Schocherswil

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Schocherswil
Schocherswil coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Arbon
Political community : Amriswili2
Postal code : 8581
former BFS no. : 4516
Coordinates : 737 683  /  266 868 coordinates: 47 ° 32 '17 "  N , 9 ° 16' 3"  O ; CH1903:  737 683  /  two hundred and sixty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight
Height : 532  m above sea level M.
Area : 1.39  km²
Residents: 378 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 272 inhabitants per km²
Schocherswil

Schocherswil

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Schocherswil is a village in the political municipality of Amriswil in the Arbon district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland .

From 1803 to 1996, Schocherswil formed a local community in the Zihlschlacht municipal community . Schocherswil has been part of the municipality of Amriswil since January 1, 1997.

geography

Schocherswil is located on a hill in the Aachtal two kilometers southwest of Amriswil.

history

Parish before the merger in 1997

Schocherswil was probably mentioned as Wilare in 883 , as ze dem hanging Wile in 1359 and as Schocherswylen in 1413 . Excavations in the years 1963 to 1967 on the Burgstock west of Schocherswil point to a medieval moth , which was probably inhabited by Wiler's Episcopal-Constance ministers in the 13th century .
→ see also section Burgstock in the article Biessenhofen TG

The lower court Schocherswil belonged to the rule Eppishausen that in 1447 an opening received and 1372-1535 as episcopal konstanzisches fief in the hands of Helmsdorf was. From 1698 to 1798 she owned the Muri monastery .

Schocherswil, reformed since 1529, always shared the fate of Sommeri in the church . A Chrischona community has existed since 1873 .

Grain cultivation in the three-part system formed the economic basis, along with fruit, grass and, until 1900, viticulture. From 1817 potatoes were also grown and a cheese dairy was set up in 1864. The small business was u. a. represented by a bakery, butcher and cooperage. Mechanical embroidery existed from 1878 to 1895.

population

Population development of Schocherswil
year 1831 1850 1900 1950 1990 2000 2010 2018
Local parish 238 200 224 254 290
Locality 320 214 378
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Of the total of 378 inhabitants in the village of Schocherswil in 2018, 23 or 6.1% were foreign nationals. 164 (43.4%) were Protestant Reformed and 98 (25.9%) were Roman Catholic.

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 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. 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.
  4. 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. without outside courtyards