roomOpen the map

Lutzenberg: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden · FSO no. 3033 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
860

3 % of the canton

Municipal zones
12
Median utilization
53 %

Canton: 52 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.16

Canton: 0.20

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
10.6 m

Canton: 10.3 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.6

Canton: 2.7

Switzerland: 2.3

About Lutzenberg

Lutzenberg is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. The parcel data lists 860 parcels in 12 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (273), Wohnzone (189) and Wohn- und Gewerbezone (136).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 53 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 115 %. The canton median is 52 %, close to the level of Lutzenberg.

The median building height is 10.6 m at 2.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.16. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 109 % (105 parcels), higher than the 86 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone2730 %
Wohnzone18977 %
Wohn- und Gewerbezone13696 %
Wald1110 %
Kernzone49189 %
übriges Gemeindegebiet370 %
Kurzone2596 %
Grünzone nach altem Baugesetz230 %
Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen969 %
Grünzone im Baugebiet62 %
Gewerbezone1100 %
Gewässer10 %

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 848 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 115 %. The median is 53 % and the mean 79 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %49 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %20 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %14 %
  • 150 % and above17 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 848 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.47. The median is 0.16 and the mean 0.27.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5077 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0019 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.503 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 494 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.9 m and 11.9 m. The median is 10.6 m and the mean 10.4 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m14 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m63 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m24 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 382 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.2. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.6.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 27 %
  • 2 to below 336 %
  • 3 to below 555 %
  • 5 and above2 %

Building age cohorts

Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.

Built inParcelsMean utilization
All years86086 %
Last 60 years280105 %
Last 40 years221102 %
Last 20 years105109 %
Last 15 years66107 %
Last 10 years39103 %
Last 5 years2399 %

Open the map at Lutzenberg

How to read this page

room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).