Arbon

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Arbon
Arbon coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Arbon
BFS no. : 4401i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 9320
UN / LOCODE : CH ZDD
Coordinates : 750 234  /  264 790 coordinates: 47 ° 31 '0 "  N , 9 ° 26' 0"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and fifty thousand two hundred thirty-four  /  two hundred sixty-four thousand seven hundred ninety
Height : 402  m above sea level M.
Height range : 394–431 m above sea level M.
Area : 6.01  km²
Resident: i14,796 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 2462 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
Swiss citizenship ) 		33.0% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.arbon.ch
Arbon: View of the harbor, the lakeside promenade and the old town

Arbon: View of the harbor, the lakeside promenade and the old town
Location of the municipality
Emerzer Weier Biesshofer Weier Schlossweier SG Bodensee Kanton St. Gallen Kanton St. Gallen Bezirk Kreuzlingen Bezirk Weinfelden Amriswil Arbon Dozwil Egnach Hefenhofen Horn TG Kesswil Roggwil TG Romanshorn Salmsach Sommeri UttwilMap of Arbon
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Arbon is a political municipality and the capital of the district of the same name in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland . The village is located on Lake Constance and is mainly known from a tourist point of view for its old town and its lake promenade . The castle and castle tower are the city's landmarks .

Arbon has Roman roots and was originally called Arbor Felix ( Latin for happy tree ). Today Arbon is the third largest city in the canton after Frauenfeld and Kreuzlingen . Until 1997, the local parishes of Arbon and Frasnacht formed the municipality of Arbon.

geography

Historical aerial photo from 250 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1925

Arbon is located on a spur-shaped peninsula on the south bank of Lake Constance between Romanshorn and Rorschach . To the south, the municipality borders on the area of ​​the canton of St. Gallen . The next larger city is St. Gallen . There has been a feeder to the A1 since 1993 . Arbon belongs to the catchment area of ​​the city of St. Gallen, so St. Gallen is the center of culture and nightlife for the inhabitants of Arbon.

Although the city area is only 6.1 km², it is divided into six different quarters. The Altstadt quarter is centrally located, has medieval origins and is criss-crossed by many narrow streets. For several years now, efforts have been made to calm the old town in terms of traffic and to relocate through traffic from Romanshorn to Rorschach. The Bergli district is a little higher up . It is named after the «Bergli» on which it lies (about 430  m above sea level ). The southern quarter includes the former workers' settlements from the time of industrialization ("Neustadt", "Bleiche" and "Stacherholz") and shows a high rate of growth. Various branches of industry have settled on the outskirts of the city, in particular the Saurer AG manufacturing site is located there . Romanshornerstrasse, the northwest industrial area and rural areas make up the character of the Scheidweg district , which merges into the Frasnacht district . Stachen and Frasnacht are formerly independent communities that were incorporated into Arbon in 1998. The two places form quarters 5 and 6. Stachen has now grown together with Arbon, while there is still a spatial separation at Frasnacht.

In the Scheidweg district there is a nature reserve of around two square kilometers along the lake shore. The area is partly on Egnacher soil.

Bahnhofstrasse Arbon

Arbon is located on the northern edge of the Swiss plateau bordered by Lake Constance . This basin was carved out by the last Ice Age ( Würm Cold Age ) and has freshwater molasses as the top layer of rock . Like most Swiss lakes, Lake Constance itself runs at right angles towards the Swiss Plateau, the lake is a fluvioglacial eroded tongue basin of the Ice Age Rhine glacier, which was filled by the Rhine . The villages on the lake, to which Arbon also belongs, can be found in the rise of the former side moraine , called Seerücken on the Swiss side .

climate

The most common weather situation in this region is the westerly wind weather situation , the winds of which often bring precipitation due to the moisture absorbed over the Atlantic. In addition, the cold bise from the east or northeast (dry continental wind) has a strong influence on the climate. The warm foehn (southerly wind, dried out by the topography of the Alps ) also has an effect as far as Arbon, as the city is located near the foothills of the Alps ( Säntis ). Especially in the summer thunderstorms are common on Lake Constance have been waterspouts observed. For these reasons, too, there is a storm warning system on Lake Constance linking all three neighboring countries .

The mean January temperatures are between minus 2 and 0 ° C, the mean July temperatures between 15 and 18 ° C. The annual rainfall is between 80 and 100 cm.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Egnach in the northwest , Roggwil TG in the west and Steinach SG in the southeast . There is a short border section in the southwest to Berg SG . In the north and east, Lake Constance forms the natural boundary of the city.

