Oberneunforn

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Thurgau (TG)

District :

Frauenfeld

Political community :

Nine-shape

Postal code :

8526

former BFS no. :

4597

Coordinates :

700 184 / 273 852 coordinates: 47 ° 36 '28 " N , 8 ° 46' 16" O ; CH1903: 700 184 / 273852

Height :

471 m above sea level M.

Area :

6.75 km²

Residents:

558 (December 31, 2018)

Population density :

83 inhabitants per km²

Reformed Church Oberneunforn

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Oberneunforn , Swiss German Obernüfere , is a village in the municipality of Neunforn in the Frauenfeld district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland . Oberneunforn is located on the Frauenfeld - Schaffhausen road and was from 1803 to 1995 a local parish of the municipal community of Neunforn. In addition to the village, the hamlets Fahrhof , Münchhof and Langmühle belonged to the local community . On January 1, 1996 , the local community merged to form the political municipality of Neunforn.

history

Oberneunforn Castle, 1740

Oberneunforn in 1948

In Oberneunforn there are burial mounds resembling a hall . It was u. a. found a Roman votive cap. In 963 there was a court. In 1250 the barons of Teufen sold their property to the Töss Monastery , which in 1265 also secured the patronage of the Church of Neunforn, which was always in Oberneunforn. The court lords were Hans von Griesheim in 1442, von Leuenberg around 1500, Stokar von Schaffhausen from 1554 , Hans Kaspar Escher in 1680 and the city of Zurich from 1694 to 1798 . An opening was recorded in 1523. In 1870 the local community Fahrhof was incorporated into the local community Oberneunforn.

The inhabitants practiced arable and viticulture, livestock and dairy farming. After 1820 there was a private psychiatric clinic. In 1887 an agricultural cooperative was founded. At the beginning of the 21st century there was some industry.

coat of arms

Parish before the merger in 1996

Blazon : Nine green pines growing in white from a curved green shield base.

Talking coat of arms , because the name Neunforn is pronounced in the dialect as Nüüfere and sounds similar to nine pines .

population

Population development of Oberneunforn
year	1831	1850	1900	1950	1990	2000	2010	2018
Local parish	761	570	467	382	540
Locality						485	467	558
source

Of the total of 558 inhabitants in Oberneunforn in 2018, 44 or 7.9% were foreign nationals. 334 (59.9%) were Protestant Reformed and 79 (14.2%) were Roman Catholic.

Attractions

Oberneunforn is listed in the inventory of protected sites in Switzerland .

Personalities

Konrad Corradi (1813–1878), landscape painter

photos

literature

Erich Trösch: Oberneunforn. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
This article is largely based on the entry in the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS), which, according to the HLS's usage information, is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution - Distribution under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license .

Web links

Commons : Oberneunforn - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 ^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.
↑ Oberneunforn on ortsnames.ch (online database), accessed on February 15, 2020
↑ 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.
^ Municipal coat of arms . On the website of the State Archives of the Canton of Thurgau, accessed on December 8, 2019
^ Community merger in the canton of Thurgau: Neunforn. On the website of the Swiss Coats of Arms and Flags Foundation, accessed on December 20, 2019
↑ 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.
↑ 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

↑ with outside courtyards

[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] 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] Oberneunforn on ortsnames.ch (online database), accessed on February 15, 2020

[StatistikTG-4] 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.

[Staatsarchiv-5] Municipal coat of arms . On the website of the State Archives of the Canton of Thurgau, accessed on December 8, 2019

[6] Community merger in the canton of Thurgau: Neunforn. On the website of the Swiss Coats of Arms and Flags Foundation, accessed on December 20, 2019

[Statistik2005-8] 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.

[Statistik2012-9] 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] with outside courtyards