Oppikon

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Oppikon
Coat of arms of Oppikon
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Weinfelden
Political community : Bussnangi2
Postal code : 9565
former BFS no. : 4927
Coordinates : 722 189  /  268 095 coordinates: 47 ° 33 '8 "  N , 9 ° 3' 43"  O ; CH1903:  722189  /  268095
Height : 480  m above sea level M.
Area : 2.10  km²
Residents: 142 (1990)
Population density : 68 inhabitants per km²
Unteroppikon

Unteroppikon
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Oppikon (Switzerland)
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Oppikon 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 the local community of Oppikon belonged to the municipal community of Bussnang. It consisted of the remote hamlets of Unter- and Oberoppikon, Eppenstein and Schmidshof. On January 1, 1996 , the former municipality of Oppikon merged as part of the Thurgau municipal reform to form the political municipality of Bussnang.

history

Oppikon was first mentioned in 1352 as Oppikon . The Uuirinchoua mentioned in 822 (?), 827 and 830 (?) Is identified by research with the later Schmidshof.

Oberoppikon

In the High Middle Ages , the area was under the influence of the Barons of Bussnang and Griesenberg . The Burgsäss of the Lords of Eppenstein , mentioned in a document in 1324, was destroyed by the Appenzell people in 1407 . From 1435 Oberoppikon and Eppenstein belonged to the dominion of Weinfelden and the lower court of Bussnang- Rothenhausen . The smaller part of Unteroppikon was part of the rule of Griesenberg , the larger part of a so-called high court , so it was subject to the federal governor of Thurgau for high and low jurisdiction. Schmidshof belonged to the Tobel rulership until 1798 , from 1798 to 1803 together with Oberoppikon to the municipal community of Zezikon and from 1803 to 1862 to the local community of Zezikon and Affeltrangen .

Ecclesiastically, the area always shared the fate of Bussnang.

The hamlets still have a largely rural character.

coat of arms

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Parish before the merger in 1996

Blazon : In red, a white ram hull.

The coat of arms comes from the extinct line of the Lords of Eppenstein .

population

Population development of Oppikon
year 1850 1900 1950 1990 2000 2010 2018
Local parish 128 194 177 142
Oberoppikon 34 30th 128
Unteroppikon 66 71
Schmidshof 54 51 47
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Of the total of 128 inhabitants in Oppikon in 2018, 4 or 3.1% were foreign nationals. 61 (47.7%) were Protestant Reformed and 42 (32.8%) were Roman Catholic.

traffic

Farmhouse in Oberoppikon 7

Oppikon has a stop on the Weinfelden – Wil (SG) railway line .

Attractions

The farmhouse in Oberoppikon 7 and the castle stock of the former Eppenstein Castle are included in the list of cultural assets in Bussnang .

literature

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 André Salathé: Oppikon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ a b Bussnang - the municipality with train On the website of the municipality Bussnang, 2009, p. 15 (PDF; 5.0 MB)
  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. ↑ with outside courtyards