Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
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Location of Kreuzlingen
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| Coordinates: 47°38′N 9°10′E / 47.633°N 9.167°ECoordinates: 47°38′N 9°10′E / 47.633°N 9.167°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Thurgau |
| District | Kreuzlingen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andreas Netzle |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.5 km2 (4.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
| Population (December 2007) | |
| • Total | 18,085 |
| • Density | 1,573/km2 (4,073/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8280 |
| Localities | Emmishofen, Kurzrickenbach |
| Surrounded by | Bottighofen, Constance (Konstanz) (DE-BW), Kemmental, Lengwil, Tägerwilen |
| Twin towns | Wolfach (Germany), Cisternino (Italy) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
It is the second largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld with a population of over 18,000.
In 1874, the municipality of Egelshofen was renamed Kreuzlingen. It reached the present size with the adding of Kurzrickenbach in 1927 and Emmishofen in 1928.
Geography
It is located on Lake Constance.
It is halfway between Schaffhausen and Rorschach.
History
The name of the municipality stems from the Augustinian monastery Crucelin, which was later renamed Kreuzlingen Abbey. It was built in 1125 by the Bishop of Constance, Ulrich I. In the Swabian War and the 30 Years' War after the siege of Constance by Swedish troops, Kreuzlingen Abbey was burned down by the people of Constance. The crime was blamed on the monks for having supported the enemy. In 1650, the monastery was rebuilt in its present location. Because of secularization in 1848, the buildings became a school. The chapel became a Catholic church
People already lived in the Kreuzlingen area during the Bronze Age. Celtic and Roman coins and artifacts show that people continued to be settled in the area pre-writing. Kurzrickenbach is first mentioned as Rihinbah in 830, Egelshofen is mentioned as Eigolteshoven in 1125, and Emmishofen is mentioned as Eminshoven in 1159. The territory of the municipality, except for the Augustinian monastery, belonged to the Bishop of Constance.
Until the beginning of the 19th century, the current centre of Kreuzlingen was still largely agricultural. The first steamboats began to operate on Lake Constance in 1824. The first train line to Romanshorn was finished in 1871, and the second to Etzwilen in 1875. This brought commerce and industry to the area. In 1874, Kreuzlingen became the capital of the district, instead of the previous capital, Gottlieben. However, until World War I, Kreuzlingen was a kind of suburb of Constance. Most of its profits went to German firms. The war made Kreuzlingen more independent.
w:The Sanatorium of Bellevue (1857-1980), which occupied part of the old monastery, played an important role in the history of Kreuzlingen. In 1842, a man called Ignaz Vanotti from Constance bought a large area of land and constructed a building to house the emigrant press of Bellevue in 1843, which had been in Römerburg before. In 1857, Ludwig Binswanger, a psychiatrist from Münsterlingen bought the property and opened a private sanatorium. The clinic was very modern and stayed in the control of the Binswanger family for nearly 120 years. Important psychiatric discoveries, particularly under the founder's grandson's control, especially in the development of existential psychotherapy, were made at the sanatorium. However, few of its buildings remain.
Economy
Earlier, most of the people in Kreuzlingen made a living in the wine industry. However, because of diseases and bad harvests, the last wine grapes were raised in Kreuzlingen in 1938.
Today, the local economy is mostly shopping and handcraft, with the largest employer being a clothing maker.
Kreuzlingen Media
Interior of St. Ulrich Church
Aerial view from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
Part of the former Sanatorium
Löwenstrasse*Kreuzlinger Rathaus an der Löwenstrasse
Main street in Kreuzlingen
Swiss shoppers returning to their home country from Konstanz on weekends
Egelshofen, Swiss Reformed Church
Primary School in Emmishofen
Claudio Imhof, Bronzemedaille im Punktefahren *
Picture taken on May 1 2005, Church of Saint Ulrich and Afra in Kreuzlingen.
References
Other websites
Media related to Kreuzlingen at Wikimedia Commons