Welfensberg

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Thurgau (TG)

District :

Weinfelden

Political community :

Wuppenau

Postal code :

9515 pants jerk

Coordinates :

727 130 / 262 160 coordinates: 47 ° 29 '52 " N , 9 ° 7' 33" O ; CH1903: 727 130 / two hundred sixty-two thousand one hundred and sixty

Height :

691 m above sea level M.

Residents:

39 (December 31, 2010)

Welfensberg

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Welfensberg is a church village in the political municipality of Wuppenau in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland . The village on the northern slope of the Nollens belonged to the local community of Wuppenau from 1803 to 1971 .

history

St. Laurentius Church, built in 1706 to replace a small chapel. 1925–1927 the tower was raised and collapsed on July 25, 1929.

The parish , first mentioned in 1275 as Wælphrisperch , which included Welfensberg and Leuberg, was probably donated by the nobles of Leuberg as a separate church . Later, the monastery of St. Gallen acquired the collature that was given to the barons of Anwil in 1420 and, soon after 1499, to that of Helmsdorf. In 1534, the St. Gallen monastery bought back the fief . Until 1798 the village belonged to the Thurlinden free court . In 1805 the collature came to the Thurgau administrative council, in 1831 to the municipality.

In 1529 Welfensberg accepted the Reformation , but returned to the Catholic faith in 1531. From 1534 Welfensberg was looked after by the chaplain from Wil SG until it was able to employ a pastor in 1735 thanks to a foundation. From 1706 to 1708 the church of St. Laurentius was built. In 1869 the village refused to merge with Wuppenau. In 1871 the Catholics of Hosenruck were assigned to Welfensberg . The Reformed were parishes after Bussnang , but attended the sermon in Neukirch an der Thur until 1703 . In 1712 they were assigned to Schönholzerswilen . After a renovation and an increase in the church tower, it collapsed in 1929.

In Welfensberg, fields, meadows and fruit were grown, dairy farming in the late 19th century and embroidery around 1900.

population

View from Nollen to Welfensberg

Population development
year	1800	1880	1960	2000	2010
Residents	123	97	40	35	39
source

Attractions

The Catholic Church of St. Laurentius and the former “Linde” inn are included in the list of cultural assets in Wuppenau .

literature

Erich Trösch: Welfensberg. 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 .

Web links

Commons : Welfensberg - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^{b List of} localities and settlements. 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.
↑ Memorial plaque on the Welfensberg church wall , photographed on April 23, 2020
^ History. On the website of the municipality of Wuppenau, accessed on November 15, 2019
↑ Erich Trösch: Welfensberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[Einwohner-1] {b List of} localities and settlements. 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.

[2] Memorial plaque on the Welfensberg church wall , photographed on April 23, 2020

[3] History. On the website of the municipality of Wuppenau, accessed on November 15, 2019

[HLS-4] Erich Trösch: Welfensberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .