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Birwinken
Birwinken is a municipality in the district of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Birwinken is probably first mentioned in 822 as ''Wirinchova''. In 1275 it was mentioned as ''Birbichon''. In the 14th Century, Birwinken and Dotnacht formed a distant part of the ''Herrschaft'' of Spiegelberg near Weingarten. Due to its location away from the rest of the ''Herrschaft'' it was sold to a number of other owners, before it was sold by the Muntprat family of Constance, in 1640, to the city of Zurich. The low court of Birrwinken became part of the property of the Vogt of Weinfelden in 1649. Through the court, the village remained tied to Weinfelden until 1798. Between 1803 and 1816 it was a district capital. The village church is mentioned no later than the 12th Century. By 1400, the parish was under the Augustinian monastery in Constance, and until the Protestant Reformation in 1529, was overseen by a monk. The church became a Reformed parish which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berg, Thurgau
Berg is a municipality in the district of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History The earliest traces of human settlement come from the Stone Age and there are scattered Bronze Age items around Berg. The modern village of Berg is first mentioned in 796 as ''Berga''. In the Early Middle Ages, Berg and the surrounding land were in the possession of the Bishop of Constance and were on the southern border of the Bishop's land. A fortress was first built in the 12th-13th Century, which was replaced in 1600 by a castle. The castle and the rights to rule over the villages of Berg, Andhausen, Donzhausen and parts of Andwil (TG), Mauren and Mattwil were rented out by the Cathedral of Constance (not the Bishop) until 1798. The circumstances behind the removal of the diocese's administration and the emergence of the court in 1386 are unclear. Some of the owners of the village included Egli von Zug (1518–67), Brümsi von Herblingen (1586-1653/56) and the von Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weinfelden (district)
Weinfelden District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). Its capital is the town of Weinfelden Weinfelden is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of the same name. Weinfelden is an old town, which was known during Ancient Rome, Roma .... The district contains the following municipalities: References {{DEFAULTSORT:Weinfelden (District) Districts of Thurgau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bürglen, Thurgau
Bürglen is a municipality in the district of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Bürglen is first mentioned in 1282-84 as ''Burgelon''. A Freiherr of Bürglen is first mentioned in 1176. By 1350, the land around the village had all been brought under a single noble and became the ''Herrschaft'' of Bürglen. Then, in 1408, the ''Herrschaft'' was acquired by the Lords of Klingenberg. The land transferred in 1443 to Marquart Brisacher from Constance and then in 1447, it went to the Baron of Sax-Hohensax. That family had owned in property in Bürglen since 1360. By 1500 they had built it up to become the center of their power. However, in 1550 they had to sell it to the Breitenlandenberg family, who, in turn, ceded it in 1579 to the city of St. Gallen. The village was managed, until 1798, by a St. Gallen appointed Vogt. The ''Vogt'' ruled over the low court of Bürglen, Uerenbohl, Guntershausen (now Guntershausen bei Berg), Heldswil, Mettlen and Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erlen
Erlen is a municipality in Weinfelden District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History The current municipality was formed in 1995 from the smaller communities of Erlen, Engishofen, Ennetaach, Kümmertshausen and Riedt.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 The section of Erlen known as Ehstegen was first mentioned in 838 as ''Escislec''. Before 1798 Erlen belonged in the so-called ''Hohen Gerichte'', which was directly under the authority of the governor of Thurgau. Eppishausen and a house in Erlen were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langrickenbach
Langrickenbach is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Langrickenbach is first mentioned in 889 as ''Rihchinbahc''. Together with Greuter, it was acquired by the Lords of Helmsdorf in 1351. Between 1521 and 1798 it belonged to the cathedral of Konstanz. Any low court verdict in Langrickenbach was automatically appealed to the high court at Konstanz. Most of the settlement of Belzstadel belonged to Münsterlingen until 1798. A village church was first mentioned around 900. Since the Protestant Reformation in 1529 the Catholics attend the church in Altnau. The current municipality was formed in 1998 when Herrenhof, Langrickenbach, Schönenbaumgarten and Zuben merged into Langrickenbach.Amtliches Gemeindeverz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lengwil
Lengwil is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History The municipality was created in 1998 by a merger of the ''Ortsgemeinde'' of Illighausen and the village of Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 During the merger, the village of Schönenbaumgarten (which had been part of Illighausen) went to the municipality of . Lengwil village is first mentioned in 1159 as ''Leingewillare''. Illighausen is first mentioned in 1176 as ''Illinchusen'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulgen
Sulgen is a municipality in Weinfelden District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. Geography Sulgen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 12.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.8% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 10.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buch Bei Happerswil
Buch (the German word for book or a modification of the German word '' Buche'' for beech) may refer to: People * Buch (surname), a list of people with the surname Buch Geography ;Germany: *Buch am Wald, a town in the district of Ansbach, Bavaria *Buch am Buchrain, a town in the district of Erding, Bavaria *Buch am Erlbach, a town in the district of Landshut, Bavaria *Buch, Swabia, a town in the district of Neu-Ulm, Bavaria *Buch, Rhein-Hunsrück, in the Rhein-Hunsrück district, Rhineland-Palatinate * Buch, Rhein-Lahn, in the Rhein-Lahn district, Rhineland-Palatinate *Buch, Saxony-Anhalt, a town in the district of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt *Buch (Berlin), a locality in Pankow district, Berlin *Buoch, in the municipality of Remshalden *Pouch, Germany, a village in Saxony-Anhalt *Das Buch ( de) a mountain near Lindenfels ;Austria * Buch, Austria, a town in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg * Puch bei Hallein, a municipality in the Hallein District ;Switzerland *Buch, Schaffhausen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filial Church
A filial church, in the Roman Catholic Church, is a church to which is annexed the cure of souls, but which remains dependent on another church. The term comes from the Latin ''filialis'', from ''filia'', “daughter”. Description The term ''filial church'' may have more than one signification as to minor details. Ordinarily, a filial church is a parish church which has been constituted by the dismemberment of an older parish. Its rector is really a parish priest, having all the essential rights of such a dignity, but still bound to defer in certain matters to the pastor of the mother church. The marks of deference required are not so fixed that local custom may not change them. Such marks are: obtaining the baptismal water from the mother church, making a moderate offering of money (fixed by the bishop) to the parish priest of the mother church annually, and occasionally during the year assisting with his parishioners in a body at services in the older church. In some places this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Language
Albanian ( endonym: or ) is an Indo-European language and an independent branch of that family of languages. It is spoken by the Albanians in the Balkans and by the Albanian diaspora, which is generally concentrated in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. With about 7.5 million speakers, it comprises an independent branch within the Indo-European languages and is not closely related to any other modern Indo-European language. Albanian was first attested in the 15th century and it is a descendant of one of the Paleo-Balkan languages of antiquity. For historical and geographical reasons,: "It is often thought (for obvious geographic reasons) that Albanian descends from ancient Illyrian (see above), but this cannot be ascertained as we know next to nothing about Illyrian itself." the prevailing opinion among modern historians and linguists is that the Albanian language is a descendant of a southern Illyrian dialect spoken in much the same region in classical times. Alternativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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