Wigoltinger trade

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The Wigoltinger trade was a dispute between Catholic mercenaries and reformed Wigoltinger citizens in the Landgraviate of Thurgau in 1664.

In Lipperswil a dispute between mercenaries and Wigoltinger citizens led to the Wigoltinger trade.

On Pentecost Sunday , June 1, 1664, 43 mercenaries recruited by Lucerne for the Spanish crown in Constance, headed by Lieutenant Jakob Wagner, marched through Lake Constance towards the Thur Valley . They were drunk and doing all sorts of mischief. In front of the church in Lipperswil they provoked churchgoers and a fight broke out. A woman named Anna Gilg from Illhartfled to Wigoltingen and shouted into the assembled church: "Foreign soldiers have penetrated our church and have killed everyone." The Wigoltinger armed themselves immediately and soon encountered the alleged "foreign soldiers". A battle ensued, with six of the mercenaries killed and eleven seriously injured. The rest of the troublemakers fled. The mistake only became known in the evening.

The bailiff in Thurgau, Franz Arnold von Uri , did not initially succeed in convicting the guilty because the population prevented the trial . The confessional conflict between the five Catholic towns and Zurich , which campaigned for the Reformed in Thurgau, continued bitterly. The Wigoltinger involved were arrested and interrogated by the governor. On September 15, 1664, through Bern's mediation, the guilty verdict was made, which resulted in the beheading of two Wigoltingers , exile for two others and the assumption of the costs of 15,000 guilders for the community . The whole incident almost led to a flare-up of the first Villmerger War and Zurich had already informed the General States of Electoral Palatinate , Hesse-Kassel and Württemberg and asked for help.

As a reminder of this event, Wigoltingen does not ring the bell after the service on Pentecost Sunday .

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  1. ↑ a b c d Peter Giger: Wigoltinger trade. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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  2. ↑ a b c d Ludwig Meyer von Knonau : Handbook of the history of the Swiss Confederation. 2nd vol. Zurich 1829, p. 50 f.