Book at Märwil

Book at Märwil
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Thurgau (TG)
District :	Weinfelden
Political community :	Affeltrangen
Postal code :	9562
former BFS no. :	4712
Coordinates :	721 853  /  266.52 thousand coordinates: 47 ° 32 '17 "  N , 9 ° 3' 26"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and twenty-one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three  /  two hundred sixty-six thousand five hundred twenty
Height :	511  m above sea level M.
Area :	2.70  km²
Residents:	140 (1990)
Population density :	52 inhabitants per km²
Book at Märwil
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Buch bei Märwil is a village and was a municipality in the Swiss canton of Thurgau from 1803 to 1995 . It was called Buch bei Affeltrangen until 1953 and was part of the municipality of Affeltrangen . With the Thurgau community reform, Buch bei Märwil merged with the local communities Affeltrangen, Märwil and Zezikon, which had long been grouped under the umbrella of the municipal community, to form the new political community of Affeltrangen.

geography

Buch bei Märwil is off the road. The local community comprised the farming village of Buch near Märwil and Azenwilen and Bohl.

history

Flag with the coat of arms of the former municipality of Buch near Märwil

The settlement was first mentioned in a book in 1228 . Buch bei Märwil was published in 1228 by the Toggenburg family . In the 15th century, the Tobel Commandery acquired goods. B. the "big fiefdom ", which was divided into several farms. Buch bei Märwil remained under Tobel's jurisdiction until 1798 . Until 1819, Buch near Märwil and Märwil formed the so-called main municipality of Märwil, which was responsible for civil rights, extinguishing and civil servants. However, the goods remained separate.

In church terms, the various districts have belonged to Reformiert-Affeltrangen and Katholisch-Affeltrangen (until 1934), Reformiert- and Katholisch- Bussnang , Reformiert-Märwil and Katholisch- Tobel (from 1934) since the Reformation in 1529 .

Grain was originally grown in three tents . The transition to field grass cultivation took place in the 19th century.

population

Population development of Buch bei Märwil
year	1850	1900	1910	1950	1990	2000	2010	2018
Local parish	245	160	152	221	140
Locality						85	93	118
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Entrance

Parish before the merger in 1995

literature

• André Salathé: Book at Märwil. 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. ↑ 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. ↑ ^{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. ↑ 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.
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.

Remarks

1. ↑ with outside courtyards