Dot night

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Thurgau (TG)

District :

Kreuzlingen

Political community :

Kemmental

Postal code :

8566

former BFS no. :

4936

Coordinates :

728 128 / 273 726 coordinates: 47 ° 36 '6 " N , 9 ° 8' 33" O ; CH1903: seven hundred twenty-eight thousand one hundred and twenty-eight / two hundred and seventy-three thousand seven hundred and twenty-six

Height :

515 m above sea level M.

Area :

3.93 km²

Residents:

308 (December 31, 2018)

Population density :

78 inhabitants per km²

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Dotnacht is a former municipality and a village in the municipality of Kemmental in the Kreuzlingen district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland . The community located between the Kemmenbach and the Ottenberg comprised the settlements Dotnacht, Engelswilen, Aufhäusern, Altshof and other hamlets.

From 1812 to 1995 the local community belonged to the Munizipalgemeinde Hugelshofen . On January 1, 1996 it merged to form the municipality of Kemmental.

history

Dotnach in 1954

Parish before the merger in 1996

Dotnacht was first mentioned in 824 as Tottinheiche , the hamlet of Altshof as early as 775 as Adalolteshoba . With Birwinken and parts of Oberriedt ( Erlen ), Dotnacht formed its own court , which belonged to the Spiegelberg rule from the late 14th century . An opening dates from 1381 . Around 1640 it came from the Muntprat von Spiegelberg to the city of Zurich , which in 1649 placed it under the rule of Weinfelden .

In terms of church, Dotnacht belonged to the parish of Alterswilen as early as the Middle Ages , the few Catholic residents were looked after from Berg from the 18th century on .

The most important branch of business is agriculture in 1990, 63% of the people employed in Dotnacht were still working. Fruit growing is important. A cheese dairy was built in 1907, and goods were amalgamated from 1944 to 1950. The mills, which had been in use since the Middle Ages, and a hammer forge operated from 1854 to around 1910 were also important for the trade.

population

Population development of Dotnacht
year	1850	1900	1950	1980	2000	2010	2018
Engelswilen	327	281	303	244
Dotnacht village					117	115	142
Engelswilen					105	114	101
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Of the total of 308 inhabitants in Dotnacht (including Engelswilen) in 2018, 34 or 11.0% were foreign nationals. 139 (45.1%) were Protestant Reformed and 56 (18.2%) were Roman Catholic.