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Municipalities Of The Canton Of Thurgau
The following are the 80 municipalities of the canton of Thurgau, as of 2009. List *Aadorf *Affeltrangen *Altnau *Amlikon-Bissegg *Amriswil *Arbon *Basadingen-Schlattingen * Berg (TG) * Berlingen *Bettwiesen *Bichelsee-Balterswil *Birwinken *Bischofszell * Bottighofen * Braunau * Bürglen (TG) *Bussnang *Diessenhofen *Dozwil *Egnach *Erlen *Ermatingen *Eschenz *Eschlikon *Felben-Wellhausen *Fischingen *Frauenfeld *Gachnang *Gottlieben *Güttingen *Hauptwil-Gottshaus *Hefenhofen *Herdern *Hohentannen * Homburg *Horn * Hüttlingen *Hüttwilen *Kemmental *Kesswil *Kradolf-Schönenberg *Kreuzlingen *Langrickenbach *Lengwil *Lommis *Mammern *Märstetten *Matzingen *Müllheim * Münchwilen (TG) *Münsterlingen *Neunforn *Pfyn *Raperswilen * Rickenbach (TG) * Roggwil (TG) *Romanshorn *Salenstein *Salmsach * Schlatt (TG) *Schönholzerswilen *Sirnach *Sommeri *Steckborn *Stettfurt *Sulgen *Tägerwilen * Thundorf *Tobel-Tägerschen *Uesslingen-Buch *Uttwil *Wagenhausen *Wäldi *Wängi *War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braunau, Switzerland
Braunau is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Braunau is first mentioned in 762 as ''Pramacunauia'', when it was owned by the Abbey of St. Gall. It was acquired when the Abbey acquired land in the Toggenburg. Initially it was ruled as a fief of the Abbey by the Heitnau family, until 1228 when it went to the Knights Hospitaller Commandry of Tobel. It was under their rule until 1798. Originally, it was part of the Affeltrangen parish, however, St. Michael's Chapel, belonged to the Märwil parish at sometime before 1228. In 1529, most of the population converted during the Protestant Reformation. The remaining Catholics became part of the Tobel parish, while the Reformed members joined the Märwil parish. In 1806-07 a church was constructed, and in 1810 the village separated from Märwil. In 1861 it formed an independent parish. The regulations (german: Offnung) of 1519 regulated the daily life in the village. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gachnang
Gachnang is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Gachnang is first mentioned in 889 as ''Kachanang''. In the local dialect it has traditionally been known as ''Gochlingen''. In the Egelsee area (north of Niederwil) a number of significant artifacts from the Pfyn culture have been discovered. In 889 King Arnulf gave his follower Diethelm a manor house in Gachnang with ten dependent huts. From the 11th Century, Gachnang was a possession of the monastery of Reichenau. The Lords of Gachnang administered the village as a Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) for first the Kyburg and later Reichenau Abbey. They ruled from the, now ruined, Alt-Gachnang Castle or from the Meierhof Meiersberg. During 1336 a family which took on the von Gachnang name were given the Gachnang Castle and the lands surrounding it. In 1417, the Lords of Schinen began to rule over the village. Before 1500, they built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld (Alemannic: ''Frauefäld'') is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The official language of Frauenfeld is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. History Early history The earliest traces of human settlement are several La Tène era graves to the east of Langdorf. The Roman road from Oberwinterthur (''Vitudurum'') to Pfyn ran through what is now the ''Allmend'' in Frauenfeld. Two Roman villas were discovered in Thalbach and Oberkirch. The villa seems to have become the focal point of the later settlement of Oberkirch. On the ruins of the villa, an Early Middle Ages cemetery was built, and by the 9th century, the Oberkirch church was built. Perhaps as a result of royal donation in the 9th century, or more likely a donation in the 13th century, the area around Frauenfeld belonged to the ''Dinghof'' (a church- or monastery-owned manor farm) of ''Erching''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fischingen
Fischingen is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Fischingen is first mentioned in 1328 as ''Fischinon''. In 1972, Dussnang, Fischingen, Oberwangen and Tannegg merged with Fischingen.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office . Retrieved 14 January 2010 The village was built north of the twelfth-century . It was, together with Bichelsee, Balterswil, Ifwil, and probably Au, par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felben-Wellhausen
Felben-Wellhausen is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The municipality was created in 1983 by a merger of Felben and Wellhausen. History Roman era coins have been found in the municipality. The modern village of Felben is first mentioned in 1178 as ''Veluen''. In 1433 it was mentioned as ''Felwan''. In 1178 Alt St. Johann monastery in the Toggenburg region became the landlord of the village. From the Late Middle Ages until 1798, the courts for the village were held in the city of Frauenfeld. Prior to the Protestant Reformation Felben, which probably had a chapel starting in the 9th Century, belonged to the parish of Pfyn. By no later than 1569, Felben and Wellhausen formed a Reformed parish. The priest of the parish was appointed by the ''Herrschaft'' of Wellenberg and the city of Frauenfeld. The Catholics in Felben were part of the Catholic parish of Frauenfeld. Until the 19th Century most of the surrounding fields ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eschlikon
