District Bischofszell

Map of the former Bischofszell district

The Bischofszell district was a district in the canton of Thurgau . The main town was Bischofszell .

The Bischofszell district was dissolved at the end of 2010 when the amendment to the Thurgau law on municipalities came into force .

The following municipalities belong to the district until December 31, 2010:

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Residents (December 31, 2010)	Area in km²	Inhabitant per km²
	Amriswil	11,941	19.02	628
	Bischofszell	5542	11.58	479
	Alders	3129	12.19	257
	Hauptwil-Gottshaus	1787	12.49	143
	Hohentannen	594	8.01	74
	Kradolf-Schönenberg	3313	10.95	303
	Sulgen	3423	9.12	375
	Zihlschlacht-Sitterdorf	2044	12.21	167
Total (8)		31,773	95.57	332

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1924

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  Municipalities until 1931

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  Municipalities until 1935

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  Municipalities until 1963

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  Municipalities until 1978

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  Municipalities until 1994

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  Municipalities until 1995

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  Municipalities until 1996

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  Municipalities until 1998

Mergers / changes

• January 1, 1925: Amriswil and Hemmerswil → Amriswil

• January 1, 1925: Amriswil and Mühlebach near Amriswil → Amriswil

• January 1, 1936: Change of the village Niederaach from the municipality Hefenhofen to the municipality Oberaach

• January 1, 1963: Schönholzerswilen and Toos → Schönholzerswilen

• January 1, 1978: Amriswil , Biessenhofen , Oberaach and Räuchlisberg → Amriswil

• January 1, 1995: Buchackern , Engishofen , Ennetaach , Erlen , Kümmertshausen and Riedt → Erlen

• January 1, 1996: Buhwil , the northeastern part of Halden , Kradolf , Neukirch an der Thur and Schönenberg an der Thur → Kradolf-Schönenberg
• January 1, 1996: Donzhausen , Götighofen , Hessenreuti and Sulgen → Sulgen
• January 1, 1996: Bischofszell , the southwestern part of Halden and Schweizersholz → Bischofszell
• January 1, 1996: Gottshaus and Hauptwil → Hauptwil-Gottshaus

• January 1, 1997: Amriswil and Schocherswil → Amriswil
• January 1, 1997: Sitterdorf and Zihlschlacht → Zihlschlacht-Sitterdorf

• January 1, 1999: Heldswil and Hohentannen → Hohentannen

• January 1, 2011: Amriswil moves from the Bischofszell district to the Arbon district
• January 1, 2011: Bischofszell , Erlen , Hauptwil-Gottshaus , Hohentannen , Kradolf-Schönenberg , Sulgen and Zihlschlacht-Sitterdorf move from the Bischofszell district to the Weinfelden district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to four main areas (15.12.2017) of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO)