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Matzingen
Matzingen (Swiss German: Matzinge) is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Matzingen is first mentioned in 779 as ''Mazcingas''. During the High Middle Ages, the Freiherr of Matzingen had the low court rights. Sonnenberg began to rule over the village in 1402 and remained over the village until 1798. In 894 Matzingen had a church, which belonged to Wängi. The right to appoint the priest was first held by the Abbey of St. Gall, until 1401, when the Commandry of Tobel took over this right. Matzingen became a separate parish in 1508 and converted to the new Reformed faith in 1529. For centuries farming, fruit production and viticulture (the latter operated until 1908) dominated the local economy. After 1850, livestock production and dairy farming were added to traditional agriculture. Between 1150 and 1996, Matzingen owned a mill. In 1863 a pottery plant opened. Followed, in 1866, by a spinning mill, which tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matzingen Muehle
Matzingen (Swiss German: Matzinge) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Frauenfeld (district), Frauenfeld in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Matzingen is first mentioned in 779 as ''Mazcingas''. During the High Middle Ages, the Freiherr of Matzingen had the High, middle and low justice, low court rights. Sonnenberg began to rule over the village in 1402 and remained over the village until 1798. In 894 Matzingen had a church, which belonged to Wängi. The right to appoint the priest was first held by the Abbey of St. Gall, until 1401, when the Commandry (feudalism), Commandry of Tobel took over this right. Matzingen became a separate parish in 1508 and converted to the new Protestant Reformation, Reformed faith in 1529. For centuries farming, fruit production and viticulture (the latter operated until 1908) dominated the local economy. After 1850, livestock production and dairy farming were added to tradit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frauenfeld (district)
Frauenfeld District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). Its capital, and the capital of Thurgau, is the city of 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 .... The district shares borders with canton Zurich and canton Schaffhausen as well a river border with the German enclave of Büsingen am Hochrhein. The district contains the following municipalities: References {{Coord, 47, 33, N, 8, 53, E, source:eowiki_region:CH, display=title Districts of Thurgau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stettfurt
Stettfurt is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Stettfurt is first mentioned in 827 as ''Stetivurt''. Until 1817, it was part of the municipality of Matzingen. In the 9th Century, the Abbey of St. Gall owned property in Stettfurt. In 1228 Diethelm III. von Toggenburg gave Stettfurt to the Commandry of Tobel. The low court of Sonnenberg included Kalthäusern, Ruggenbühl and Stettfurt between the 13th Century until 1798. The village converted completely to the Reformed faith during the Protestant Reformation. It was part of the parish of Wängi until the church was built in 1746 and in 1752 the Stettfurt parish was created. Until the 19th Century agriculture in village operated on the Three-field system, along with fruit orchards and (until 1908) vineyards. Starting in 1850 livestock and dairy farming expanded into the village. A cheese factory opened in 1883. The distillery was founded in 1888. A cooperative, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aadorf
Aadorf is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. In 1996 Ettenhausen, Guntershausen bei Aadorf, and Wittenwil merged into Aadorf.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 History Aadorf is first mentioned in 886 as ''Ahadorf''. The oldest record of Tänikon, now part of Ettenhausen, dates to 789 as ''Tanninchova''. Tänikon is also the site of the Tänikon monastery, founded in the 13th century. Aawangen is first mention ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Motorway (Switzerland)
The A1 is a motorway in Switzerland. It follows Switzerland's main east–west axis, from St. Margrethen in northeastern Switzerland's canton of St. Gallen through to Geneva in southwestern Switzerland. The motorway spans 383 km (240 mi). Besides the motorway's main route, it has several branches that are variously numbered A1a, A1h, A1l and A1.1. It was opened for the Swiss national exhibition of 1964. After the construction of the third Baregg Tunnel tube, the traffic jams in this area were reduced, but the Gubrist Tunnel remains with the old capacity as a new point of heavy traffic. The A1 motorway is connected via a taxiway at the hangar 5 with the airfield of Payerne Air Base and can, if necessary, used as runway for take off - and landing. However, this possibility has never been used since the construction of the highway.Book Uno Zero Zero Seite 230 Exit list See also * Transportation in Switzerland Switzerland has a dense network of roads and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murg (Thur)
The Murg is a long tributary of the Thur in Switzerland. It rises in the canton of St. Gallen, flows through the canton of Thurgau, and joins the Thur near Warth. Along its route, the river flows through the communities of Mosnang, Fischingen, Sirnach, Münchwilen, Wängi, Stettfurt, Matzingen and 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 .... Between Münchwilen and Frauenfeld the river is closely followed by the Frauenfeld–Wil railway line. External links * Hydrographic data of the Murg on the FOEN website(in German) Rivers of Switzerland 1Murg Rivers of the canton of St. Gallen {{Switzerland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wängi
Wängi is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. Geography Wängi has an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 15.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thundorf, Thurgau
Thundorf (pronounced , in the local dialect or )Philipp Obrist/Andres Kristol, ''Thundorf TG (Frauenfeld)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld/Stuttgart/Wien 2005, and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, , p. 873f. is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The village of Thundorf lies on a plateau above Frauenfeld. In 1995, the communal territory was enlarged to the east, when Wetzikon and Lustdorf, the latter of which until then was autonomous, were joined to it. Coat of arms Blazon: ''Gules, a fess argent between three mullets of six points argent (2, 1).'' Etymology The earliest mention of Thundorf dates back to the year 888 (''Tuomsdorof/*tuomesdorf''). This place name is composed by the OHG anthroponym ''Duomo/*Tuomo'' an ... [...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] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland ( Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France ( Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland ( Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary ( Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
