Felben 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 ...

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. It was first recorded in the year 1178 as ''Veluen''. In 1433 it was known as ''Felwan''. The municipality had 200 inhabitants in 1850, which increased to 281 in 1900, 424 in 1950 and 525 in 1980. In 1983 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality

Wellhausen Julius Wellhausen (17 May 1844 – 7 January 1918) was a German biblical scholar and orientalist. In the course of his career, his research interest moved from Old Testament research through Islamic studies to New Testament scholarship. Wellhaus ...

to form a new and larger municipality

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. T ...

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* Former municipalities of Thurgau Villages in Thurgau {{Thurgau-geo-stub