Overview:

Roggwil Egnach Lake Constance
Roggwil Neighboring communities Lake Constance
Mountain Steinach horn

story

Prehistory and antiquity

The shores of Lake Constance near Arbon had been inhabited since the Stone Age. During archaeological excavations in 1885 and 1944, pile dwelling settlements of the Pfyn culture from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages could be identified. The Neolithic houses with a floor area of ​​around 21 m² were mostly made of wood and were built on posts due to the swampy soil. So you did not stand in the water as first assumed. The later Bronze Age settlement on the same site is the eponymous site of the Arbon culture, which is widespread in northern Switzerland and southern Germany . Between 1993 and 1995 a total of 1100 m² of the Bleiche 3 site was uncovered by the Office for Archeology of the Canton of Thurgau , which revealed that the first house in the settlement was built in 3384 BC. Was built (in the center of the settlement) and until 3376 BC. More houses were built until the buildings in 3370 BC. Fell victim to a fire. The pile dwelling settlement has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site " Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps " since 2011 .

During the period of Roman rule over today's Swiss territory, there was probably a fortified settlement at the height of today's mountain district. The location on the elevated position above the lake may have been of strategic importance. Archaeological excavations have been carried out at regular intervals since 1957 in order to research the Roman past of Arbon. The Latin name Arbons, Arbor Felix , appears for the first time in the 3rd century Antonini Itinerarium . It probably goes back to the place name "Arbona", which was widespread in the Celtic region. While the Itinerarium Arbon is still a fortified post station at the intersection of the Vitudurum ( Oberwinterthur ) - Brigantium ( Bregenz ) or Constantia ( Konstanz ) - Curia ( Chur ) routes, the Tabula Peutingeriana from the 4th century shows Arbon as a Roman fort . The reason for the construction of the fortification was probably the withdrawal of the Roman border on the Rhine - Iller - Danube line after the abandonment of the Upper German-Raetian Limes after 260 AD (see Danube-Iller-Rhein-Limes ).

According to the excavations, the late Roman fort had an area of ​​around 10,000 m² between the southern tip of the Bergli hill and the lake shore. The original defensive wall was about 350 m long. The bathing area of ​​the complex was discovered under the Martinskirche, the walls there later served as the base for the church. The residents of the fort were probably at least partly buried on the mountain hill. According to the Notitia dignitatum from around 425, the cohors Herculea Pannoniorum was stationed under a tribunus in Arbon ; The place was probably also the base of the Roman Lake Constance flotilla.

According to the contemporary historian Ammianus Marcellinus (31.10.20), Emperor Gratian moved east via Arbon in AD 378 to support his cousin Valens against the Goths. When the Roman troops withdrew in the later 5th century, the Celto-Roman population stayed behind and merged with the immigrating Alamanni . The place names Frasnacht and Feilen indicate, however, that there was briefly a linguistic boundary between the Alamannic and the Romansh- speaking population. The secular power continued until well after the Roman withdrawal from a tribune , which was now subordinate to the Dux of the Raetia province .

From the Middle Ages to industrialization

View of the city of Arbon on an engraving by Matthäus Merian , 1643
Arbon - Gasthaus Römerhof and remains of the city wall

In 610 Irish monks from the retinue of Columban von Luxeuil settled in Arbon. According to tradition, they met a small Christian community in a fortified settlement that the sources refer to as castrum . One of Columban's followers was St. Gallus , the founder of the St. Gallen monastery , who died in Arbon in 627. The construction of a first castle complex on the site of today's castle is set for 720. The foundation walls of this castle are still left today. The castle was built by members of the Franconian whale tribe . For several decades it served as the seat of power for Arbongau , first mentioned in 744 , which was formed after the introduction of the county constitution in Alamannia and Churrätia.

The Duchy of Alemannia became part of the Franconian Empire in the 8th century . Ecclesiastically, Arbon has belonged to the diocese of Constance since the early Middle Ages . The prince-bishops there took over the office of counts in Arbongau and the property around Arbon, including the castle, and had them administered by the ministerial family of the Lords of Arbon. In 1255, the Bishop of Constance, Eberhard von Waldburg , granted the Arbon settlement market and later town rights and provided it with walls and moats. In the same century, an increasing number of farmers settled in the area, and numerous other farms were established. From 1262 to 1264 and again in 1266 the underage Duke of Swabia , Konradin von Hohenstaufen , resided in Arbon, as Bishop Eberhard von Waldburg was his guardian. Konradin gave Arbon judgment and ban in thanks in 1266. In 1282, Prince-Bishop Rudolf I of Constance bought Arbon back. The possessions of the Church of St. Martin, the fertile fields in the surrounding area and the port made Arbon an important administrative center of the manorial power of the Principality of Constance. Ecclesiastically, the villages of Steinach , Mörschwil , Horn , Goldach , Egnach , Roggwil and Steinebrunn also belonged to the municipality of Arbon until the 18th century .

