Erchingen
Erchingen is the old name of a village in what is now the area of the city of Frauenfeld in the Swiss canton of Thurgau . It is divided into the two parts Kurzdorf (formerly Kurzenerchingen ) (47.56 ° N; 8.89 ° E) and Langdorf (formerly Langenerchingen ) (47.56 ° N; 8.90 ° E) , both of which later became local communities , now form quarters in Frauenfeld.
history
The name is 813 first mentioned (Actum in Erich Willingen ) and is made up of ahd. Ericho , a shortened two-tier personal names, the first element is the noun ERA , honor, dignity, including reputation ', and the Ortsnamensuffix -ing- (about, with the people of the named ').
In 889 the East Franconian King Arnulf of Carinthia confirmed Erchingen as the property of the Reichenau monastery . From the 13th century it belonged to the Frauenfeld office and later until 1798 to the city court.
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- ↑ Eugen Nyffenegger / Oskar Bandle & al., Thurgau Name Book 1.1: The settlement names of the Canton of Thurgau (A – I) , Huber, Frauenfeld 2003, ISBN 978-3-7193-1309-8 , p. 454f., Erchingen .
- ↑ Erich Trösch: Kurzdorf. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz ., Version of January 18, 2006.