Oftershausen

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Oftershausen is a village in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.

It was first recorded in 1275 as Oftershusen.[1]

Oftershausen is located in the former municipality Dippishausen-Oftershausen. In 1984 Dippishausen-Oftershausen municipality was incorporated into its neighboring municipality Siegershausen, which in turn merged with its neighbors in 1996 to form a new and larger municipality Kemmental.

Oftershausen was also the name of the municipality Dippishausen-Oftershausen before 1900.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dippishausen-Oftershausen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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