Frauenfeld facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Frauenfeld
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| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Thurgau | |
| District | Frauenfeld | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 27.36 km2 (10.56 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 417 m (1,368 ft) | |
| Population
(Dec 2020 )
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| • Total | 25,974 | |
| • Density | 949.34/km2 (2,458.8/sq mi) | |
| Postal code |
8500
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| Localities | Gerlikon, Herten, Horgenbach, Huben, Kurzdorf, Langdorf, Schönenhof, Zelgli | |
| Surrounded by | Aadorf, Bertschikon bei Attikon (ZH), Ellikon an der Thur (ZH), Felben-Wellhausen, Gachnang, Hagenbuch (ZH), Matzingen, Thundorf, Uesslingen-Buch, Warth-Weiningen | |
| Twin towns | Kufstein (Austria) | |
Frauenfeld is the capital city of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is also the capital city of the district of Frauenfeld.
History
Early history
The city is first written about in 1246. It grew up around the Frauenfeld castle on the land of the Reichenau convent.
In 1264, it became the property of the Habsburgs. In 1374, the Habsburgs bestowed the right of judgment for all of Thurgau (which then included St. Gallen) on the Duke of Frauenfeld.
Twice in the 1700s, Frauenfeld was partly destroyed by fire, in 1771 and in 1788.
The fall of the old Old Swiss Confederacy in 1798 as a result of the French invasion brought an end to the gatherings in Frauenfeld.
Modern history
In 1919, the municipalities of Langdorf, Kurzdorf, Huben, Herten, and Horgenbach became part of Frauenfeld. In 1998, Gerlikon, Schönenhof, and Zelgli joined Frauenfeld.
Images for kids
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Document signed by Arnulf of Carinthia, dated 888 but possibly from the 11th or 12th century, granting the manor farm of Erchingen to Reichenau Abbey
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Frauenfeld in 1548
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Frauenfeld in 1654, from the Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae
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Frauenfeld before the fire of 1771
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The village of Gerlikon joined Frauenfeld in 1998.
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Frauenfeld from the west
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Haus zum Schwert in the old city of Frauenfeld
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FW-Railways at station Frauenfeld
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Heinrich Häberlin
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Walter Hess, 1949
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Fabian Frei, 2011
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See also
In Spanish: Frauenfeld para niños
