Toos

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Toos
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
District : Weinfelden
Political community : Schönholzerswileni2
Postal code : 8577
former BFS no. : 4757
Coordinates : 725.67 thousand  /  264 431 coordinates: 47 ° 31 '7 "  N , 9 ° 6' 26"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and twenty-five thousand six hundred and seventy  /  two hundred sixty-four thousand four hundred thirty-one
Height : 578  m above sea level M.
Area : 1.32  km²
Residents: 109 (1960)
Population density : 83 inhabitants per km²
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Toos is a former local parish and a settlement of the municipality of Schönholzerswilen in the Weinfelden district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland .

Toos belonged from 1803 to 1964 as a local parish to the municipal community of Schönholzerswilen. On January 1, 1964, the local communities Schönholzerswilen and Toos merged to form the unitary community Schönholzerswilen.

geography

Toos is located off the country roads on a terrace on the Nollen south of Weinfelden .

history

Pre-Roman times

View of the high plateau of the Bronze Age hill settlement Toos-Waldi
Parish before the merger in 1964

The striking outcrop Waldi at Toos in the hinterland of the southern Thur slope is one of the most important prehistoric hilltop settlements of northeast Switzerland . The settlement area is located on a plateau of around 60 by 200 meters, which drops about 20 meters on three sides. Towards the south it connects a narrow rib with the elevation behind it. At the narrowest point, the plateau is cordoned off by a transverse wall . Archaeological studies between 1969 and 1977 have shown that the settlement site was occupied with interruptions from the Early Bronze Age to the Late Roman Period.

The beginnings of the wall construction, the remains of which can still be seen today as elevations up to 4 meters high and around 30 meters wide, go back to the period from 1800 to 1550 BC. BC back. The multi-phase wall construction made of Bollenstones, wood and earth within the wall ruins has partly been preserved up to a height of 2.5 meters. Due to its size and the complex fortifications, it can be assumed that Toos-Waldi was a regional center of power. Among the few finds, which typologically belong to the younger Early Bronze Age, a horse snaffle bar made of deer antlers stands out. The object, which shows influences from Eastern Europe , is an early example of horse keeping in Switzerland.

From the Middle Bronze Age (1550–1300 BC) to the end of the Late Bronze Age (800 BC), the place seems to have been intensively populated or at least very frequently occupied, as evidenced by a considerable amount of finds and a large number of post holes and Pits emerges. This settlement intensity and the later agricultural use of the plateau only allow individual building structures to be assigned to an epoch in exceptional cases. Some ceramic finds show that the complex was still maintained in the older Iron Age (800–480 BC). A Roman refuge stood on the spur in the 3rd century AD .

local community

The place was first mentioned in 1284 as Tozze . Old and New Toos are undated castle sites that were probably inhabited by the Toos ministerials . Until 1798, Toos belonged to the lords of Bürglen and Weinfelden - for example the hamlet of Habisreuti - as well as to the Thurlinden free court .

Toos ecclesiastically shared the fate of Wertbühl . From 1534 the Reformed church visited the church in Märwil , from 1714 the one in Schönholzerswilen . In 1861, a part of the Reformed from Toos Bussnang was assigned.

Toos' farmers cultivated meadows, cultivated fruit, and raised cattle and dairy. In 1879 the Lanterswil-Toos cheese dairy was established. The mill, mentioned in 1372 and shut down before 1900, was a federal fiefdom from 1460 . In 1862 there was a cotton factory , around 1900 there was an embroidery . Various service companies settled here at the end of the 20th century .

population

Road through Toos
Population development of Toos
1831 1850 1900 1950 1960 2000 2010 2018
Local parish 180 207 148 126 109
settlement 28 32 28
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Attractions

The Toos-Waldi hillside settlement from the Bronze Age is included in the list of cultural assets in Schönholzerswilen .

literature

Web links

Commons : Toos  - collection of images, 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. ↑ Albin Hasenfratz, Erich Trösch: Toos. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  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.
  5. ↑ 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.