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State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Arbonw
Political community : Arboni2
Postal code : 9320
Coordinates : 748 638  /  263 713 coordinates: 47 ° 30 '26 "  N , 9 ° 24' 42"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and forty-eight thousand six hundred thirty-eight  /  two hundred sixty-three thousand seven hundred thirteen
Height : 412  m above sea level M.
Residents: 875 (December 31, 2018)
Schoolhouse Stachen

Schoolhouse Stachen
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Stachen is a town near Arbon in the Swiss canton of Thurgau . Stachen formed with the Speiserslehn and Feilen an exclave of the local community Frasnacht , which merged in 1998 with the community Arbon.

geography

Stachen in 1949, between Roggwil (in the foreground) and Arbon on Lake Constance

Stachen is on the main road Arbon - Roggwil - St. Gallen and has now practically grown together with the two neighboring towns. The Bodensee motorway slip road (A1.1) passes directly by Stachen . In public transport Stachen is from the post bus line 200 St. Gallen- Wittenbach - Arbon in half hour tapped.

history

→ see section History in the article Frasnacht

population

Of the total of 875 inhabitants in the village of Stachen in 2018, 203 or 23.2% were foreign nationals. 312 (35.7%) were Roman Catholic and 267 (30.5%) Protestant Reformed.

economy

In the last 150 years, Stachen has developed from a farming village to part of the Arbon agglomeration. The Möhl cider factory, which went into operation in 1895, transformed from an inn to one of the most important apple juice and cider producers in Switzerland. The family business processes between 25,000 and 40,000 tons of cider fruit annually .

education

Museum of Modern Apples (MoMö)

There has been a primary school in Stachen for over 100 years , where until 1999 only lower school children were taught. Then the independent primary school community of Stachen emerged from the Speiserslehn school community. It now offers all children from kindergarten to sixth grade the opportunity to attend school in town.

Attractions

The Swiss cider and distillery museum is located in Stachen under the name “Museum of Modern Öpfel” (MoMö).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Verena Rothenbühler: Frasnacht. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ St. Gallen - Wittenbach - Arbon (Line 200). In: Official course book (online), timetable year 2020
  4. ↑ How Stachen Süd should develop. In: St. Galler Tagblatt (online), August 12, 2014
  5. ↑ a b Möhl cider factory. On the Thurgau Tourismus website, accessed on February 14, 2020
  6. ↑ a b David Grob: From the inn to the cider factory: The Möhl Museum in Arbon has opened In: St. Galler Tagblatt (online), October 4, 2018
  7. ↑ The school introduces itself…. On the website of the Stachen primary school, accessed on February 14, 2020