town in, and capital of, the Swiss canton of Thurgau From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frauenfeld is the capital city of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is also the capital city of the district of Frauenfeld.
Frauenfeld | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Frauenfeld  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°33′N 8°54′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 | |
| • Total | 25,607 |
| • Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8500 |
| SFOS number | 4566 |
| 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 |
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.
In 1919, the municipalities of Langdorf, Kurzdorf, Huben, Herten, and Horgenbach became part of Frauenfeld. In 1998, Gerlikon, Schönenhof, and Zelgli joined Frauenfeld.
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