Gerlikon

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Gerlikon
Gerlikon coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Frauenfeldw
Political community : Frauenfeldi2
Postal code : 8500
former BFS no. : 4572
Coordinates : 708 297  /  266 133 coordinates: 47 ° 32 '13 "  N , 8 ° 52' 37"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and eight thousand two hundred ninety-seven  /  266133
Height : 545  m above sea level M.
Area : 2.48  km²
Residents: 500 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 202 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.gerlikon.ch
View of Gerlikon with the St. Georg chapel

View of Gerlikon with the St. Georg chapel
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Gerlikon is a village on a hill southwest of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau . In 1998 Gerlikon was incorporated into the city of Frauenfeld. Before Gerlikon was a local church Part of that Munizipalgemeinde Gachnang .

history

Gerlikon was first mentioned in 1248 as Gerlichoven . In addition to the village of Gerlikon, the local community comprised the following farms:

Gerlikon can be seen in the aerial photo at the bottom right, with the town of Frauenfeld behind it.
Parish before the merger in 1998

The Reichenau ministerial family of Gerlikon resided in Gerlikon, which flourished in the second half of the 13th century. Around 1300 most of the goods from von Gerlikon went to the Feldbach Monastery, with a few to the Töss Monastery . The lower jurisdiction came to the Frauenfeld city court.

Probably in connection with the legend of the pious Heinrich Pfrintz, the construction of the St. George's Chapel, which was first mentioned in 1429, took place in the first half of the 13th century. Gerlikon belonged to the church of Gachnang, but had its own church property , which was dissolved in 1874 in favor of the new school building. From then on, the chapel served as a fire station. Since the renovation, which was completed in 1948, Reformed services have taken place again.

Since the 1970s, Gerlikon, which was previously a rural area, has been developing into a residential community with heavy building activity (new construction quarters Weberlis Rebberg and Oberi Breiti).

population

Population development of Gerlikon
year 1870 1900 1950 1990 2000 2010 2018
Local parish 231 215 201 373
Locality 411 415 500
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Of the total of 500 inhabitants in Gerlikon in 2018, 20 or 4.0% were foreign nationals. 267 (53.4%) were Protestant Reformed and 101 (20.2%) were Roman Catholic.

Attractions

Former economy «Zur Eintracht»

The Romanesque chapel of St. George from the 13th century in the old core of the village has been preserved as a historical building material . The schoolhouse was built around 1874.

The “Zur Eintracht” chapel and inn are included in the list of cultural assets in Frauenfeld .

Personalities

The most famous resident of the village is the poet and farmer Alfred Huggenberger (1867–1960), who spent a large part of his life in Gerlikon and died there.

On December 26, 1900, the Austrian artist Ludwig Knie (1842–1909), his wife Marie Heim (1858–1936) and their five children were naturalized in Gerlikon.

literature

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

Web links

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