Mettlen TG

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TG is the abbreviation for the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Mettlenf .
Mettlen
Mettlen coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Weinfeldenw
Political community : Bussnangi2
Postal code : 9517
former BFS no. : 4925
Coordinates : 726 613  /  266 046 coordinates: 47 ° 31 '59 "  N , 9 ° 7' 13"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred twenty-six thousand six hundred thirteen  /  two hundred and sixty-six thousand and forty-six
Height : 480  m above sea level M.
Area : 3.74  km²
Residents: 535 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 143 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.bussnang.ch
Mettlen TG

Mettlen TG

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Mettlen is a former municipality and a village in the municipality of Bussnang in the Weinfelden district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland .

From 1803 to 1995 Mettlen was an independent local parish that belonged to the municipal parish of Bussnang. In the course of the Thurgau community reform, Mettlen joined the political community of Bussnang in 1996 .

geography

Mettlen is located on the busy Konstanz - Bürglen - Wil (SG) road on the southern slope of the Thur in a basin where the Itobelbach and Waldibach meet to form the Furtbach. In addition to the main settlement, the village also includes the Waldi, Altegg and Itobel farms.

history

Mettlen in 1950

Mettlen was first mentioned in a document in 844 or 845 as the Mittalono . In the early Middle Ages , the St. Gallen monastery in Mettlen was wealthy. In 1155 Eberhard von Mettlen left his goods to the Constance Cathedral Monastery. The bailiwick of Mettlen came from the Toggenburgers to the barons of Bürglen in 1221 . Until 1798, Mettlen shared the fate of the Bürglen rulership. The lower court of Mettlen included Mettlen, Oberbussnang , Reuti , Wertbühl , Puppikon and partly Weingarten and Waldi. For a long time the Ammannamt was in the hands of the Eberhard family.

Ecclesiastically, Mettlen belonged to Wertbühl. From 1529 the Reformed went to the church in Bussnang before they were assigned to the Schönholzerswilen church in 1834 .

Grain and wine growing dominated, in the 19th century the transition to cattle and dairy farming took place. The clay pit west of the village was exploited by the Istighofen brickworks for decades . From 1870 to 1920 many hand embroiderers worked in the village, and in 1903 a ship embroidery factory was established. Esge AG in the building of the former shoe factory has been successfully producing electrical devices (Bamix) since 1963.

coat of arms

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Parish before the merger in 1995

Blazon : split by white and black , topped with a striding red and white split stag .

The deer is the heraldic animal of the Lords of Mettlen. The white and red colors are reminiscent of the episcopal court of Constance, white and black are the colors of the city ​​of St.Gallen , the owner of the Bürglen estate.

population

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Population development of Mettlen
year 1850 1900 1950 1970 1990 2000 2010 2018
Local parish 366 390 359 264 329
Locality 350 368 535
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Of the total of 535 inhabitants of the village of Mettlen in 2018, 85 or 15.9% were foreign nationals. 199 (37.2%) were Protestant Reformed and 173 (32.3%) were Roman Catholic.

schools

Mettlen belongs to the Nollen elementary school community. There is a kindergarten in Mettlen. Primary school and upper school are attended in Schönholzerswilen .

Attractions

Rock garden near Mettlen

A rock garden with 67 boulders from a Mettler gravel pit documents the ice age glacier transport of rocks from the Swiss mountain range. The rock garden is on the tour of the forest nature trail. The historic forge no longer exists since 2016. World icon

Village museum

"Schäfli" restaurant

The Mettlen local museum, which opened in 1991, is located in the basement of the Eesge company and provides an insight into village life and handicrafts in a typical Thurgau village around 1900. It shows a village school, the trades of the time, a grocer, the few that have survived Evidence of the textile industry and provides an insight into agriculture and forestry as well as the power supply of that time. Various photographs bear witness to the lively village life in Mettlen.

Handicrafts

The Yvodom atelier and a stone sculptor's atelier in the center of the village are located in Mettlen.

literature

Web links

Commons : Mettlen TG  - 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. ↑ Population development of the municipalities. Canton of Thurgau, 1850-2000. On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (Excel table; 0.1 MB), accessed on April 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ StiASG , Urk. II 165. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ a b Bussnang - the municipality with train On the website of the municipality Bussnang, 2009, p. 15 (PDF; 5.0 MB)
  6. ^ Gregor Spuhler : Bürglen (TG). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ primary school communities. On the website of the Bussnang community, accessed on February 20, 2020
  10. ↑ Free time. On the website of the Bussnang community, accessed on February 20, 2020
  11. ^ Mettlen Village Museum. On the website of the Bussnang community, accessed on February 20, 2020

Remarks

  1. ↑ with outside courtyards