Götighofen

Götighofen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Thurgau (TG)
District :	Weinfelden
Political community :	Sulgen
Postal code :	8583
former BFS no. :	4507
Coordinates :	733 909  /  266 581 coordinates: 47 ° 32 '11 "  N , 9 ° 13' 2"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and thirty-three thousand nine hundred and nine  /  266 581
Height :	508  m above sea level M.
Area :	1.62  km²
Residents:	173 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	107 inhabitants per km²
Götighofen
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Götighofen is a village in the municipality of Sulgen in the Weinfelden district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland .

Götighofen formed from 1803 to 1995 a local parish of the Munizipalgemeinde Sulgen. On 1 January 1996 merged the local church Götighofen under the Thurgau municipality reform the political community Sulgen.

geography

The street village is located away from the traffic routes on a hill between the Thur and Aachtal valleys .

history

Parish before the merger in 1996

Götighofen was first mentioned in a document in 829 as Cotinchova . Before 1798, part of Götighofen belonged to the Lower Court of Heldswil in the rule of Bürglen and part of the lower court of Hüttenswil in the rule of the Prince Abbey of St. Gallen and the rule of Bürglen. Another part belonged to the Lower Court of Hessenreuti and came under the rule of Bürglen in 1664.

In terms of church, Götighofen has always belonged to the parish of Sulgen. In 1649 the village had 56 Reformed and 21 Catholic residents.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, grain and viticulture and livestock farming were practiced. The embroidery, which was widespread around 1900, survived in Götighofen with the Hörler embroidery until 1985. In the 20th century, dairy farming, fruit growing and viticulture were dominant. Despite a recently built single-family home quarter, Götighofen has remained a farming village.

population

Population development of Götighofen

year	1850	1888	1900	1950	1970	1990	2000	2010	2018
Local parish	189	200	185	167	126	161
Locality							126	126	173
source

Of the total of 173 inhabitants in Götighofen in 2018, 20 or 11.6% were foreign nationals. 89 (51.4%) were Protestant Reformed and 46 (26.6%) were Roman Catholic.

Attractions

The former “Traube” inn is included in the list of cultural assets in Sulgen .

photos

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  Economy "grape"

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  Götighofen from the southwest

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  Main street 8A

Web links

Commons : Götighofen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Verena Rothenbühler: Götighofen. 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. ↑ 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.
4. ↑ 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