Opfershofen

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Opfershofen
Coat of arms of Opfershofen
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Weinfelden
Political community : Bürgleni2
Postal code : 8575
former BFS no. : 4915
Coordinates : 730 716  /  269 256 coordinates: 47 ° 33 '40 "  N , 9 ° 10' 32"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and thirty thousand seven hundred sixteen  /  two hundred sixty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty-six
Height : 448  m above sea level M.
Area : 1.53  km²
Residents: 115 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 75 inhabitants per km²
View from the mountain to Opfershofen, the Thurtal and the Alpstein.

View from mountain on Opfershofen, the Thur valley and the Alpstein .

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Opfershofen is a former municipality and a village in the municipality of Bürglen in the Weinfelden district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland .

From 1816 to 1994 Opfershofen was a local parish in the municipality of Bürglen. On January 1, 1995 , the local community of Opfershofen merged as part of the Thurgau community reform to form the political community of Bürglen.

geography

The road from Berg to Sulgen mentioned in the text shortly before Opfershofen

The local church Opfershofen consisted of at Landstrasse Sulgen - Mountain lying hamlets Krummbach, upper Opfershofen, Opfershofen and Uerenbohl.

history

Opfershofen was first mentioned in 1238 Opfirshofin , Krummbach as early as 838 as Crumbinbach. In Krummbach, the St. Gallen Monastery acquired property in 838, while the Constance Cathedral Kustorei in Ober-Opfershofen held fief rights . Uerenbohl was the seat of a lower court to which Leimbach and Ober-Opfershofen were assigned and which belonged to the Bürglen lordship . Opfershofen and part of Krummbach formed a so-called High Court under the Thurgau governor, while the rest of Krummbach belonged to the Berg rule until 1798. Ecclesiastically, Opfershofen always shared the fate of the Sulgen parish .

In the 19th century, Krummbach, Ober-Opfershofen, Opfershofen and Uerenbohl formed tiny communities within the municipality of Birwinken until they were united to form the local community of Opfershofen in 1812 . From 1816 to 1994 the local community of Opfershofen belonged to the municipal community of Bürglen. Since 1995 Opfershofen has been part of the political community of Bürglen - without Uerenbohl, who came to Sulgen.

The inhabitants operated arable, fruit and some viticulture as well as livestock. In 1878 there was a ship embroidery factory with 17 employees. With the economic downturn in the twenties of the last century, the company was shut down and Opfershofen is characterized by agriculture.

coat of arms

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Parish before the merger in 1995

Blazon : In yellow between two blue flanks a red lion .

The coat of arms is a more recent creation and indicates the former ownership structure: the blue flanks together with the yellow indicate the rule of Bürglen. the red lion in yellow indicates the federal bailiwick .

population

Population development of the local community
year 1850 1900 1950 1990
Residents 238 201 236 160

The village of Opfershofen had 132 inhabitants in 2018. 17 of them belonged to the municipality of Berg (including in Oberopfershofen) . Of the 115 inhabitants who belonged to the municipality of Bürglen, 14 or 12.2% were foreign nationals. 68 (59.1%) were Protestant Reformed and 19 (16.5%) were Roman Catholic.

Individual evidence

  1. Numbers / facts. On the website of the municipality of Bürglen, accessed on February 15, 2020
  2. a b c 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 c d e Erich Trösch: Opfershofen (TG). 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. a b c d Opfershofen. On the website of the municipality of Bürglen, accessed on February 15, 2020
  5. 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.