Bissegg

Bissegg
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Thurgau (TG)
District :	Weinfelden
Political community :	Amlikon-Bissegg
Postal code :	8514
former BFS no. :	4882
Coordinates :	721192  /  269 353 coordinates: 47 ° 33 '49 "  N , 9 ° 2' 57"  O ; CH1903:  721192  /  two hundred sixty-nine thousand three hundred fifty-three
Height :	507  m above sea level M.
Area :	2.34  km²
Residents:	185 (1990)
Population density :	79 inhabitants per km²
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Bissegg is a part of the municipality of Amlikon-Bissegg in the Weinfelden district of the Swiss canton of Thurgau and a former municipality . On January 1, 1995 , Bissegg merged with the municipalities of Amlikon , Griesenberg and Strohwilen to form the political municipality of Amlikon-Bissegg.

geography

The local community, which belonged to the municipality of Amlikon until 1994 , consisted of the hamlets of Bissegg (1324 Bynssegge ), wooden houses (1397 Holtzhusern ), Hünikon (857 Huninchova ) and Junkholz (1324 Junkholtz ) on the eastern slope of the Wellenberg. At Junkholz the streets Märstetten - Wil and Bussnang - Frauenfeld cross . The somewhat remote wooden houses is one of three primary schools in the political municipality of Amlikon-Bissegg.

history

Aerial photo from 1954. In front right Bissegg, behind the hamlet Junkholz, left of it the village of Amlikon and in the background the Thur plain

Parish before the merger in 1995

The community area, which had long been owned by the St. Gallen monastery , came under the influence of the Barons of Bussnang in the High Middle Ages and shared the fate of the Griesenberg judiciary, which started on a sideline of the Bussnang, from the middle of the 13th century to 1798. Ecclesiastically, the places always belonged to Bussnang . It was not until 1857 that Bissegg and Junkholz were assigned to the Reformed parish of Leutmerken.

Grain cultivation and some viticulture dominated agriculture until the 19th century, then the transition to cattle and dairy farming and fruit growing took place. From around 1870 the milk was delivered to Holzhof in the municipality of Griesenberg, and in 1905 a cheese dairy was built. In 1990 around 40% of those in work in Bissegg were employed in the first and third economic sectors . The somewhat remote wooden houses is one of three primary school locations in the political municipality of Amlikon-Bissegg. In 1932 the foundations of a castle emerged in wooden houses, which could have belonged to Burkart von Hünikon, mentioned in 1259.

coat of arms

Blazon : In yellow with blue zigzag bar four black bears heads.

The bear's head is a reminder of the historical relationship between the Bissegg area and the St. Gallen monastery , the colors yellow and blue go back to the coat of arms of the Lords of Griesenberg .

population

Population development of Bissegg

year	1870	1900	1920	1950	1960	1980	1990	2000	2010	2018
Local parish	205	187	138	153	161	123	185
Bissegg hamlet								25th	71	87
Wooden houses								58	55	46
Junk wood								113	120	130
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Personalities

• Eduard Häberlin (1820–1884), resident on the Bissegg: seven times President of the Grand Council, National (FL, 1935–1959) and Council of States (1851 and 1857–1869, 1863 as President), Federal Judge (1862–1872)
• Heinrich Häberlin (1868–1947), citizen of Bissegg: National (FDP, 1904–1920) and Federal Council (FDP, 1920–1934, 1926 and 1931 as President)
• Jakob Hugentobler (1885–1966), curator and author

photos

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  Protected house on Carl-Haselbachstrasse in Bissegg

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  Junk wood

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  House with barn in Hünikon

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. ↑ ^{a b c d e} André Salathé: Bissegg. 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).
3. ↑ ^{a b} 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. ^ Municipal coat of arms . On the website of the State Archives of the Canton of Thurgau, accessed on December 8, 2019
5. ↑ 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.
6. ↑ List of settlements. Canton of Thurgau, edition 2019 . On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (Excel table; 0.2 MB), accessed on May 10, 2020.

Web links

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

• André Salathé: Bissegg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .