Münchwilen, Thurgau
Münchwilen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality and district capital of the district of Münchwilen (district), Münchwilen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Münchwilen is first mentioned in 1160 as ''Munchiwillar''. Oberhofen bei Münchwilen is first mentioned in 1160-70 as ''Obirhovin''. St. Margrethen, Thurgau, Sankt Margarethen is first mentioned in 1275 as ''Affoltrangen sancte Margarete''. Hofen-Holzmannshaus is first mentioned in 1244 as ''Hovin'' and in 1448 as ''Holtzmans guot bei Eschlikon''. Between 1803 and 1950 Münchwilen was an ''Bürgergemeinde, Ortsgemeinde'' in the municipality of Sirnach. In a process that lasted from 1812 until 1824, Münchwilen absorbed the municipality of Mezikon. Then, in 1950, the ''Ortsgemeinden'' of Münchwilen, Oberhofen and St. Margarethen, against opposition from the rest of the villages in Sirnach, merged to form the independent municipality of Münchwilen. Münchwilen Münchwi ...
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Münchwilen (district)
Münchwilen may refer to: *Münchwilen, Aargau, a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland *Münchwilen, Thurgau, a municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, capital of Münchwilen district * Münchwilen District, a district within the Swiss canton of Thurgau {{geodis ...
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