Langrickenbach

Langrickenbach
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Thurgau (TG)
District :	Kreuzlingen
BFS no. :	4681
Postal code :	8585
Coordinates :	736 046  /  273 012 coordinates: 47 ° 35 '37 "  N , 9 ° 14' 51"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and thirty-six thousand and forty-six  /  273,012
Height :	522  m above sea level M.
Height range :	469-561 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.83  km²
Residents:	1291 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	119 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.langrickenbach.ch
Langrickenbach
Location of the municipality

Langrickenbach is a municipality and a village in the Kreuzlingen district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland .

The political municipality formed in 1998 consists of the municipality of Langrickenbach, which existed from 1803 to 1997, with the former municipalities of Dünnershaus , Herrenhof , Langrickenbach and Zuben and the municipality of Schönenbaumgarten , which was previously part of the municipality of Illighausen .

geography

Langrickenbach is located on the eastern foothills of the Seerücken, a short distance from Lake Constance at the intersection of Sulgen - Altnau and Amriswil - Konstanz . In addition to the village of Langrickenbach, the hamlets of Belzstadel and Unter-Greut belong to the local community of Langrickenbach.

The neighboring communities of Langrickenbach are Münsterlingen in the north, Altnau in the east, Güttingen in the south-east, Sommeri in the south-south-east, Erlen in the south, Birwinken in the west and Lengwil in the north-west .

history

Herrenhof and to the right of it Langrickenbach with the church in 1954

Langrickenbach is first mentioned in a document in 889 as Rihchinbahc . Probably the oldest settlement in today's municipality is in the district of Dünnershaus and is called Lenzwil and has been documented in writing since 838.

Langrickenbach came with Greut in 1351 to the Lords of Helmsdorf . From 1521 to 1798 it belonged to the cathedral chapter of Konstanz . Against lower-court rulings had the Hofgericht in Konstanz appeals are. Belzstadel belonged to the majority of Münsterlingen until 1798 . A church was first mentioned around 900. The Catholics of Langrickenbach have been visiting the Altnau church since the Reformation in 1529.

In Langrickenbach arable and fruit growing, cattle breeding and dairy farming as well as general goods, timber and cattle trading are carried out. In 1862 a so-called Musmüller is mentioned. Calico weaving is documented in 1835, there was embroidery from around 1880 to 1913. Langrickenbach owns a modern dairy, first mentioned around 1900.

→ see also the history sections in the articles Dünnershaus , Herrenhof TG , Schönenbaumgarten , and Zuben

coat of arms

Blazon : A continuous white cross in red , two white crowns on top .

The coat of arms of Langrickenbach adopts the coat of arms of the Konstanz cathedral monastery in swapped colors and also shows two crowns as a sign that Emperor Barbarossa confirmed that the Langrickenbach church belonged to the Konstanz cathedral monastery as early as 1155. The local community used the coat of arms from 1955, the political community since it was formed in 1998.

population

Population development in the municipality of Langrickenbach

Population development of Langrickenbach

	1850	1870	1900	1950	1990	2000	2010	2018	comment
Political community						1028	1119	1295
Municipal parish	1178	1118	1093	1014	879
Local parish		177		154	153
Langrickenbach village						79	141	587	2018 with outside courtyards
Belzstadel						53	66
Eggethof						92	114		until 1997 local community Dünnershaus
Waldhof						50	42
source

Of the total of 1295 inhabitants in the Langrickenbach community in 2018, 226 or 17.5% were foreign nationals. 597 (46.1%) were Protestant Reformed and 294 (22.7%) were Roman Catholic. The village of Langrickenbach had 587 residents at that time.

economy

The new political municipality Langrickenbach is structurally weak. In 2000, just under two fifths of the workforce were still working in the first economic sector . In 2016, Langrickenbach offered work for 233 people (converted to full-time positions). Of these, 47.0% worked in agriculture and forestry, 18.7% in industry, trade and construction, and 34.3% in the service sector.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Langrickenbach

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  Manor

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  Zuben

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  Economy Kreuzstrasse in Zuben

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  Reformed church in Langrickenbach with a former rectory

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  Interior of the church

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Langrickenbach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Thurgau in figures 2019 . On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (PDF file; 1.8 MB), accessed on April 28, 2020.
3. ↑ ^{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 )
4. ↑ ^{a b c} 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.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Erich Trösch: Langrickenbach. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
   These sections are largely based on the entry in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland (HLS), which, according to the HLS's usage information, is under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - Share under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6. ↑ ^{a b} municipal coat of arms . On the website of the State Archives of the Canton of Thurgau, accessed on December 8, 2019
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e} population development of the municipalities. Canton Thurgau, 1850–2000 and resident population of the municipalities and change from the previous year. Canton of Thurgau, 1990–2018. On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (Excel tables; 0.1 MB each), accessed on April 28, 2020.
8. ↑ 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.
9. ↑ 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.