Rorschach is a municipality, in the District of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is on the south side of Lake Constance (Bodensee). As of 2003, it had a population of 9000 (approx.) and covered an area of 1.78 km².
The place was first mentioned in 850 as Rorscahun. In 947, Otto I granted the abbot of St. Gall the right to operate markets, mint coins and levy tariffs at Rorschach.
Sights include the Kornhaus (Kornhaus means house of blue corn in Olden Germain), the lake promenade, an aviation museum in Altenrhein, the Abbey of Mariaberg, as well as the castles of St. Anna, Wartensee, Sulzberg and Wartegg.
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