Frauenfeld

Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld -
Country Switzerland Coat of Arms of Frauenfeld
Canton Thurgau
District Frauenfeld
Population 22,878 (Dec 2009)[1]
- Density 835 /km2 (2,163 /sq mi)
Area  27.4 km2 (10.6 sq mi)
Elevation 417 m (1,368 ft)
  - Highest 593 m - Stähli at Oberherten
  - Lowest 380 m - Schleizi at Horgenbach
Postal code 8500
SFOS number 4566
Mayor Carlo Parolari (as of 2008) FDP/PRD
Localities Gerlikon, Herten, Horgenbach, Huben, Kurzdorf, Langdorf, Schönenhof, Zelgli
Surrounded by Aadorf, Bertschikon (ZH), Ellikon an der Thur (ZH), Felben-Wellhausen, Gachnang, Hagenbuch (ZH), Matzingen, Thundorf, Uesslingen-Buch, Warth-Weiningen
Twin towns Kufstein (Austria)
Website www.frauenfeld.ch
SFSO statistics
Frauenfeld is located in Switzerland
Frauenfeld
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Frauenfeld is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The town has the headquarters of SIGG.[2]

Frauenfeld Rathaus

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History

The city is first documented in 1246. It grew up around the Frauenfeld castle on the land of the Reichenau convent.

In 1264, it became a territory of the Habsburgs. In 1374, the Habsburgs bestowed the right of judgment for all of Thurgau (which then included St. Gallen) on the Duke of Frauenfeld.

The castle of Frauenfeld is an example of late baroque and classical architecture. The Rathaus dates from Frauenfeld's second period of prominence in the 18th century. Starting in 1712, the gathering of Swiss Eidgenossen took place alternately in Frauenfeld and Baden. In 1742, this gathering took Frauenfeld as its regular meetingplace.

Twice in the 18th century, Frauenfeld was partly destroyed by fire, in 1771 and in 1788.

The fall of the old Old Swiss Confederacy in 1798 as a result of the French invasion brought an end to the gatherings in Frauenfeld.

In 1919, the municipalities of Langdorf, Kurzdorf, Huben, Herten, and Horgenbach became part of Frauenfeld. In 1998, Gerlikon, Schönenhof, and Zelgli were incorporated.

Transportation

Frauenfeld is a central location in western Thurgau and is served by a railway station and two exits on the A7 motorway.

It has a town bus service which runs every 15 minutes to every corner of the town. Frauenfeld's station supports a regional train (one that stops at every station) to Winterthur every 20 minutes and a fast train that travels to Zurich every 30 minutes. Frauenfeld is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the line S8.UEZU

Frauenfeld Castle

References

  1. Statistical Office of Thurgau, MS Excel document – Wohnbevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2009 nach Nationalität und Geschlecht (German) accessed 22 June 2010
  2. "SIGG Addresses." SIGG. Retrieved on 12 May 2010.
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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