Diessenhofen
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| Canton | Thurgau |
| District | Diessenhofen |
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| Population | 3222 (December 2005) |
| Area | 10.0 km² |
| Elevation | 397 m |
| Postal code | 8253 |
| SFOS number | 4545 |
| Website | www.diessenhofen.ch |
| Localities | Willisdorf |
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Diessenhofen is a municipality in the district of Diessenhofen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
The municipality is first mentioned in 757 as Deozincova. In 2000, the village of Willisdorf was incorporated into the municipality.
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[edit] Location
The municipality borders on the west and north with Germany and the canton of Schaffhausen. On the east is the district of Steckborn, on the southeast, the municipality of Schlatt bei Diessenhofen, and on the south the municipality of Basadingen-Schlattingen.
| Germany | Canton of Schaffhausen | Germany |
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District of Steckborn |
| Schlatt bei Diessenhofen | Basadingen-Schlattingen | Basadingen-Schlattingen |
[edit] Architecture
The Altstadt of Diessenhofen centers on the Siegelturm a tower in which seals and official documents are kept. The old covered brige over the Rhine was rebuilt in 1814. It leads to Gailingen am Hochrhein in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
[edit] References
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
[edit] External links
- Diessenhofen in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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