Riedt (alder)

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Riedt
Riedt coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Weinfelden
Political community : Aldersi2
Postal code : 8586
former BFS no. : 4509
Coordinates : 733 792  /  267 757 coordinates: 47 ° 32 '49 "  N , 9 ° 12' 58"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred thirty-three thousand seven hundred and ninety-two  /  two hundred sixty-seven thousand seven hundred fifty-seven
Height : 458  m above sea level M.
Area : 1.66  km²
Residents: 928 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 559 inhabitants per km²
Riedt (alder)

Riedt (alder)

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Riedt (Erlen) (Switzerland)
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Riedt or Riedt bei Erlen is a village in the municipality of Erlen in the canton of Thurgau ( Switzerland ). From 1803 to 1994 Riedt was a local parish within the Munizipalgemeinde Sulgen . Riedt is located in the Aachtal between Sulgen and Amriswil one and a half kilometers west of Erlen on the cantonal road ( Frauenfeld -) Sulgen - Erlen - Amriswil (- Romanshorn ) on a small reed . The Oberriedt district in particular is characterized by orchards .

history

Parish before the merger in 1995

Riedt was first mentioned in 869 as a riot . From the early Middle Ages, the St. Gallen monastery owned fiefdoms in Riedt. From 1460 to 1798, Riedt and Erlen formed a so-called High Court in which the federal governor in Thurgau ruled.

In terms of church, Riedt always shared the fate of the parish of Sulgen. The medieval chapel of St. Regula was rebuilt around 1509, but was not maintained after the Reformation . Reformed churchgoers have been attending the Erlen branch church since 1764, which became independent in 1992. The Riedt School, mentioned in 1685, merged with Ennetaach and Erlen to form a school community in 1858 .

The village ran v. a. Grain growing, fruit and wine growing as well as cattle and dairy farming from the 19th century with a cheese dairy built around 1900. The upper mill mentioned in 1665 was demolished in 1917; the lower mill mentioned in 1382 passed to the Volg in 1947 . The textile industry gained a certain importance in the 19th century. In 1862 the manufacture of colored cotton fabrics was started, around 1900 an embroidery was in operation. The Quellenbad Riedt was operated from 1883 to 1970.

On January 1, 1995, the local community of Riedt separated from the municipal community of Sulgen and merged with the local communities of Buchackern , Engishofen , Ennetaach , Erlen and Kümmertshausen to form the political community of Erlen.

population

Population development of Riedt bei Erlen
year 1850 1900 1950 1990 2000 2010 2018
Local parish 343 304 370 487
Locality 510 457 928
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Of the total of 928 inhabitants in Riedt bei Erlen in 2018, 257 or 27.7% were foreign nationals. 317 (34.2%) were Protestant Reformed and 265 (28.6%) were Roman Catholic.

Infrastructure

Riedt has a village shop, two restaurants and several craft and agricultural businesses . A kindergarten is located in Riedt, the primary school and the upper level are attended in Erlen.

Web links

Commons : Riedt  - collection of pictures, 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 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 Erich Trösch: Riedt. 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. ↑ 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. ↑ 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