Schlatt-Haslen [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Schlatt-Haslen
Schlatt-Haslen District is a district of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. It was formally established in 1872 from the rhode Schlatt and the village Haslen.
Name.
"Slatte" either refers to "hollow" or "slope", to the local dialect word "schlatt" which means "hitting". The name of the village "Haslen" goes back to "Haslowe" which means a pasture with hazelnut trees.
History.
Schlatt is first mentioned in 1200 as
"Slatte". In the 13th Century, Haslen was mentioned as "Haslowe".
Geography.
Schlatt-Haslen has an area, , of . Of this area, 64.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.6% is unproductive land.
The district runs between the Hundwiler Höhe and Rotbach mountains. It consists of the village of Haslen and the hamlets of Schlatt and Enggenhütten and numerous