The 14th century was marked by further growth. Arbon became an economically important town on the lake, which, in addition to canvas production, continued to have agriculture and handicrafts. During this time the bishops of Constance pledged the rule over Arbon to various noble families. Between 1322 and 1334, Bishop Rudolf von Montfort had the ruined castle rebuilt. In 1335, Arbon received the same city rights as the imperial city of Lindau from King Ludwig IV (the Bavarian) . In 1390 a fire of unknown cause destroyed large parts of the old town. A second major fire in 1494 was attributed to the arson of the sons of a man hanged for theft.

In 1441, Prince-Bishop Heinrich IV of Constance released the rule of Arbon from the pledge. Until 1798, the city and its surrounding area were then administered by an episcopal chief bailiff. When the Habsburg Thurgau was conquered by the Swiss Confederation in 1460 , the Prince-Bishop retained his rule, but had to grant the Confederation its exemption and the right of occupation by the Swabian War at the latest in 1499 . Since then the confederates have claimed sovereignty over Arbon, but the episcopal administration remained untouched.

The current version of the Arbon Castle was built in 1515 by Bishop Hugo von Hohenlandenberg , although the tower itself is older and dates back to 993. In 1525 tensions arose for the first time between the Catholic Church and the Arbon population, the majority of whom turned towards the Reformation . In 1537 the Reformed had to give the Church of St. Martin back to the Catholics and confine themselves to the chapel in Erdhausen, although only a small minority remained of the Catholic faith. The denominational disputes lasted until the 18th century. In 1712, the equality of denominations was established in Thurgau and in 1728, in the Diessenhofen treatise, it was also enforced for Arbon.

→ see also the history section in the Frasnacht article

From industrialization to the present

"Red House" from 1750

In the 18th century the canvas and embroidery industry settled in Arbon. The company patrons of this time such as Jakob von Furtenbach II., Arnold Baruch Heine and others built villas around the old town for their own residential purposes, for example the “red house” from 1750 and houses for the workers.

In 1798, Thurgau was released by the Swiss Confederation, but shortly afterwards it was occupied by French troops. After the introduction of the Helvetic Constitution , the city's membership of the Principality of Constance ended for good. The last bailiff, Franz Xaver Wirz von Rudenz, had to leave the city. Through the mediation constitution of 1803, Arbon came to the newly established Canton of Thurgau . From 1803 to 1815 Arbon and the Horn exclave were united into one municipality.

In the 19th century, the city developed economically into a place for factories and workers. This was mainly due to the industrial pioneer Franz Saurer , who in 1863 relocated his company, founded in 1853, from St. Gallen to Arbon, which he had registered under the name "Mechanische Werkstätte Eisengiesserei Franz Saurer-Stoffel, Arbon". From 1888 he built embroidery machines and internal combustion engines, from 1904 trucks and finally looms . Civilian trucks and buses were constructed until 1983 and military vehicles until 1986. Today the company only produces embroidery machines. In its heyday, the factory employed over 5,000 workers. The population of Arbon increased from 660 in 1844 to over 10,000 at the turn of the century.

There has been a strong foreign minority in Arbon since the beginning of the 20th century. Tensions between the workers and the citizenry over the unfortunate living and working conditions erupted in unrest lasting several days in 1902, which resulted in several deaths. From July 17, 1911, an international socialist congress with over 8,000 participants took place in Arbon . From the 1920s to the 1950s, the city was ruled by a social democratic majority and was known throughout Switzerland as the “red Arbon”. Thanks to its lake promenade, which was built by the “red Arbon” against the resistance of the bourgeois minority, Arbon is a popular destination today. The war years up to 1945 led to a population reduction. In 1945 the local community of Arbon was able to buy the castle.

There have been partnerships with the Lake Constance community of Langenargen in Baden-Württemberg , particularly since Seegfrörni in 1963. On January 1, 1998, the Arbon municipality and the local communities Arbon (BFS No. 4401) and Frasnacht (BFS No. 4402) were merged to form the political municipality of Arbon. In August 2005 Arbon celebrated its 750th anniversary as a town.

