Oberhofen near Kreuzlingen

Oberhofen near Kreuzlingen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Thurgau (TG)
District :	Kreuzlingen
Political community :	Lengwil
Postal code :	8574
former BFS no. :	4662
Coordinates :	731 977  /  275846 coordinates: 47 ° 37 '12 "  N , 9 ° 11' 39"  O ; CH1903:  731,977  /  275846
Height :	530  m above sea level M.
Area :	6.36  km²
Residents:	860 (1990)
Population density :	135 inhabitants per km²
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Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen is a former municipality and a town in the municipality of Lengwil in the Kreuzlingen district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland .

Oberhofen, located on the Seerücken , formed from 1803 to 1997 with Dettighofen and Lengwil a local community of the Illighausen municipal community . On January 1, 1998 , the local community Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen merged with the local and municipal community Illighausen to form the community Lengwil.

history

Parity church Oberhofen

The settlement was first mentioned in a document in 1160 Obirhovin . Early medieval graves were found near Oberhofen . Dettighofen, Lengwil and Oberhofen formed a lower court of the Liebburg lordship , which belonged to Ulrich von Königsegg in 1376 , Ulrich Blarer in 1452, from 1526 to Reichlin von Meldegg and from 1628 to von Ulm . From 1685 to 1745 episcopal-Constance enfeoffments a. a. to the von Altensummerau and in 1745 to the von Ratzenried .

Parish before the merger in 1998

The chapel, mentioned in 1477, was a curate of the Konstanzer Stift St. Stephan . Oberhofen carried out the Reformation in 1528 and was looked after by Altnau at the end of the 16th century , from Güttingen from 1620 to 1712 and from Scherzingen from 1712 . In 1638 Catholic worship was reintroduced; the Catholics belong to the parish of St. Ulrich-Kreuzlingen .

The inhabitants were engaged in fruit and arable farming, cattle and dairy farming and cheese trading. From 1900 companies in the wood, metal and stone industries were established, and in 1974 the Ekkharthof dormitory.

coat of arms

Blazon : In red three sides abutting white diamonds .

population

Population development of Oberhofen

year	1860	1900	1920	1990	2000	2010	2018
Local parish	586	560	568	860
Locality					295	453	561
Dettighofen					147	173	200
Lengwil					230	242	553
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Of the total of 561 inhabitants in Oberhofen in 2018, 109 or 19.4% were foreign nationals. 243 (43.3%) were Protestant Reformed and 137 (24.4%) were Roman Catholic.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Lengwil

• Parity church Oberhofen
• Liebburg Castle Paritätische Kirche Oberhofen is included in the list of cultural assets.

Personalities

• Hermann Weideli (1877–1964), architect

Web links

Commons : Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen  - 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 e f} Erich Trösch: Oberhofen near Kreuzlingen. 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).
3. ↑ ^{a b} 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.
4. ^ Municipal coat of arms . On the website of the State Archives of the Canton of Thurgau, accessed on December 8, 2019
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.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} with outside courtyards