Blidegg

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Blidegg
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Weinfelden
Political community : Zihlschlacht-Sitterdorfi2
Postal code : 9220 ( Bischofszell )
Coordinates : 740 006  /  263378 coordinates: 47 ° 30 '22 "  N , 9 ° 17' 50"  O ; CH1903:  740 006  /  263378
Height : 537  m above sea level M.
Residents: 38 (December 31, 2018)
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Blidegg is a settlement , a former castle , a palace and a former lower court in the municipality of Zihlschlacht-Sitterdorf in the Swiss canton of Thurgau .

Blidegg Castle

The ex 1275 occupied castle is considered ancestral castle of the Barons of Blidegg and was like the same court rule episcopal konstanzisches fiefdom . The St. Gallen monastery also acted as a feudal lord in Blidegg and presumably held the homage and team rights from the 16th century onwards. The jurisdiction with Blidegg, Degenau , Hüebli and Zihlschlacht belonged at the latest from 1379 to the Ryff, also known as Welter von Blidegg, and from 1561 to the barons of Hallwyl .

After denominational disputes, the rule was divided in 1736. While Zihlschlacht fell to Zurich via the von Muralt in 1769 , Blidegg came to the barons of Thurn-Valsassina via the Giel von Gielsberg in 1758 . In 1798 the rule was revoked and the castle was sold. The tower was probably demolished around 1850. The block building still standing today dates from the 17th / 18th centuries . Century and was completely rebuilt as a manor house in 1918.

Blidegg-Degenau is listed in the inventory of protected sites in Switzerland .

literature

Gregor Spuhler : Blidegg. 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).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b List of Settlements. Canton of Thurgau, edition 2019 . On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (Excel table; 0.2 MB), accessed on May 10, 2020.