Bichelsee

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Bichelsee
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Thurgau (TG)
District :	Münchwilen
Political community :	Bichelsee-Balterswil
Postal code :	8363
former BFS no. :	4721
Coordinates :	711 966  /  256493 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '59 "  N , 8 ° 55' 24"  O ; CH1903:  711 966  /  256493
Height :	601  m above sea level M.
Area :	8.47  km²  (local parish ) 12.29 km² (municipality)
Residents:	991 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	117 inhabitants per km²
Castle hill of Bichelsee Castle
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Bichelsee is a village in the municipality of Bichelsee-Balterswil in the Münchwilen district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland . On January 1, 1996 , the former local community merged to form the political municipality of Bichelsee-Balterswil.

The local community Bichelsee was part of the municipal community Bichelsee . Bichelsee included the Bichelsee settlement on the road from Turbenthal to Wil , the hamlets of Höfli and Niederhofen am Bichelsee and Itaslen.

history

Catholic Church

Bichelsee 893/894 first mentioned Pichelense . In the early Middle Ages , Bichelsee was donated to the St. Gallen monastery by the Udalrichingers . In the High Middle Ages , the Lords of Bichelsee , who were in the service of the monastery, settled on the fortress (Old) Bichelsee . In the early 13th century they built Neu-Bichelsee, which was destroyed by the Habsburgs in 1274 . In 1358 Hermann IV von Landenberg-Greifensee acquired Alt-Bichelsee as well as all rights and possessions including the bailiwick of Balterswil . In 1407 Alt-Bichelsee was burned down by the Appenzell people . After the reconstruction, Fischingen Abbey bought the castle, lordship and parish ( incorporation ) from 1419 to 1421 , so that Bichelsee belonged to the old Fischingen court until 1798 - but without the Itaslen, which was part of the Tannegg office and was independent until 1812.

Evangelical church, built according to Le Corbusier's system of proportions

Parish before the merger in 1996

The parish, which was occupied from 1275, as well as the Nikolaus- and later St.-Blasius- Church were probably built in the 12th century under the leadership of the Fischingen Monastery, which provided the community with church services until 1769. Bichelsee was reformed in 1529, but re-Catholicized again from 1542. The Protestant parish has been a branch of Dussnang since 1550 . The Blasiuskirche remained in simultaneous use until the dissolution of the simultaneous relationship in 1954 , even after the new building in 1864 . In 1960 the Protestant church was built according to Le Corbusier's system of proportions .

Agriculture and small businesses still dominated working life at the end of the 20th century. Agriculture and fruit growing were replaced by the dairy industry at the end of the 19th century; In 1979 extensive amalgamation of property began in the municipality . House weaving and embroidery offered additional income in the early 19th century and around 1900. In 1899 Johann Traber founded the first Swiss Raiffeisenkasse in Bichelsee . The largest employer is the knitwear factory Traxler AG, which emerged from an embroidery company (founded in 1908). With immigration that began after 1970 and numerous new single-family houses, Bichelsee became a rural residential community. The local community of Bichelsee had 62% commuters in 1990.

population

Population development of Bichelsee

	1850	1870	1900	1910	1950	1970	1990	2000	2010	2018
Municipal parish	1071	953	1205	1442	1417	1554	2065
Local parish		605	728	782	691	696	935
Locality		669	737	991
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Of the total of 991 inhabitants in the village of Bichelsee in 2018, 92 or 9.3% were foreign nationals. 352 (35.5%) were Roman Catholic and 338 (34.1%) Protestant Reformed.

Attractions

Bichelsee

See also : List of cultural assets in Bichelsee-Balterswil

The reformed church was built in 1960 by the architect Edwin Rausser based on the Modulor by Le Corbusier. An artistic specialty is the entrance door with the animals of Noah's Ark, which are carved into the wood in modern stylized forms.

The Bichelsee is a shallow lake with a diameter of about 300 meters. The western part with the lido is already in the area of ​​the Canton of Zurich.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swiss land use statistics. Completed on July 1, 1912. Published by the Federal Statistical Bureau. ( Memento from April 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ ^{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.
4. ↑ Population development of the municipalities. Canton of Thurgau, 1850-2000. On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (Excel table; 0.1 MB), accessed on April 28, 2020. Footnote 41
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Gregor Spuhler : Bichelsee. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . These sections are largely based on the entry in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland (HLS), which, according to the HLS's usage information, is under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - Share under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).
   
6. ↑ StiASG , Urk. IV 407. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 12, 2020.
7. ↑ Locations and Settlements Directory. Canton of Thurgau, 2005 edition . On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (PDF; 1.7 MB), accessed on April 28, 2020.
8. ↑ Locations and Settlements Directory. Canton of Thurgau, 2012 edition. On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (PDF; 3.4 MB), accessed on May 11, 2020.