Moving Company Ebnat-Kappel – Removals for Private Clients and Businesses

Above the municipality rises the Speer, at 1950 m above sea level the highest Nagelfluh (conglomerate rock) mountain in Europe. The village itself lies much lower; the MeteoSwiss weather station stands at 623 m. Between the valley floor and the houses higher up, access and terrain determine how a move goes. This also applies to the hamlets of Brandholz, Wintersberg and Bendel, whose access roads we look at individually.

Two villages with a hyphen in between

Until 1762, Ebnat was still called Ober-Wattwil, while Kappel was already mentioned as «Capelle» in 1218. In 1965, Ebnat and Kappel merged into one municipality; their coat of arms was the first merger coat of arms in the canton of St. Gallen. When the municipal council dropped the hyphen in 2007, there was resistance, because that very hyphen stood for the link between the two parts of the village. Since 2012, the hyphenated spelling has been standard again.

For movers in Ebnat-Kappel, the address in the respective part of the village matters. Kappel was almost completely destroyed in the village fire of 26 July 1854, while in Ebnat the Reformed church by Hans Ulrich Grubenmann from 1762 stands in the village core. Around such cores, we fix the stopping place in advance.

Wooden houses, cross-gabled buildings and narrow stairs

Several historic buildings have been preserved in Ebnat-Kappel:

• typical Toggenburg wooden houses in Eich
• the Haus Steinfels from 1667
• the Haus Felsenstein in Kappel from 1624, a cross-gabled building with groin-vaulted rooms
• the Ackerhaus, re-erected in Ebnat in 1951

If you live in an older house, you know the quirks: low doorways, narrow stairs, small windows. During the free survey visit, we measure such spots and decide which furniture will be dismantled. We also take care of furniture assembly in your new home.

Winter in the Toggenburg

For the 1991–2020 standard period, MeteoSwiss records around 123 frost days a year here, and the mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C. A winter move is still perfectly feasible if access points and carrying routes are checked beforehand. South above the village, at around 880 m, was the former Tanzboden ski lift; we look particularly closely at addresses at this altitude.

Rail, bus and the bypass

A bypass classified as an expressway keeps through traffic out of the village, and main road 16 runs through the village. There is also the Lichtensteig–Wattwil–Ebnat-Kappel bus service. Our Wallisellen base is around 43 km away as the crow flies.

As a removals firm in the Toggenburg, we also handle moves to the surrounding area, for example a move to Wattwil, to the Neckertal or to the neighbouring municipalities of Gommiswald and Kaltbrunn. Ask your moving company in Ebnat-Kappel for a quote within 24 hours.

Questions about Ebnat-Kappel

Do you also move households into old Toggenburg wooden houses in Ebnat-Kappel?
Yes. In Eich and Kappel there are historic wooden houses and buildings such as the Haus Felsenstein from 1624. During the survey visit, we check stairs and doorways and plan which furniture we dismantle and reassemble at the new place.

Is a move in Ebnat-Kappel possible in winter too?
Yes. Ebnat-Kappel has around 123 frost days a year on average, so we look closely at access points and carrying routes in advance. We set the date with you, on a Saturday too if you wish.