Basadingen is a village and former municipality in 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 part ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. In 1999 the

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was merged with the neighboring municipality

Schlattingen Schlattingen is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. In 1999 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Basadingen to form a new and larger municipality Basadingen-Schlattingen.

to form a new and larger municipality

Basadingen-Schlattingen Basadingen-Schlattingen is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 1999 from the union of the municipalities of Basadingen and Schlattingen.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010

History

It was first recorded in year 761 as ''Pasnandingas''. However, earlier evidence of settlements includes, finds from the

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period (e.g. on the Buchberg and Dickihof), and a

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villa with graves in Unterschlatt. In the

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the monasteries of St. Gallen,

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, Reichenau and Allerheiligen owned land in Basadingen. In 1260 the monastery of St. Katharinental bought Reichenau's ''Kehlhof'' (a farm owned by a monastery). By 1330 St. Katharinental had acquired many possessions in the village, as well as the low courts right and

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rights. It became the sole landholder in the village. The high court rights were owned by the

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Diessenhofen Diessenhofen is a village and a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The village is situated on the south shore of the High Rhine just opposite the German town of Gailingen am Hochrhein. History Diessenhofe ...

by about 1300. In 1460 the high court transferred to the city of Diessenhofen, which also had the rights to the low court from 1527 until 1798. During the

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the village belonged partly to the

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of Stammheim (today Oberstammheim and Unterstammheim) and partly to the Basadingen parish, which was formed in the 13th Century when St. Martin's Church was built. In 1264, the church was brought under the authority of the monastery of St. Katharinental. After the

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in 1529, the parish of Basadingen and the Basadingen portion of the Stammeheim parish, were merged into a new Basadingen parish, which also included the village of Willisdorf. In 1631 a Catholic parish was established, and St. Martin's Church became a

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, a condition that remains even today. In 1845 the existing church was dedicated. During the Middle Ages, the number of farms decreased from 40 in 1328 to only 16 in 1433, only to double again from 1470 to 1550. After that village population, land use and number of farms remained stable until 1800. In 1800, the number of farms rose sharply. Large forests also favored the expansion of the woodworking industry. In 1900 an embroidery factory and a brickyard offered some jobs, but the village retained a strong farming village character until around 1970. Since then agricultural

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(mostly, relocation of fruit orchards) and a strong population growth has led to changes in the appearance and character of the village.

Population

The municipality had 763 inhabitants in 1850, which went up and down to 662 in 1900, 792 in 1950, 681 in 1980 and 821 in 1990.

References

* {{authority control Former municipalities of Thurgau Villages in Thurgau