Eschlikon is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Münchwilen (district), Münchwilen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Eschlikon is first mentioned in 1280 as ''Aeslikon''. During the Middle Ages, most of Eschlikon (except for the farms of a few free peasants) belonged to the monastery of Magdenau and ''Heiliggeistspital'' in St. Gallen. Eschlikon was part of the High, middle and low justice, high courts of Tuttwilerberg. From the Late Middle Ages until 1798 it was the home of the Old Swiss Confederacy, Swiss Confederation Governor in Thurgau or his appointed Vogt. The village Church (building), church was originally part of the Sirnach parish. In 1529, the majority of the population converted to the new religion during the Protestant Reformation. The Reformed majority separated from Sirnach parish in 1936, and formed a new parish with Münchwilen, Oberhofen, St. Margaret and Wallenwil. The Catholicism, cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eschenz
Eschenz is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History The prehistoric shore village on ''Werd Island'' and in the ''Seeäckern'' area (northeast of Eschenz) are rich archeological sites that have contributed substantially to our understanding of the history of settlements in the narrow area around Lake Constance. The two sites remained settled throughout the prehistoric epoch and into the early historical era. In 1858, the settlement site was discovered on the main island. The excavation in 1882-83 by Schenk was followed by a second expedition in 1931-36 by Karl Keller Tarnuzzer. There was a smaller excavation in 1962 around the St. Otmars Chapel. The first settlement of the island was made shortly after BC 4000th (Early Pfyn culture) and was part of a migration into subalpine wetlands during the beginning of the late Neolithic era. A second settlement phase (late Pfyn culture) began after long break during the middle of the 4th m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermatingen
Ermatingen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen (district), Kreuzlingen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History The Stone Age Westerfeld and Büge shoreline settlements were discovered in 1861 and studied extensively 1981-83, with finds from the Pfyn culture, Pfyn, Horgen culture, Horgen and Corded Ware cultures (4000-2500 BC.) An Alamanni graveyard has also been found outside the Early Middle Ages, early medieval village. The village of Ermatingen is first mentioned in 724 as ''Erfmotingas''. It was part of the land owned by the monastery of Reichenau Island, Reichenau, and the abbot was the landlord, judge and appointed the priest for the village. The High, middle and low justice, low court in the village was administered by a monastery appointed ''Meierhof, Meier''. The position of ''Meier'' and the associated bailiwick were often used as security for a loan, for example in 1446 to the Lords of Klin ... [...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] |
Egnach
Egnach is a municipality of the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Egnach is first mentioned in 1155 as ''Egena''. By the 9th Century it appears to have belonged to the Bishopric of Constance and was part of the upper Bailiwick of Arbon. The Abbey of Saint Gall acquired land in Egnach, which led to competing legal claims between abbot and bishop (which were settled in 854). During the Late Middle Ages it was a regional administrative center for lands of the Bishops of Constance. After the conquest of Thurgau by the Swiss Confederation in 1460, the new rulers replaced all the Bishop's representatives. While the low courts remained in the hands of the bishop until 1798, in 1509 he lost the rights to the high courts to the governor of Thurgau. In 1544 Egnach received a special lower court. The village was part of parish of Arbon. In 1515 St James Chapel was built in Erdhausen, and after 1588 Reformed religious services were held in that chap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dozwil
Dozwil is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Dozwil is first mentioned in 1385 as ''Dotzwile''. Geography Dozwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 80.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 0.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.2% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Industrial buildings made up 14.4% of the total developed area while housing and buildings made up 1.5%, transportation infrastructure made up less than 0.1% and parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. All of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. 59.8% of the agricultural areas are used for growing cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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