Mattwil

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Mattwil
Mattwil coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Weinfelden
Political community : Birwinkeni2
Postal code : 8585
former BFS no. : 4906
Coordinates : 732 990  /  271 253 coordinates: 47 ° 34 '43 "  N , 9 ° 12' 23"  O ; CH1903:  732,990  /  271253
Height : 533  m above sea level M.
Area : 1.44  km²
Residents: 341 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 237 inhabitants per km²
Mattwil

Mattwil

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Mattwil is a village in the municipality of Birwinken in the Weinfelden district of the Swiss canton of Thurgau .

From 1803 to 1994 Mattwil formed a local parish in what was then the municipality of Birwinken. On January 1, 1995 , the local parish merged with the municipal parish to form the political municipality of Birwinken.

geography

Mattwil is located on the Seerücken on the Sulgen - Altnau road . Mattwil and Altighofen belonged to the local community.

history

Mattwil in 1954, with Lake Constance in the background

The settlement was first mentioned in 1200 as Matewilare . From 1200 the ministerial offices of Mattwil can be identified. From the late Middle Ages to 1798, a third of Mattwil belonged to the Berg court with an appeal to the Constance court , the other two thirds to the so-called High Courts , in which the Thurgau bailiffs exercised the lower and high jurisdiction. In the 17th century, the Thurgau bailiffs in Mattwil issued parish letters confirming his rights.

Mattwil always shared the fate of the Langrickenbach parish . In 1844, Klarsreuti and Mattwil united to form a school community , and in 1959 the school communities Birwinken, Mattwil-Klarsreuti and Happerswil-Buch .

Until the middle of the 20th century, the village was dominated by agriculture. The mill mentioned in 1600 was in operation until around 1920. In the 19th century, colored weaving (cotton) and mechanical embroidery were common.

coat of arms

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Parish before the merger in 1995

Blazon : split from red with a white and yellow with a red rose .

The split in the coat of arms symbolizes the former separation from Mattwil. The roses in both halves come from the barons of Güttingen . The colors yellow and red show the affiliation to the Landvogtei Thurgau and the colors red and white to the rule Berg.

population

Of the total of 341 inhabitants in the village of Mattwil in 2018, 72 or 21.1% were foreign nationals. 119 (34.9%) were Protestant Reformed and 86 (25.2%) were Roman Catholic.

Population development of Mattwil
year 1850 1900 1950 1990 2000 2010 2018
Local parish 185 196 181 193
Locality 276 317 341
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photos

  • Dorfstrasse 28

  • Dorfstrasse 13

  • Timber frame house

literature

Web links

Commons : Mattwil  - 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 Coat of arms of Mattwil. On the website of the municipality of Birwinken, accessed on February 15, 2020.
  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