On August 19, 2012, a major fire destroyed five of the old Saurer halls in Arbon's industry. There were three injuries to complain about. 350 firefighters from Arbon and the neighboring communities (also from Steinach and Berg SG ) were on duty for over 14 hours . According to initial estimates, the damage to property amounts to several million francs .

→ see also the history section in the Frasnacht article

Attractions

Arbon Castle

Arbon has a number of sights. Especially the old town, with its diverse winding streets, has a lot of medieval history in Arbon. The buildings from the surrounding quarters mainly date from the period of industrialization . The city of Arbon is listed in the inventory of places worth protecting in Switzerland .

The Arbon Castle with the castle tower is one of the most important sights of Arbon and is at the same time its landmark. This is originally a castle with dungeon . The much older keep can be recognized by the gray walls and dates from the year 993. In the heart of the medieval old town is the "Fish Market Square", which is closely surrounded by houses and has a centrally located fountain. There are monthly flea markets from April to October .

Monument to Franz, Adolph and Hippolyt Saurer

The watchtower, the corner tower of the Roman fort ( Fort Arbon ) and parts of the old city ​​wall have been preserved from the Roman period . The medieval "Haus zur Freiheit" ("Römerhof") was built on Roman foundations and in 1798 was equipped with cannons that were brought from Fischingen to Arbon. The Saurer monument from the time of industrialization should also be mentioned in memory of the company patrons Franz , Adolph and Hippolyt Saurer .

Architecturally, a distinction is made between the old town (Middle Ages and Baroque) and the surrounding city (Art Nouveau and modern architecture). Examples from the Middle Ages and Baroque are the Untertorgasse with the fishery frescoes on the back of the house facades, as well as the former town hall, which is equipped with an idiosyncratic architecture: its overhanging roof forms a kind of "crown". The timber frame house at Schmiedgasse 5, a rare example of medieval house construction, was built at the end of the 15th century, with parts of the foundation walls dating from around 1300.

From Art Nouveau and Romanticism , the "Heine-Siedlung" are especially worth seeing, these are former workers' houses of the embroidery industry, or the "Schädlerturm", in which, according to legend, lions were kept.

The most important architectural monument of early modernism is the lido, a remarkable bath in the style of New Building . Modern architecture includes the Hotel Metropol , whose shape alludes to a cruise ship (to be demolished and replaced by a new building), and the Saurer high-rise , designed in 1960 by the architect Georges-Pierre Dubois based on the “Unité d'Habitation” by Le Corbusier designed.

  • Gallus Chapel (12th / 13th century)

  • Promenade street and castle tower

  • Plank frame house Schmiedgasse 5

  • Office building Walhallastrasse 2 & 4

  • Former inn ox

  • Residential building / restaurant "Stadtgarten" and town hall

coat of arms

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Arbon coat of arms on the town hall, where the district court met until July 2012

Blazon : In white on a green mountain, a red tree with crossed main branches and four leaves; then in a green nest two young birds and an old bird standing, a fourth falls; all gray. In the white base of the shield two blue fish swimming to the left.

The talking coat of arms represents the "happy tree" ( Arbor Felix ) on the shores of Lake Constance. The Arbon city coat of arms is documented for the first time in the 14th century and has been supplemented by fish over the centuries. The version published in the book “Die Gemeindewappen des Kantons Thurgau” in 1960 remained in use for decades until the coat of arms, which was in effect around 1930, was reactivated by the city council in 2001 by a resolution of the city council.

Much has been speculated about the number of fish and the falling young bird, but the meaning of these elements has not been conclusively clarified. The tree could be a linden tree and the birds could be a hawk .

Population and religion

Catholic Church of St. Martin

Between 1860 and 1910, the population experienced a surge in growth due to the settlement of diverse industries. In the meantime, Arbon even grew to become the largest city in the canton of Thurgau. During the Second World War, due to the proximity of Arbon to the German Reich (on the opposite side of the lake) and the flight of the population from the Swiss peripheral regions, the population shrank significantly, but recovered quickly after the war.

As a result of the integration of the local community of Frasnacht (consisting of Stachen , Frasnacht, Kratzern , Speiserslehn and Feilen), the population increased again in 1998, and through further immigration it reached 14,533 inhabitants on December 31, 2018. This makes Arbon the third largest city in the canton after Frauenfeld and Kreuzlingen . 4680 or 32.2% were foreign citizens, 4733 (32.6%) Roman Catholic and 3478 (23.9%) Protestant Reformed. The village of Arbon had 12,394 residents at that time.

