Illighausen

Illighausen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Thurgau (TG)
District :	Kreuzlingen
Political community :	Lengwil
Postal code :	8574
former BFS no. :	4661
Coordinates :	732 998  /  274 234 coordinates: 47 ° 36 '19 "  N , 9 ° 12' 27"  O ; CH1903:  732 998  /  274234
Height :	569  m above sea level M.
Area :	3.17  km²  (local parish ) 11.10 km² (municipality)
Residents:	412 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	130 inhabitants per km²
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Illighausen is a former local and municipal municipality and a town in the municipality of Lengwil in the Kreuzlingen district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland . The cluster village Illighausen is located on the Seerücken southeast of Kreuzlingen .

Since 1998, the former municipality of Illighausen and its municipalities of Illighausen and Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen have formed the political municipality of Lengwil, while the municipality of Schönenbaumgarten , which used to belong to the municipality of Illighausen, has belonged to Langrickenbach since 1998 and the hamlet of Ast from the former municipality of Oberhofen belongs to Berg .

history

Illighausen in 1954

The first mention was made in 1176 as Illinois Chusen. The village of Illighausen was originally in the Konstanzer Bischofshöri and was under the Eggen bailiwick from the Middle Ages until 1798 .

When it was allocated to the parish of Münsterlingen in 1312/13 , Illighausen already had a church. With the Reformation , the congregation converted to the new faith and became its own parish. In the 16th century the village still joined the Reformed Altnau church as a branch . Since 1942 Illighausen has been connected to Oberhofen to form a reformed parish .

Parish before the merger in 1998

In the 19th century agriculture was replaced by cattle and dairy farming. In 1864/65 a cheese dairy was built. Around 1900 embroidery brought new earning opportunities. No industries have settled in Illighausen, which is off the beaten track.

coat of arms

Blazon : In white a striding black swan with a red beak and red feet.

The black swan comes from the extinct line of Illighauser in Constance.

population

Population development of Illighausen

	1850	1900	1950	1990	2000	2010	2018
Municipal parish	968	949	953	1240
Local parish	284	295	275	241
Locality					193	252	412
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Of the total of 412 inhabitants in the village of Illighausen in 2018, 75 or 18.2% were foreign nationals. 172 (41.7%) were Protestant Reformed and 125 (30.3%) were Roman Catholic.

photos

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  Ev. church

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  Timber frame house

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  school

Web links

Commons : Illighausen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Verena Rothenbühler: Illighausen. 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. ↑ ^{a b} 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. ↑ ^{a b} municipal coat of arms . On the website of the State Archives of the Canton of Thurgau, accessed on December 8, 2019
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.
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.

Remarks

1. ↑ with outside courtyards