Biessenhofen TG

TG is the abbreviation for the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Biessenhofen .

Biessenhofen

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Thurgau (TG)

District :

Arbon

Political community :

Amriswil

Postal code :

8580

former BFS no. :

4462

Coordinates :

737 186 / 267 835 coordinates: 47 ° 32 '49 " N , 9 ° 15' 40" O ; CH1903: 737,186 / 267835

Height :

462 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.32 km²

Residents:

141 (December 31, 2018)

Population density :

61 inhabitants per km²

Biessenhofen TG

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Biessenhofen is a village in the political municipality of Amriswil in the Arbon district in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland and is located on the main road 14 between Erlen and Amriswil.

Biessenhofen was from 1803 to 1978 a local community of the then Amriswil municipality . On January 1, 1979 , the local community Biessenhofen merged to form the unitary community Amriswil.

history

Parish before the 1979 merger

Biessenhofen is mentioned in a document in 848 as Puasunhovun and in 1220 as Büesinhouen . Remains of a moth date from the Middle Ages . Biessenhofen was an episcopal-Constance fiefdom and after 1372 came to the Lords of Helmsdorf on Eppishausen . As part of the Eppishausen judiciary , it belonged to Muri Monastery from 1698 to 1798 .

In 1799 17 houses and 16 barns burned down in Biessenhofen. At that time Biessenhofen was even bigger than the neighboring Amriswil. A voluntary Bran tax in Amriswil and Sommeri made the reconstruction possible. The fire left 19 families with a total of 78 people homeless.

In church terms, the mostly Reformed Biessenhofen belonged to Sommeri. In 1454 the construction of a chapel of St. James and Mary is documented, in 1497 the foundation of a mass benefice . After the chapel was out of use from 1529 to 1630, a chaplain was employed in 1680 and in 1698 it was incorporated into the Muri monastery . In 1911 the chapel was assigned to the Catholic parish of Amriswil.

From the late Middle Ages to the 20th century, the Biessenhofer Weiher , which has been under nature protection since 1946, was used for milling. At the end of the 19th century, the dairy industry replaced grain and fruit growing with a cheese dairy.

population

Population development of Biessenhofen
year	1850	1900	1950	1970	2010	2018
Local parish	220	183	223	202
Locality					131	141
source

Of the total of 141 inhabitants in Biessenhofen in 2018, 11 or 7.8% were foreign nationals. 66 (46.8%) were Protestant Reformed and 40 (28.4%) Roman Catholic.

Attractions

chapel

Chapel of St. James

In 1454 the chapel was built by the two sisters Grosselsi and Kleinelsi in honor of St. James. In 1529 the chaplaincy was lifted because Biessenhofen was mostly reformed, and in 1680 it was restored by the Muri monastery. Since 1911 the chapel has belonged to the then newly formed Catholic parish of Amriswil. It was renewed in 1950, and another renovation took place in 2010. The chapel in Biessenhofen is one of the most important historical buildings in the municipality of Amriswil and is included in the list of cultural assets in Amriswil .

Castle stick

In the Biessenhoferwald, on the steeply sloping end of a moraine line west of Schocherswil , an impressive wooden moth was created in the 12th century . It probably belonged to the Ministerials von Wiler, who were in the service of the Bishop of Constance . The tip of the spur was separated by a neck ditch that was once a good 4 meters deep , creating a triangular plateau with a side length of around 15 meters. A reconstruction shows a multi-storey residential tower made of wood, the protruding upper storey of which also served as a battlement . The sparse finds from the Burgstock Biessenhofen indicate that the facility was not permanently inhabited. 47.53857 9.25495

Biessenhofer Weiher

The Biessenhofer Weiher was artificially created between two hills in 1650. At first it was used to raise carp . Later, when the "middle pond" was dammed, both were used to drive mills. The youngest, smallest pond stored the water that was needed for the mill to operate during one day. In winter ice was sold to the beer breweries. Until 1940, hydropower was also used to generate electricity. Around 1990 42,000 m³ of sludge was removed from the three ponds. The large pond has been a nature reserve since 1946. Today the two larger ponds are an amphibious area of national importance.

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Swiss land use statistics. Completed on July 1, 1912. Published by the Federal Statistical Bureau. ( Memento from April 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ ^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.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gregor Spuhler : Biessenhofen. 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).
↑ Hermann Gremminger-Staub: From the old and from the new Amriswil. In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch. Volume 8 (1932, archived in E-Periodica.ch of the ETH-Bibliothek , PDF; 9.8 MB).
↑ 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.
↑ Biessenhofen chapel. On the website of the municipality of Amriswil, accessed on January 24, 2020.
↑ Roger Häni: The hidden chapel. In: St. Galler Tagblatt (online), September 14, 2010
↑ Erich Trösch: Schocherswil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ Simone Benguerel, Hansjörg Brem, Albin Hasenfratz et al .: Archeology in Thurgau. Ed .: Office for Archeology Thurgau (Archeology in Thurgau, 16). Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7193-1541-2 (PDF; 55.5 MB)
↑ Biessenhoferweiher. On: Mittelländische Kleinseen, documentation by Markus Fricker, accessed on January 24, 2020

[Areal-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 )

[Einwohner-2] 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.

[HLS-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gregor Spuhler : Biessenhofen. 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).

[4] Hermann Gremminger-Staub: From the old and from the new Amriswil. In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch. Volume 8 (1932, archived in E-Periodica.ch of the ETH-Bibliothek , PDF; 9.8 MB).

[Statistik2012-5] 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.

[6] Biessenhofen chapel. On the website of the municipality of Amriswil, accessed on January 24, 2020.

[7] Roger Häni: The hidden chapel. In: St. Galler Tagblatt (online), September 14, 2010

[8] Erich Trösch: Schocherswil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[9] Simone Benguerel, Hansjörg Brem, Albin Hasenfratz et al .: Archeology in Thurgau. Ed .: Office for Archeology Thurgau (Archeology in Thurgau, 16). Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7193-1541-2 (PDF; 55.5 MB)

[10] Biessenhoferweiher. On: Mittelländische Kleinseen, documentation by Markus Fricker, accessed on January 24, 2020