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''
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Kreuzlingen (district)
Kreuzlingen District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau Thurgau (; french: Thurgovie; it, Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, more formally the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is par ... in Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). Its capital is the city of Kreuzlingen. The district contains the following municipalities: References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kreuzlingen (District) Districts of Thurgau ...
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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 ...
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Münsterlingen
Münsterlingen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen (district), Kreuzlingen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History In 1994 the municipality was created from Landschlacht and Scherzingen.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 Münsterlingen is first mentioned in 1125 as ''Munsterlin''. Scherzingen is first mentioned in 1150 as ''Scherzingen'' and Landschlacht is first mentioned in 817 as ''Lanchasalachi''. Neolithic and Bronze Age stilt houses were discovered in Scherzingen along with numerous neolithic artifacts in Landschlach ...
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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 ...
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Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second-largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of about 22,000. Together with the adjoining city of Konstanz just across the border in Germany, Kreuzlingen is part of the largest conurbation on Lake Constance with a population of almost 120,000. History The name of the municipality stems from the Augustinian monastery ''Crucelin'', later Kreuzlingen Abbey. It was founded in 1125 by the Bishop of Constance Ulrich I. In the Swabian War and the 30 Years' War after the siege of Constance by Swedish troops, the Augustinian monastery was burned down by the people of Constance, who blamed the monks for having supported the enemy. In 1650, the monastery was rebuilt in its present location. With secularization in 1848, the buildings became a teachers' school. The chapel became a Catholic Church. The area ...
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Kemmental
Kemmental is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The municipality was formed on 1 January 1996 through the merger of Alterswilen, Hugelshofen, Altishausen, Dotnacht, Ellighausen, Lippoldswilen, Neuwilen and Siegershausen. History Each of the former municipalities that now make up Kemmental had a long history as an independent municipality. Alterswilen is first mentioned in 1248 as ''Alterswilaer'' while the hamlet of Bommen was first mentioned in 1348 as ''Boumen''. Altishausen is first mentioned in 1159 as ''Altinshusin''. Ellighausen is first mentioned in 1331 as ''Adlikusen''. Of the other villages that made up Ellighausen, Bächi was mentioned in 1259 as ''Baecho'', Geboltschhusen in 1385 as ''Geboltzhusen''. Ellighausen also included the hamlet of Neumühle. Lippoldswilen is first mentioned in 1303 as ''Lupoltwile''. Neuwilen is first mentioned in 1159 as ''Nunewillare''. Siegershausen is first mentioned in 1227 a ...
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Bottighofen
Bottighofen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History There was a small, prehistoric lake-front settlement near the village. The modern village of Bottighofen is first mentioned in 830 as ''Pottinchovum''. The main landlord for the village, was the monastery of Münsterlingen, from the High Middle Ages until the 19th Century. Until 1798, it belonged to the bailiwick of Eggen. Bottighofen was part of the parish of Münsterlingen, which was restored after the resumption of monastic life in 1549/51. In 1594 the majority Reformed residents were assigned to the parish of Scherzingen. In the 19th Century, the main businesses were in milling, farming and viticulture as well as some timber trade. In the 20th Century some small businesses settled in the village. In 1990, 35% of workforce were in the manufacturing sector, and 57% were in the services sector. Due to strong population growth since 1960, the village became an ...
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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 ...
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Oberhofen Bei Kreuzlingen
Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. In 1998 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Illighausen to form a new and larger municipality 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.

Illighausen
Illighausen is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. History It was first recorded in the year 1176 as ''Illinchusen''. Population The municipality had 284 inhabitants in 1850, which increased to 295 in 1900 but then decreased to 275 in 1950 and 241 in 1990. Geography In 1998 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen, to form a new and larger municipality called 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.

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 ...
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralized authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East—most recently part of the Eastern Ro ...
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