St. Gallenkappel is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

In 1425 it was mentioned as bi Sant Gallencappel, and in the local Swiss German is still known as Chappele.

It is located along two old trade and pilgrimage routes, one from Toggenburg over the Laad and the second from Hummelwald to Lake Zurich.

In the 9th century there may have been a chapel dedicated to St. Gallus, where the current parish church now stands.

[2] On 10 December 1830, St. Gallenkappel was the site of a popular assembly, protesting the loss of freedoms under the Act of Mediation and the Restoration.

Very few cantons even had a way to amend or modify the constitutions, and none of them allowed citizen's initiatives to be added.

Throughout the country, these successful assemblies led to the period known as the Regeneration and in 1848 the creation of the Swiss Federal State.

Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

[4] The former municipality is located in the See-Gaster Wahlkreis to the southwest of the Ricken Pass between the Linth valley and the Tweralpspitz (elevation 1,332 m (4,370 ft)).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent St. Gallus statant clad Sable holding a book Or and a crooked staff and haloed Gules and Azure a Chapel Argent windowed Sable and roofed Gules issuant from triple mount Vert.

Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), 15 are from Germany, 12 are from Italy, 66 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 6 are from Austria, 4 are from Turkey, and 22 are from another country.