Schönengrund is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
Geography
thumb|left|Schönengrund seen from the side of Hochhamm mountain (not pictured), May 2004.
thumb|Aerial view from 100 m by [[Walter Mittelholzer (1920)]]
Schönengrund has an area, , of . Of this area, 65.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.1% is forested. The rest of the land, (4.4%) is settled. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 0.9%) and Spanish being third ( 0.4%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female.
In the 2007 federal election the FDP received 77.9% of the vote.