Oftershausen
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Oftershausen is a village in the district of Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen (district)
Kreuzlingen District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It has a population of . Its capital is the city of Kreuzlingen.The district contains the following municipalities:...

 in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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It was first recorded in 1275 as Oftershusen.

Oftershausen is located in the former municipality Dippishausen-Oftershausen
Dippishausen-Oftershausen
Dippishausen-Oftershausen is a former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.The municipality contained the villages Dippishausen, Oftershausen and Bätershausen. It was named just Oftershausen until 1900, when it changed its name to just Dippishausen. In 1953 the name...

. In 1984 Dippishausen-Oftershausen municipality was incorporated into its neighboring municipality Siegershausen
Siegershausen
Siegershausen is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.In 1984 the municipality Dippishausen-Oftershausen was incorporated into Siegershausen....

, which in turn merged with its neighbors in 1996 to form a new and larger municipality Kemmental
Kemmental
Kemmental is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.The municipality was formed on 1 January 1996 through the merger of Alterswilen, Hugelshofen, Altishausen, Dotnacht, Ellighausen, Lippoldswilen, Neuwilen and Siegershausen.-History:Each of the former...

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Oftershausen was also the name of the municipality Dippishausen-Oftershausen before 1900.
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