Billwil

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Thurbrücke Billwil by Robert Maillart , built in 1904.

Billwil is a village belonging to Oberbüren along the Thur in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen . Billwil is made up of Vorderbillwil and Hinterbillwil (formerly Vorderer Billwil or Oberer Billwil and Hinterer Billwil or Unterer Billwil ).

Billwil is located north of the Thur along the municipal road between Oberbüren and Niederhelfenschwil . Since 1904, the Thur Bridge, designed by Robert Maillart in collaboration with Pflegehard and Haefeli , has connected Billwil with Oberbüren, which is on the opposite side of the Thur. Billwil is located directly under the dump on which the St. Gallenberg Monastery is enthroned a little further west . Hinterbillwil borders the Niederbüren golf course in the east . Billwil has nine registered buildings.

The place was first mentioned in 818 as Pillinwilare , farmstead of Bilo (Old High German for sword , diminutive Bilîn). The family name Billwiller, documented since 1419, probably comes from this place.

Web links

Commons : Thurbrücke Billwil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Siegfried map from first edition 1878: Ob. Billwil and Unt. Billwil ; Siegfried card from issue 1921: Vord. Billwil and Hint. Billwil ; National map of Switzerland since first edition 1961: Billwil , since 2014: Vorderbillwil (map 1: 10000) and Hinterbillwil .
  2. ^ Peter Marti: Robert Maillart: concrete virtuoso; [an exhibition by the Institute for Structural Analysis and Design at ETH Zurich] . vdf Hochschulverlag AG, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7281-3104-1 , p. 21 ( google.ch [accessed on January 16, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Information in accordance with the Federal Building and Housing Register GWR. Federal Statistical Office . ( map.geo.admin.ch )
  4. ↑ St. Gallen Name Book and Chartularium Sangallense , Volume 1, Page 229, No. 233, aggregated in the place names database ortsnames.ch ( online )
  5. ↑ StiASG , Urk. II 12. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 19, 2020.
  6. ↑ Marcel Mayer: Billwiller. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 25, 2002 , accessed January 16, 2020 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 27 '39.3 "  N , 9 ° 10' 9.1"  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred thirty thousand four hundred and eighty  /  258119