Sommeri

Sommeri

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District :	Arbon
BFS no. :	4446i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8580
Coordinates :	738 808 / 270071 coordinates: 47 ° 34 '0 " N , 9 ° 17' 0" O ; CH1903: 738 808 / 27007147.566665 9.283335 465
Height :	465 m above sea level M.
Height range :	443–496 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.22 km²
Residents:	571 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	135 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.sommeri.ch
Sommeri
Location of the municipality
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Sommeri is a municipality and a town in the district of Arbon of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland . Sommeri is located on the foothills of the Seerücken north of Amriswil . Until 1966, Sommeri was a municipal municipality with the local parishes of Niedersommeri and Obersommeri .

The political municipality of Sommeri was created in 1967 through the union of the local parishes of Niedersommeri and Obersommeri with the municipal municipality of Sommeri to form a unified municipality of Sommeri. 1803 to 1807 the former municipality of Hefenhofen and 1803 to 1816 Niederaach part of the municipality of Sommeri.

history

Sommeri with church

Sommeri was first mentioned as Sumbrinaro in 905 . 1474-1798 which formed bailiwicks low and Obersommeri the fürstäbtisch-sanktgallische Malefizgericht Sommeri. In 1474 Sommeri got an opening . The church consecrated to St. Mauritius received its present appearance in the first half of the 15th century. After the Reformation in 1528, an ecclesiastical simultaneous relationship was established from 1534 .

Agriculture ( high fields ) and forestry were predominant , in the second half of the 19th century fruit growing, grass, cattle and dairy farming. In 1852 a cheese dairy was opened. In the last third of the 20th century, Sommeri was an industrial community with embroidery and upholstered furniture production. At the beginning of the 21st century, there were companies in the air conditioning, precision mechanics and school furniture manufacturing sectors.

→ see also the history section in the Obersommeri article
→ see also the history section in the Niedersommeri article

coat of arms

Lower summer

Upper summer

Sommeri

Blazon : Black falcon soaring in yellow .

The black hawk as a symbol of rulership refers to the various rulers who had the say in Sommeri over the years. The colors, on the other hand, refer to the St. Gallen Abbey . Since 1967 from the local communities Ober- and Niedersommeri the unified community Sommeri was formed, the coat of arms of the former local community Niedersommeri has been used as the community coat of arms in the colors of the coat of arms of the local community Obersommeri.

population

Population development in the area of today's Sommeri municipality

Population development of the municipal and unitary municipality
year	1850	1900	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	1980	2000	2010	2018
Residents	429	418	564	588	526	469	502	469	531	516	572

Of the total of 572 inhabitants in the municipality of Sommeri in 2018, 80 or 14.0% were foreign nationals.

economy

In 2016, Sommeri employed 298 people (converted to full-time positions). 8.0% of them were employed in agriculture and forestry, 24.8% in industry, trade and construction and 67.2% in the service sector.

Attractions

The village of Sommeri is listed in the inventory of places worth protecting in Switzerland .

Personalities

Maria Dutli-Rutishauser (1903–1995), writer

Web links

Commons : Sommeri - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality of Sommeri

Individual evidence

↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b Thurgau in figures 2019 . On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (PDF file; 1.8 MB), accessed on April 28, 2020.

↑ ^a ^b 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.

↑ ^a ^b ^c Erich Trösch: Sommeri. 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).

↑ ^a ^b municipal coat of arms . On the website of the State Archives of the Canton of Thurgau, accessed on December 8, 2019

↑ ^a ^b Population development of the municipalities. Canton Thurgau, 1850–2000 and resident population of the municipalities and change from the previous year. Canton of Thurgau, 1990–2018. On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (Excel tables; 0.1 MB each), accessed on April 28, 2020.

[1] Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

[TG_in_Zahlen-2] Thurgau in figures 2019 . On the website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Thurgau (PDF file; 1.8 MB), accessed on April 28, 2020.

[Orte_TG-3] 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.