Frauenfeld district

Frauenfeld district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Thurgau (TG)
Main town :	Frauenfeld
FSO number :	2012
Area :	279.61  km²
Height range :	368–721 m above sea level M.
Residents:	68,334 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	244 inhabitants per km²
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The district of Frauenfeld is a district in the northwest of the canton of Thurgau with Frauenfeld as the main town.

The district borders in the north on the canton of Schaffhausen and the district of Konstanz , in the east on the districts of Kreuzlingen and Weinfelden , in the south on the district of Münchwilen and in the southwest and west on the Zurich districts of Winterthur and Andelfingen . The northern border is formed by the Untersee and the Rhine . In addition, the district is traversed by the Thur and its tributary Murg .

Political communities

The following 23 municipalities belong to the district:
As of December 31, 2013

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitant per km²
	Basadingen-Schlattingen	1837	15.63	118
	Berlingen	917	3.58	249
	Diessenhofen	3999	10.08	397
	Eschenz	1743	12.00	145
	Felben-Wellhausen	2841	7.38	385
	Frauenfeld	25,611	27.35	936
	Gachnang	4364	9.74	448
	Herdern	1079	13.73	79
	Homburg	1543	24.13	64
	Huettlingen	850	11.60	73
	Hüttwilen	1729	17.66	98
	Mammers	654	5.45	120
	Matzingen	2918	7.68	380
	Muellheim	2991	8.74	342
	Nine-shape	1039	11.36	91
	Pfyn	2016	13.14	153
	Schlatt (TG)	1708	15.54	110
	Steckborn	3753	8.77	428
	Stettfurt	1204	6.37	189
	Thundorf	1437	15.62	92
	Uesslingen book	1088	14.03	78
	Wagenhausen	1694	11.82	143
	Warth-Weiningen	1346	8.21	164
Total (23)		68,334	279.61	244

Changes in the community

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  Parishes until 1869

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  Municipalities until 1918

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  Municipalities until 1952

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  Municipalities until 1983

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  Municipalities until 1994

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  Municipalities until 1995

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  Municipalities until 1998

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  Municipalities until 2010

• 1869: Merger of Fahrhof and Oberneunforn → Oberneunforn

• 1918: Merger of Frauenfeld , Herten , Horgenbach , Huben , Kurzdorf and Langdorf → Frauenfeld

• 1953: Change of name from Buch bei Uesslingen → Buch bei Frauenfeld

• 1983: Merger of Felben and Wellhausen → Felben-Wellhausen

• 1995: Merger of Buch near Frauenfeld and Uesslingen → Uesslingen-Buch
• 1995: Merger of Lustdorf , Thundorf and Wetzikon → Thundorf
• 1995: Fusion of Warth and Weiningen → Warth-Weiningen

• 1996: Merger of Aadorf , Aawangen , Ettenhausen , Guntershausen near Aadorf and Wittenwil without the districts of Heiterschen and Jakobstal → Aadorf
• 1996: Merger of Niederneunforn , Oberneunforn and Wilen bei Neunforn → Neunforn

• 1998: Merger of Frauenfeld , Gerlikon and part of Oberwil → Frauenfeld
• 1998: Merger of Gachnang , Islikon , Kefikon , Niederwil and part of Oberwil → Gachnang

• 1999: Merger of Eschikofen , Harenwilen , Hüttlingen and Mettendof → Hüttlingen

• 2011: Aadorf district change from Frauenfeld district to Münchwilen district
• 2011: District change Basadingen-Schlattingen , Diessenhofen and Schlatt (TG) from the Diessenhofen district → Frauenfeld district
• 2011: District change Berlingen , Eschenz , Herdern , Homburg , Hüttwilen , Mammern , Müllheim , Pfyn , Steckborn and Wagenhausen from the Steckborn district to the Frauenfeld district

Web links

Commons : Frauenfeld  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.