Weerswilen

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Thurgau (TG)

District :

Weinfelden

Political community :

Weinfelden

Postal code :

8570

former BFS no. :

4895

Coordinates :

727 625 / 270 901 coordinates: 47 ° 34 '35 " N , 9 ° 8' 6" O ; CH1903: 727 625 / 270 901

Height :

567 m above sea level M.

Area :

3.00 km²

Residents:

262 (1990)

Population density :

87 inhabitants per km²

Weerswilen

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Weerswilen is a former municipality and a settlement in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland . The local community Weerswilen was from 1803 to 1994 part of the municipal community Berg (TG) . The local community Weerswilen separated in 1995 - but without the village Beckelswilen - as part of the Thurgau community reform from the municipal community Berg and joined the unified community Weinfelden .

geography

The village of Weerswilen is located on the southern slope of the Ottenberg near Weinfelden. In addition to Weerswilen, the local community also included the hamlets Beckelswilen, Oberhard, Ottenberg and part of Burg.

history

Wernswille was first mentioned in a document in 1291. In the High Middle Ages, Weerswilen was probably an episcopal-Constance fiefdom of the Barons von Bussnang , which later went to the von Roggwil as a judicial authority - including Altschhof, houses in Dotnacht and Engelswilen . Weerswilen sold these to the von Ulm in 1391 . An opening was issued between 1466 and 1496. From 1711 to 1798 the court in Weerswilen was owned by the city of Zurich .

Weerswilen was a church in Berg until 2000, then in Weinfelden.

In Weerswilen, fields, meadows and fruit were grown and, up to the 19th century, viticulture was practiced to a significant extent. From 1904 to 2003 there was a cheese dairy in the village, from 1885 to 1896 there was an embroidery and from 1917 to 1922 a ship embroidery. The number of farms decreased steadily in the 20th century.

population

Population development of Weerswilen
year	1831	1850	1900	1950	1990	2000	2010	2018
Local parish	281	316	282	262	262
settlement						112	99	104
source

Town center

Parish before the merger in 1995

literature

Ernst Trösch: Weerswilen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
This article is largely based on the entry in the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS), which, according to the HLS's usage information, is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution - Distribution under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license .

Individual evidence

↑ Swiss land use statistics. Completed on July 1, 1912. Published by the Federal Statistical Bureau. ( Memento from April 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Ernst Trösch: Weerswilen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ ^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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.

[Areal-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 )

[Einwohner-2] Ernst Trösch: Weerswilen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[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.

[Statistik2005-4] 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.

[Siedlungen_TG-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.