Engwang

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Thurgau (TG)

District :

Weinfelden

Political community :

Wigoltingen

Postal code :

8556

former BFS no. :

4952

Coordinates :

721 587 / 273 576 coordinates: 47 ° 36 '6 " N , 9 ° 3' 20" O ; CH1903: seven hundred twenty-one thousand five hundred and eighty-seven / 273 576

Height :

445 m above sea level M.

Area :

5.92 km²

Residents:

257 (December 31, 2018)

Population density :

43 inhabitants per km²

Engwang

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Engwang is a former municipality and a village in the municipality of Wigoltingen in the Weinfelden district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland .

The local community Engwang was formed in 1812 from the communities Engwang and Wagerswil and, along with other small settlements, belonged to the municipal community of Wigoltingen. On January 1, 1995 , the local community Engwang merged as part of the Thurgau community reform to form the political community of Wigoltingen.

geography

The street village of Engwang is located on the southern slope of the ridge near the Winterthur – Konstanz motorway .

history

Parish before the merger in 1995

Engwang was first mentioned in a document in 1335 as Einwank . From the Middle Ages until 1798, Engwang belonged to the Lower Court of Wigoltingen, into which the rule of Altenklingen and the Dompropstei Konstanz were divided. Ecclesiastically, the predominantly Reformed Engwang largely belonged to the parish of Wigoltingen.

In the 19th century dairy farming and fruit growing replaced arable farming, the once widespread viticulture was completely abandoned in the 20th century. To this day, Engwang has been shaped by agriculture.

population

Population development of Engwang
year	1850	1900	1950	1990	2000	2010	2018
Local parish	378	343	353	280
Engwang					274	93	130
Wagerswil					274	113	127
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.

Attractions

The hamlet of Engwang is listed in the inventory of places worth protecting in Switzerland .

photos

Engwang
Wagerswil village square
Wagerswil

literature

Verena Rothenbühler: Engwang. 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

↑ Swiss land use statistics. Completed on July 1, 1912. Published by the Federal Statistical Bureau. ( Memento from April 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ ^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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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

↑ without outside courtyards

[Areal-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 )

[Einwohner-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.

[Statistik2005-4] 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.

[Statistik2012-5] 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.

[3] without outside courtyards