Frauenfeld

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coordinates: 47°33′N, 8°54′E Coordinates: 47°33′N, 8°54′E

Frauenfeld

Canton	Thurgau
District	Frauenfeld
Coordinates	47°33′N, 8°54′E
Population	21,965 (December 2004)
Area	27.4 km²
Elevation	417 m
Postal code	8500
SFOS number	4566
Mayor	Carlo Parolari (FDP)
Website	www.frauenfeld.ch
Localities	Gerlikon, Herten, Horgenbach, Huben, Kurzdorf, Langdorf, Schönenhof, Zelgli
Twin towns	Kufstein (Austria)
Frauenfeld

Frauenfeld is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Frauenfeld Rathaus

1 History
2 Transportation
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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 aternately 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 Frauenfled. In 1998, Gerlikon, Schönenhof, and Zelgli were incorporated.

[edit] 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 Castle

[edit] References

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

[edit] External links

Official website
Frauenfeld in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

Municipalities in the district of Frauenfeld, Switzerland

Thurgau | Districts of Canton Thurgau | Municipalities of the canton of Thurgau

Capitals of Swiss cantons

Aarau (Aargau) - Altdorf (Uri) - Appenzell (Appenzell Innerrhoden) - Basel (Basel-City) - Bellinzona (Ticino) - Berne (Berne) - Chur (Grisons) - Delémont (Jura) - Frauenfeld (Thurgau) - Fribourg (Fribourg) - Geneva (Geneva) - Glarus (Glarus) - Herisau/Trogen (Appenzell Ausserrhoden) - Lausanne (Vaud) - Liestal (Basel-Land) - Lucerne (Lucerne) - Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel) - St. Gallen (St. Gallen) - Sarnen (Obwalden) - Schaffhausen (Schaffhausen) - Schwyz (Schwyz) - Sion (Valais) - Solothurn (Solothurn) - Stans (Nidwalden) - Zug (Zug) - Zurich (Zurich)