Oberhofen near Münchwilen

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Thurgau (TG)

District :

Münchwilen

Political community :

Münchwilen

Postal code :

9542

Coordinates :

717 083 / 259795 coordinates: 47 ° 28 '43 " N , 8 ° 59' 31" O ; CH1903: 717,083 / 259795

Height :

514 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.83 km²

Residents:

1017 (December 31, 2010)

Population density :

359 inhabitants per km²

Oberhofen near Münchwilen

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Oberhofen bei Münchwilen is a district of Münchwilen in the Münchwilen district of the Swiss canton of Thurgau . On January 1, 1950 , the former local community merged to form the unitary community of Münchwilen.

history

Oberhofen (front left) and Münchwilen 1947

Oberhofen was around 1160/70 as Obirhovin mentioned and belonged to the late Middle Ages until 1798 Lower court to Tannegg Office and Landgraviate Thurgau . Ecclesiastically, Oberhofen shared the fate of the Sirnach parish ; since 1935 the Reformed majority belonged to the parish of Münchwilen - Eschlikon . The typical industrial village on the eastern slope of the Tuttwiler Berg is connected to Münchwilen by a ford or, since 1774, by the Murg bridge. The largest factory in Oberhofen is the former Sutter shoe wax factory , which went to Unilever (today Diversey ) after the death of Alfred Sutter and provided around 370 jobs in 2009.

Unilever site in Münchwilen

Parish before the merger in 1950

From 1803 to 1950 the local community of Oberhofen belonged to the municipality of Sirnach. In 1871 the Holzmannshaus , Knechtlishaus and Pfannenstiel settlements were assigned to the Oberhofen community by the former Holzmannshaus community. In 1950 the local parishes of Oberhofen, Münchwilen and St. Margarethen merged to form the unified community of Münchwilen, against the resistance of the other local parishes belonging to the Sirnach municipality .

population

Population development of Oberhofen
year	1850	1900	1910	1941	2010
Residents	318	486	677	641	1017

Individual evidence

↑ Swiss land use statistics. Completed on July 1, 1912. Published by the Federal Statistical Bureau. ( Memento from April 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ ^a ^{b List of} localities and settlements. 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.
↑ ^a ^b Gregor Spuhler : Oberhofen near Münchwilen. 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).

^ Johann Adam Pupikofer: The canton Thurgau, historically, geographically, statistically described . St. Gallen and Bern 1837, p. 282 .

↑ 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.

Remarks

↑ In contrast to the other two sources, the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland describes the municipality with courtyards that existed until 1871 .

[Areal-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 )

[Einwohner-2] {b List of} localities and settlements. 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.

[HLS-3] Gregor Spuhler : Oberhofen near Münchwilen. 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] Johann Adam Pupikofer: The canton Thurgau, historically, geographically, statistically described . St. Gallen and Bern 1837, p. 282 .

[StatistikTG-6] 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.

[5] In contrast to the other two sources, the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland describes the municipality with courtyards that existed until 1871 .