In 2018, 4,680 or 32.2% of the population were foreign nationals. They come mainly from Germany , Italy and the former Yugoslavia . The village of Arbon had 12,394 residents in 2018.

Population development in the municipality of Arbon
Population development of the individual municipalities
1824 1850 1870 1888 1910 1941 1970 1990 2000 2010 2018
Political community 12,906 13,512 14,533
Municipal parish 645 927 1919 3073 10,299 8570 13'122 12,415
Local parish 1396 2500 9598 7897 12,227 11,043
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The population in Arbon is divided into the following religions:

Religion / denomination proportion of
evangelical 45%
Catholic 45%
Christian Catholic and others 4%
Muslim 4%
other religions or not belonging to any religion 2%
Gallus Chapel


As in many places in the canton of Thurgau, the inhabitants of Arbon are divided between the Evangelical Reformed and the Roman Catholic faiths of Christianity . The various churches bear witness to this: the Church of St. Martin is Catholic, as is the adjacent Gallus Chapel. The Reformed Church in the “Bergli” quarter is evangelical (visible from afar due to its elevated position and with a view of the old town). The Evangelical Free Churches of St. Chrischona , the Pentecostal Church and the Salvation Army are also represented. There is also the Christian community in Arbon.

Recently there has been an increase in the immigration of Muslims , mainly from Balkan countries , above all from Kosovo .

politics

By 2020, Arbon was the only municipality in the canton to send the booklet with information on voting templates in shared households only to men. The congregation cited saving as the reason.

legislative branch

7th
2
1
6th
3
6th
5
7th 2 1 6th 3 6th 5 
A total of 30 seats

Arbon has had a city ​​parliament with 30 members since 2003 .

Distribution of seats in the Arbon City Parliament
Political party 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Social Democratic Party (SP) 7th 7th 10 8th 7th
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 5 7th 6th 7th 6th
Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) 6th 6th 4th 6th 6th
Swiss People's Party (SVP) 6th 6th 8th 6th 5
Xsunder Common Sense (XMV) - - - 1 3
Green - - - - 2
Evangelical People's Party (EPP) 2 2 2 2 1
The Small List (DKL) 2 2 - - -
Future workshop Arbon (ZWA) 2 - - - -

executive

Government affairs are divided into various departments and run by a city ​​council .

For the 2019-2023 legislative period, the city council consists of the following people:

City Mayor until May 31, 2012 was Martin Klöti , FDP . He was elected to the government council of the canton of St. Gallen on March 11, 2012 and took up his new office on June 1, 2012. Andreas Balg, FDP, (2204 votes) won the replacement election on September 23, 2012 for the office of mayor of the city, ahead of Patrick Hug, CVP, (1712 votes).

In the renewal elections on March 8, 2015, Peter Gubser was newly elected to the city council, with the SP returning to the executive branch - in the 2019 election he was narrowly voted out. In the second ballot on April 26, 2015, Konrad Brühwiler prevailed against Reto Stäheli, who thus resigned from the city council.

Judiciary

The district court has its seat in Arbon. There is a circle of judges of the peace for the city of Arbon , and Arbon also has its own city ​​police .

National elections

In the 2019 National Council elections, the share of the vote in Arbon was: SVP 28.7%, CVP 17.7%, SP 17.0%, Greens 13.4%, FDP 11.4%, glp 6.0%, EVP 2.3 %, EDU 1.7%, BDP 1.6%.

Infrastructure

Arbon has its own water and electricity works on the southwest border . In addition, the nearby Romanshorn receives long-distance gas and natural gas , from which Arbon also benefits. The water is taken from Lake Constance, filtered and then treated in a water treatment plant .

A wide variety of specialist shops can be found in the old town of Arbon, as well as three shopping centers: “Novaseta” ( Coop ), “Rosengarten” ( Migros ) and, since September 2016, “Hamel” on the Saurerareal, in which, among other things, ( the Post ), ( Coop Pronto ) and ( MFit ) are rented.

traffic

Arbon has had a motorway feeder to the A1 since 1993 . As a result, Arbon was better developed in terms of transport, especially in the direction of St. Gallen - Zurich and into the Rhine Valley, before only a winding cantonal road led to St. Gallen.

