Märwil

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Märwil
Märwil coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Weinfeldenw
Political community : Affeltrangeni2
Postal code : 9562
former BFS no. : 4713
UN / LOCODE : CH MAE (Märwil)
Coordinates : 718 857  /  264075 coordinates: 47 ° 31 '0 "  N , 9 ° 1' 0"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred eighteen thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven  /  264075
Height : 489  m above sea level M.
Area : 2.49  km²
Residents: 1089 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 437 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.maerwil.ch
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Märwil is a former municipality and a village in the municipality of Affeltrangen in the Weinfelden district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland .

The local community belonged from 1816 to 1994 to the former municipality Affeltrangen. On January 1, 1995 , the local community of Märwil merged as part of the Thurgau community reform to form the political community of Affeltrangen.

geography

The village of Märwil is located in the upper Lauchetal . The hamlets of Breite, Ghürst, Himmenreich and Langnau also belonged to the local community of Dorf .

history

Märwil in 1950. In the background Weinfelden and Ottenberg
Parish before the merger in 1995

Märwil was first mentioned in a document in 827 as Marinwilare . In the 9th century, the St. Gallen monastery received property in Märwil, and before 1178 also St. Johann im Thurtal . In 1228 the Toggenburgers were wealthy here, then Märwil came under the influence of the Tobel Commandery , to whose jurisdiction it belonged entirely from 1489 to 1798. Until 1819, Märwil and Buch near Märwil formed the so-called main municipality of Märwil, which was responsible for civil rights, extinguishing and civil servants. However, the goods remained separate.

Märwil was already a parish in 1216 . The patronage of Georg and Maria Magdalena is mentioned in 1520. In 1275 Diethelm IV of Toggenburg left the Tobel church building . After the Reformation in 1529, Märwil became a branch of the Reformed Church in Affeltrangen in 1569 . In 1713 the Catholics gave up the church, but the division of the church property did not take place until 1807.

Grain was originally grown in three tiers . In addition, the Märwiler owned a Allmend and at times was peat mined, most recently from 1939 to 1945. In the second half of the 19th century, the transition to Feldgrasbau took place, in the First World War, the correction of leeks and a freight consolidation. Home embroidery was widespread from 1870 to 1914. In 1911 Märwil received a station on the Mittelthurgau Railway . From 1911 to 2003 there was a cider factory in Märwil, since 1930 a cheese shop and from 1948 to 1981 a shoe factory.

population

Population development of Märwil
year 1850 1900 1950 1970 1990 2000 2010 2018
Local parish 357 274 461 579 622
Locality 680 779 1089
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Of the total of 1,089 inhabitants in Märwil in 2018, 160 or 14.7% were foreign nationals. 451 (41.4%) were Protestant Reformed and 345 (31.7%) were Roman Catholic.

schools

Old school house

The primary school students attend the schools in Affeltrangen, Zezikon (primary school community Lauchetal) and Märwil (primary school community Regio Märwil). The secondary school in Affeltrangen and the school building in Tobel form the secondary school district Affeltrangen. New school buildings were inaugurated at both locations in 1999.

Churches

Märwil has a Protestant church that is looked after by the same pastor as Affeltrangen . The Catholics belong to the Tobel parish .

traffic

Märwil station

The village is easily accessible via the Thurbo railway line with the Märwil station with the express train stations Wil (SG) and Weinfelden as well as with the Publicar . The A1 motorway is accessible within 15 minutes via the Matzingen entrance and the A7 via the Bonau entrance .

leisure

In Märwil and Affeltrangen, various groups of gymnastics clubs, the shooting club, the brass band, the mixed choir and the Lauchetal costume group are active. The highlight of the club life is the annual evening entertainment and the forest festival in summer. The schools, various church organizations and the rural women's association regularly offer cultural events or training courses. The rural area allows hikers and cyclists on various paths away from the main roads.

Attractions

The reformed church and the old school house are included in the list of cultural assets in Affeltrangen .

photos

  • Protestant church

  • "Hirschen" inn

  • Former shoe factory

  • Märwiler Riet

Web links

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

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. ↑ a b c d e André Salathé: Märwil. 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).
  4. ↑ StiASG , Urk. II 81. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ a b Welcome. On the website of the municipality of Affeltrangen, accessed on February 9, 2020
  8. ↑ Märwil. History, landscape, culture. On the website of the Märwil village association, accessed on September 6, 2014
  9. ↑ Leisure / Culture On the website of the Affeltrangen municipality, accessed on February 9, 2020

Remarks

  1. ↑ with outside courtyards