Illighausen is a village and former municipality in the

canton of Thurgau Thurgau (; ; ; ), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts. Its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland. I ...

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. 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.

References

* Former municipalities of Thurgau Villages in Switzerland Populated places in Switzerland {{Thurgau-geo-stub