The trains on the lake line (Rorschach - Romanshorn - Kreuzlingen) connect Arbon to the Romanshorn and Rorschach express train stations every half hour. There are also two bus routes to Amriswil and St. Gallen.

The shipping traffic of the White Fleet on Lake Constance (also to Germany) in the summer months is more for tourist purposes .

business

Saurer truck vintage

Arbon is the most important industrial center in Oberthurgau. The most important employer until the 1980s was the truck, embroidery machine and weaving machine company Aktiengesellschaft Adolph Saurer . Today's company, which only specializes in embroidery machines and is in the care of OC Oerlikon , claims that it still has an average market share in the textile industry of 39.5%. Today the companies that have merged in the Arbonia (formerly Arbonia-Forster Group) play the role of the largest employer in the region, as the holding company employs 4,760 people.

Other medium-sized and larger companies such as Bruderer AG , the Gimmel tannery or Otto Keller AG have settled around Arbon over the years. Tourism is another important economic factor . Arbon successfully markets its location on Lake Constance and organizes its own lake night festival every year.

In 2016, Arbon offered work for 5085 people (converted to full-time positions). Of these, 0.3% worked in agriculture and forestry, 37.8% in industry, trade and construction and 61.8% in the service sector.

Trade fairs and markets

Every year the Arbon economy presents itself in two trade fairs: the spring fair and the ARWA (Arbon Christmas exhibition ). The spring fair takes place every month from March to April, the ARWA from November to December. The venue is the Seeparksaal . Various Arbon companies also use the Olma in St. Gallen as a platform.

In March and November there is a fair with carousels and market stalls. In the vernacular, the spring and autumn markets are simply called “fair”.

Every year on Holy Saturday the Easter market takes place on the fish market square. The so-called onion and pumpkin market takes place there on the third Saturday in October . A flea market is also part of the action there every month from April to October.

A large part of the old town is cordoned off for the Christkindlimarkt , which takes place on the first Saturday in December . Only hand-made goods are offered, and Advent melodies are played by the castle tower. A St. Nicholas figure enlivens the Christmas market.

Culture

The Arbon City Library is housed in an Art Nouveau building ("Haus zur Straussenfeder") and has over 10,000 media (books and cassettes).

Historical museums

The historical museum is located in Arbon Castle. As the largest private museum in Thurgau, the permanent exhibition shows a journey through time through Arbon's 5,500-year history. The Neolithic, Bronze, Roman, Middle Ages, canvas trade in the 18th century and industrialization in the 19th and 20th centuries are presented with some unique exhibits, pictures, documents and short texts. Other sections show the history of the church, living culture in Biedermeier, Arbon's earlier water supply, the history of the castle complex, handguns manufactured in Arbon almost a hundred years ago, frozen Lake Constance and the flood of the century, as well as a view from the castle tower. The prehistoric, Roman and Thurgau weapons and Arbon local police departments were rebuilt with the help of specialists. With the renovated medieval hall on the ground floor, the museum society has a room for special and traveling exhibitions.

The Saurer company had the production site for trucks and buses in Arbon. Today the Saurer-Oldtimer-Museum commemorates the Saurer dynasty and shows a collection of commercial vehicles of the brands Saurer and Berna as well as engines, cutaway models and other technical products. The museum is located directly on Lake Constance in the so-called Seepark area.

Arbonerlied

The local patriotic Arbonerlied by the composer Theodor Zürcher describes the Roman past and at the same time the outstanding location on the lake:

Arbon my Arbon
Flower city on Lake Constance
You're like a fairy tale
Enchanted by a good fairy
The ancient Romans recognized this
That's why they called you "Arbor Felix"
That's how it stayed until today
Arbon that we love (so)

education

Since 2006 the schools in Arbon have been run by three primary school communities and one upper school community. The kindergartens are assigned to the primary schools. Arbon does not have its own middle school. Secondary school students attend the Romanshorn canton school for this purpose , and there is also a pedagogical Matura school in Kreuzlingen and Rorschach. With regard to adult education, there is the possibility in Arbon of further training in the Migros Club School in Arbon.

sport and freetime

sports clubs

Various sports clubs are represented in Arbon (floorball club, mountain bike club, swimming club, tennis, table tennis and badminton club, marksmen, karate club, fishing club, etc.). In the Swiss leagues, the football club and the handball club are particularly present. Both clubs present themselves in the current season with 1st teams in higher leagues: The men's team of the football club in the 2nd interregional league of the SFV . The women's team of the handball club plays in the second highest league (Spar Premium League 2). The first men's team of HC Arbon contests the championship in the 1st league (third highest Swiss league).

