptstrasse 15b, 9400 Rorschach, 071 841 13 31
Toy Library (Ludothek Rorschach)
Place to borrow games and toys for children
Wed: 04.00 - 06.00 p.m. / Sat: 10.00 - 12.00 a.m.
Hauptstrasse 15b, 9400 Rorschach, 071 841 13 31
MUKI – Mother and child gymnastics
Information: Nicole Jann
Steighalde 10, 9404 Rorschacherberg, 071 855 10 53
SPORTS AND LEISURE – www.rorschach.ch
A directory of leisure and sports clubs is published on
our city homepage under the heading:
“Sport und Freizeit”, and addresses are also available
at the Front Office.

SOCIAL SERVICES – ADVICE / SOZIALES – BERATUNG
Social Services City of Rorschach (Soziale Dienste der Stadt Rorschach)
Kirchstrasse 6, 9400 Rorschach, 071 844 21 96
Social Service of the Evangelical Reformed Church (Sozialdienst der evang.- ref.
Kirchgemeinde) Signalstrasse 34, 9400 Rorschach, 071 841 18 07
Catholic Social Service (Katholischer Sozialdienst)
Kaplaneiweg 3, 9400 Rorschach, 071 841 21 82
Divorce Advice St. Gallen (Scheidungsberatung St. Gallen)
Frongartenstrasse 16, 9000 St. Gallen, 071 228 09 80
Women‘s Centre (Frauenzentrale)
Budget and debt advice, family planning, general information, information brochures,
etc., Bleichestrasse 11, 9000 St. Gallen, 071 222 22 33
Victim Support Foundation (Stiftung Opferhilfe)
Counselling offices for violence-affected women, men, children and teenagers.
Contact: Teufenerstrasse 11, 9001 St. Gallen, 071 227 11 00
Debt advice / legal advice in debt matters (Schuldenberatung)
Analysis of budget- and debt-situation, restructuring solutions, etc.
lic. iur. Markus Hoby, Waisenhausstrasse 17 / Postfach, 9006 St. Gallen, 071 222 33 81
Pro Senectute Advice and different services for senior citizens
Regionalstelle Rorschach, Reitbahnstrasse 2, 9401 Rorschach, 071 844 05 16
HEALTH – DOCTOR – HOSPITAL / GESUNDHEIT – ARZT – SPITAL
Registering with the health insurance is compulsory! You will get information
from the Residents’ Registration Office /Front Office (see page before under City
Administration) or directly from the Health Insurance Companies.
Doctor: see Telephone directory: Doctors „Ärzte“
Dentist: see Telephone directory: Dentists „Zahnärzte“
Hospital (Spital Rorschach)
Heidenerstrasse 11, 9400 Rorschach, 071 858 31 11
Eastern Switzerland Children‘s Hospital (Ostschweizer Kinderspital)
Claudiusstrasse 6, 9000 St. Gallen, 071 243 71 11
Regional Advice Center for Addiction Problems (Regionale Beratungsstelle für
Suchtfragen) Signalstrasse 15, 9400 Rorschach, 071 841 96 04
RELIGION
Evangelical Reformed Church (Evangelisch-reformierte Kirchgemeinde)
Signalstrasse 34, 9400 Rorschach, 071 844 54 10
Catholic Church (Katholische Kirchgemeinde)
Mariabergstrasse 18, 9400 Rorschach, 071 841 22 81
CLUBS / VEREINSLOKALE
Football Club Rorschach (FC Rorschach)
Pestalozzistrasse 50, 9400 Rorschach, 071 841 62 90
Football Club Benfica (Sport-Club Benfica)
Löwengartenstrasse 12, 9400 Rorschach
Further useful information
See Agenda of the City of Rorschach
Grafik: Atelier Rot / Fotografie:a.saleem@fotosaleem.ch und Stadt Rorschach