Bonau TG

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

Bonau
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Thurgau (TG)
District :	Weinfelden
Political community :	Wigoltingen
Postal code :	8554
former BFS no. :	4951
Coordinates :	720 882  /  271 605 coordinates: 47 ° 35 '2 "  N , 9 ° 2' 44"  O ; CH1903:  720,882  /  271605
Height :	413  m above sea level M.
Area :	3.38  km²
Residents:	283 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	84 inhabitants per km²
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Bonau is a former municipality and a village in the municipality of Wigoltingen in the Weinfelden district of the Swiss canton of Thurgau .

Bonau formed from 1812 to 1994 a local community of the then municipal community Wigoltingen. On 1 January 1995 merged the local church Bonau the political community Wigoltingen.

geography

The scattered settlement on the cantonal road Frauenfeld – Weinfelden between Thur and Chemibach includes Bonau, Hüseren, Gerau, Gilhof, Schürli and Tangwang.

history

The Vago pond was created artificially through gravel mining and is known today for its variety of plants and animals.

Parish before the merger in 1995

In 1367 the place was first mentioned as Bonow . Until 1798 Bonau formed a so-called High Court , which was directly subordinate to the federal governor in Thurgau. Hüseren belonged to the Richauischen court Müllheim and Tangwang to the court Wigoltingen, in which the rule Altenklingen and the Dompropstei Konstanz were divided.

The municipality of Bonau was in the parish of Wigoltingen, which joined the Reformation in 1528 . The few Catholics attended mass in Müllheim from 1585 onwards.

Before the Thur correction, Bonau was often exposed to floods. In the Schürlimühle, which has existed since the 16th century, a spinning mill was operated from 1922 to 1958. Around 1900 gravel was extracted. The former Scherb cleaning wool factory was located in Hüseren. The most important branch of business in Bonau was and is agriculture. In 1990, 60 percent of the workforce was employed in the first economic sector.

population

Population development of Bonau
year	1850	1900	1920	1970	1990	2000	2018
Local parish	197	241	221	275	215
Locality						232	283
source

Of the total of 283 inhabitants in the village of Bonau in 2018, 32 or 11.3% were foreign nationals. 141 (49.8%) were Protestant Reformed and 54 (19.1%) were Roman Catholic.

literature

• Gregor Spuhler : Bonau. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  This article is largely based on the entry in the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS), which, according to the HLS's usage information, is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution - Distribution under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license .

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} 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.
3. ↑ Presentation on Wigoltingen. On the website of the municipality of Wigoltingen, 2018 (PDF; 5.5 MB)
4. ↑ 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.