Events

The “Infocenter Arbon” and the surrounding area organize guided tours through the old town from mid-June to mid-September. The Seenachtsfest always takes place in mid-June, from Friday evening to Sunday evening. A lunapark by the lake promenade and nighttime fireworks are among the main attractions. In 2009 and 2010 the Arbon Talent Show took place on the occasion of the Seenachtsfest. This resulted in the youth culture platform 2011, organized by the Arbon children and youth work. Every year there is an open-air cinema in the Arbons quay between Arbon Castle and Lake Constance.

In August 2009 the SummerDays Festival took place in Arbon for the first time. With around 10,000 visitors each on Friday and Saturday, the open air concert was sold out.

The International Culture Festival Arbon has been held every year in Jakob-Züllig-Park since 2010 .

In the local eatery (commonly known as) Billard Pub there are regular events with various music groups, including BACK: N: BLACK (All Girl Tribute Band to AC / DC), Zucker-O (Zucchero Coverband) and Reckless Roses (Guns N ' Roses - cover band from Eastern Europe).

leisure

Arbon is known for its outdoor pool , the "Badi", which was completely renovated in the 1990s. In addition to direct access to Lake Constance, it also offers heated pools with 50-meter swimming lanes, a giant slide and a 10-meter diving platform . In addition, there are several other leisure activities in Arbon, such as the lake promenade with the castle park, the lido and the Philosophenweg , a walking and cycling path along the shores of Lake Constance to Egnach. The last wooded areas can also be found there, such as the sea ​​moss wood . Among other things, there is a Vita parcours facility and a BMX racing track .

Town twinning

Arbon maintains friendly relationships with:

GermanyGermany Germany Langenargen , since 1963, in the state of Baden-Württemberg on the opposite German lake side from Switzerland Binn , since 1991, in the canton of Valais , Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 

Personalities

The following people are associated with Arbon:

Born in Arbon

Wrought in Arbon

Jakob Kellenberger, President of the ICRC
Adolph Saurer, industrial pioneer (monument)

Honorary citizenship

The conductor and composer Heinrich Steinbeck (1884–1967) received honorary citizenship for his services to the city of Arbon . A memorial stone on Adolph Saurer-Quai has been commemorating him since May 2, 1984.

literature

  • Peter Kilian: Arbon. Small town on Lake Constance in words and pictures. With photos by Willy Biefer. Cooperative printing company, Arbon 1964.
  • Stefan Hochuli: Arbon bleach. The Neolithic and Bronze Age lakeside settlements. Excavations 1885–1991. Office for Archeology, Frauenfeld 1994, ISBN 3-905405-01-6 ( Archeology in Thurgau, Volume 2).
  • Stefan Keller : The time of the factories. Of workers and a red city. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2001 (= WoZ im Rotpunktverlag), ISBN 3-85869-228-X .
  • Hans Geisser: Stories tell stories. A journey through Arbon's past. Ed .: Museum Society Arbon. Arbon 2005, ISBN 3-033-00580-2 .
  • Hans Geisser: Shadows over the city by the lake. Everyday life in Arbon in crisis and war 1930–1945. Ed .: Museum Society Arbon. Arbon 2010, ISBN 978-3-9523381-3-1 .
  • Lisbeth Herger, Heinz Looser: Between longing and shame. The story of Anna Maria Boxler 1884–1965. Publisher here + now, Baden, ISBN 978-3-03919-863-4 .
  • Claudius Graf-Schelling , with the collaboration of Sabine Schifferdecker and Bernhard Bertelmann: Roth und röter. 100 years of the Arbon Social Democratic Party 1916–2016. A chronicle. Arbon Social Democratic Party, Arbon 2016, ISBN 978-3-033-05588-9 .

