Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld is the capital city of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is also the capital city of the district of Frauenfeld.
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Frauenfeld
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| Coordinates: 47°33′N 8°54′E / 47.550°N 8.900°ECoordinates: 47°33′N 8°54′E / 47.550°N 8.900°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Thurgau |
| District | Frauenfeld |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carlo Parolari (FDP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.4 km2 (10.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 417 m (1,368 ft) |
| Population (December 2004) | |
| • Total | 21,965 |
| • Density | 801.6/km2 (2,076/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8500 |
| Localities | Gerlikon, Herten, Horgenbach, Huben, Kurzdorf, Langdorf, Schönenhof, Zelgli |
| Surrounded by | Aadorf, Bertschikon bei Attikon (ZH), Ellikon an der Thur (ZH), Felben-Wellhausen, Gachnang, Hagenbuch (ZH), Matzingen, Thundorf, Uesslingen-Buch, Warth-Weiningen |
| Twin towns | Kufstein (Austria) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
History
Early history
The city is first written about in 1246. It grew up around the Frauenfeld castle on the land of the Reichenau convent.
In 1264, it became the property 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.
Twice in the 1700s, 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.
Modern history
In 1919, the municipalities of Langdorf, Kurzdorf, Huben, Herten, and Horgenbach became part of Frauenfeld. In 1998, Gerlikon, Schönenhof, and Zelgli joined Frauenfeld.
Frauenfeld Media
Document signed by Arnulf of Carinthia, dated 888 but possibly from the 11th or 12th century, granting the manor farm of Erchingen to Reichenau Abbey
The town of Frauenfeld in the Thurgau. Woodcut from the cronicle of Stumpf 1548
Frauenfeld in 1654, from the Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae
Frauenfeld before the fire of 1771
The village of Gerlikon joined Frauenfeld in 1998.
Aerial view from 800 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1929)
Frauenfeld West mit dem Stählibuck (653 müM) im Hintergrund. Rechts im Hintergrund das Hochhaus des Kantonsspitals. Aufnahmestandort: 706156 / 268065 (47° 33′ 16.99″ N, 8° 50′ 56.53″ E (47.554718°, 8.849037°))
Haus zum Schwert in the old city of Frauenfeld
FW-Railways at station Frauenfeld
Heinrich Häberlin (1868–1947), member of the Swiss Federal Council
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References
Other websites
Media related to Frauenfeld at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in German)
- Official website[dead link]
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