Web links

Commons : Arbon  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Arbon  - travel guide
Wikisource: Arbon in the Topographia Sueviae (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FSO Generalized Boundaries 2020 . For later parish mergers, heights are summarized based on January 1, 2020. Accessed May 17, 2021
  2. ↑ Generalized limits 2020 . In the case of later community mergers, areas will be combined based on January 1, 2020. Accessed May 17, 2021
  3. ↑ Regional portraits 2021: key figures for all municipalities . In the case of later community mergers, population figures are summarized based on 2019. Accessed May 17, 2021
  4. ↑ Regional portraits 2021: key figures for all municipalities . For later community mergers, the percentage of foreigners summarized based on the 2019 status. Accessed May 17, 2021
  5. ↑ a b Thurgau in figures 2019 . On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (PDF file; 1.8 MB), accessed on April 28, 2020.
  6. ↑ Swiss land use statistics. Completed on July 1, 1912. Published by the Federal Statistical Bureau. ( Memento from April 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ a b c d Localities and their resident population. Edition 2019 . On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (Excel table; 0.1 MB), accessed on April 28, 2020.
  8. ↑ a b Ernst Spiess: Swiss World Atlas. Ed. Conference of Cantonal Education Directors (EDK), new edition 1993, p. 10 f.
  9. ↑ Albin Hasenfratz: Arbon (1 - pre-Roman times). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 20, 2010 , accessed June 5, 2019 .
  10. ↑ The Neolithic lakeside settlement Arbon - Bleiche 3 . Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  11. ↑ Arbon Bleiche 2 and 3, UNESCO World Heritage . Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  12. ↑ a b Hansjörg Brem: Arbon (2 - Roman times). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 20, 2010 , accessed June 5, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Harald Derschka : Die Ministeriale des Hochstiftes Konstanz ( Constance Working Group for Medieval History: Lectures and Research ; Special Volume 45). Thorbecke, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-7995-6755-0 , pp. 54-64.
  14. ^ Heinrich Gottfried Gengler: Regesta and documents on the constitutional and legal history of German cities in the Middle Ages. Erlangen 1863, p. 52 .
  15. ↑ Kurt Buenzli: Arbon (3 - early Middle Ages to 1798). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 20, 2010 , accessed June 5, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Kurt Buenzli: Arbon (3 - 1798 to the present). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 20, 2010 , accessed June 5, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Stefan Keller: The time of the factories. Of workers and a red city. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2001 (= WoZ im Rotpunktverlag), ISBN 3-85869-228-X .
  18. ↑ Mutation 42a to the official register of municipalities in Switzerland, 1986
  19. ↑ tagesanzeiger.ch of August 20, 2012
  20. ↑ a b Willy Biefer, Peter Kilian: Arbon. Small town on Lake Constance in words and pictures. Cooperative printing house, Arbon 1964. (Photos: Willy Biefer; Text: Peter Kilian)
  21. ↑ Olaf Gisbertz: "... an impeccably constructed device" - The Hotel Metropol in Arbon on Lake Constance. In: INSITU , 2017/2. ISSN  1866-959X , pp. 297-308.
  22. ↑ a b municipal coat of arms . On the website of the State Archives of the Canton of Thurgau, accessed on December 8, 2019
  23. ↑ a b Population development of the municipalities. Canton Thurgau, 1850–2000 and resident population of the municipalities and change from the previous year. Canton of Thurgau, 1990–2018. On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (Excel tables; 0.1 MB each), accessed on April 28, 2020.
  24. ^ Albin Hasenfratz, Hansjörg Brem, Kurt Buenzli: Arbon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  25. ↑ Leo Butie: Arbon TG: So far, only men have received the voting book. In: 20 minutes. November 13, 2020, accessed November 13, 2020 .
  26. ^ Website of the city of Arbon, city parliament ( Memento from July 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  27. ↑ List results. (PDF) City of Arbon, March 31, 2019, accessed on March 31, 2019 .
  28. ^ City of Arbon - City Council. Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
  29. ^ Government council elections of March 11, 2012 St. Galler Tagblatt .
  30. ↑ City of Arbon website, Elections & Voting (PDF; 6 kB), accessed on October 15, 2012
  31. ^ Voters thwart the FDP strategy. St. Galler Tagblatt online , March 9, 2015.
  32. ↑ City of Arbon website, Elections & Voting (PDF; 6 kB), accessed on August 9, 2015
  33. ↑ Federal Statistical Office : NR - Results parties (municipalities) (INT1). In: Federal Elections 2019 | opendata.swiss. August 8, 2019, accessed August 1, 2020 .
  34. ↑ Website saurer.ch
  35. ↑ afgonline.ch
  36. ^ Exhibition in the historical museum ( Memento from May 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  37. ↑ St. Galler Tagblatt: Culture Festival in Jakob-Züllig-Park. May 28, 2011, accessed December 21, 2011 .
  38. ↑ Baumgartner makes a record jump. In: St. Galler Tagblatt of October 14, 2012

Remarks

  1. ↑ from 1857 with the local communities Arbon and Frasnacht