Schlatt bei Diessenhofen
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Schlatt bei Diessenhofen is a municipality
in Frauenfeld District in the canton
of Thurgau
in Switzerland
.
, the House of Kyburg
(subsequently House of Habsburg
) bailiwick
of Diessenhofen
had jurisdiction over Schlatt. In the 15th century, the town of Diessenhofen became mostly independent and took over the jurisdiction of Schlatt. It exercised this right until 1798. The major landowner before 858 was the Abbey of St. Gall
, then after 858 Rheinau Abbey
acquired the land. In the 13th century, the monastery of St. Katharinental, along with others, held most of the land in the village. The St Nicholas Chapel, which existed from 1316 until 1812, belonged to Stammheim
parish. Though the Protestant Reformation
of 1529 created an independent parish of Schlatt, it declined until it was abolished in 1769. In the late 16th century the pastor was provided by Basadingen, and he was provided by Diessenhofen from 1625-31.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 36.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 49.1% is used for growing crops, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located on the eastern slope of the Kohlfirst mountain. It was formed in 1999 through the merger of Mett-Oberschlatt and Unterschlatt.
(95.8%), with French
being second most common ( 0.7%) and Italian
being third ( 0.7%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.6% male and 49.4% female. The population was made up of 713 Swiss men (45.4% of the population), and 82 (5.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 721 Swiss women (45.9%), and 56 (3.6%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 14 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 10 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 4 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 3 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 1 non-Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 1 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 7 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.5%.
The age distribution, , in Schlatt bei Diessenhofen is; 159 children or 9.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 235 teenagers or 14.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 151 people or 9.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 205 people or 12.8% are between 30 and 39, 304 people or 19.0% are between 40 and 49, and 230 people or 14.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 164 people or 10.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 96 people or 6.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 47 people or 2.9% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 10 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.56 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 62% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 562 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. there were 324 single family homes (or 90.0% of the total) out of a total of 360 inhabited buildings. There were 13 two family buildings (3.6%), 5 three family buildings (1.4%) and 18 multi-family buildings (or 5.0%). There were 366 (or 24.6%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 868 (or 58.5%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 80 (or 5.4%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 8 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 6 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 12 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 14 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.69%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.5 new units per 1000 residents. there were 600 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 5 room apartment of which there were 192. There were 6 single room apartments and 109 apartments with six or more rooms.
In the 2007 federal election
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 54.05% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(9.98%), the FDP
(9.34%) and the CVP
(8.72%). In the federal election, a total of 575 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 52.0%.
The historical population of the former municipality of Mett-Oberschlatt (Unterschlatt is not listed) and the total population of the combined municipality (both before and after the actual merger) is given in the following table:
settlement, Roman watchtower and early modern fortification) and the Double Farm House are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance
. The entire hamlet
of Dickihof and Paradies Monastery are included in the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
.
there were 1,019 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 534 or about 52.4% of the residents worked outside Schlatt bei Diessenhofen while 221 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 706 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 10.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.2% used a private car.
. 11 people (about 0.7% of the population) belong to the Orthodox Church, and 57 people (about 3.8%) belong to another Christian church.
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Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in Frauenfeld District in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Thurgau
Thurgau
Thurgau is a northeast canton of Switzerland. The population, , is . In 2007, there were a total of 47,390 who were resident foreigners. The capital is Frauenfeld.-History:...
in 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....
.
History
Schlatt bei Diessenhofen is first mentioned in 858 as Slate. In the Middle AgesMiddle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
, the House of Kyburg
Kyburg
Kyburg may refer to:*Henry E. Kyburg, Jr., the philosopher/logician*The castle Kyburg in the Canton of Zurich*The municipality surrounding the castle, Kyburg, Zurich*The noble House of Kyburg that took their name from the castle....
(subsequently House of Habsburg
Habsburg
The House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and...
) bailiwick
Bailiwick
A bailiwick is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and may also apply to a territory in which the sheriff's functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff under a royal or imperial writ. The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of...
of Diessenhofen
Diessenhofen
Diessenhofen is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.-History:Diessenhofen is first mentioned in 757 as Deozincova. In 2000, the village of Willisdorf was incorporated into the municipality...
had jurisdiction over Schlatt. In the 15th century, the town of Diessenhofen became mostly independent and took over the jurisdiction of Schlatt. It exercised this right until 1798. The major landowner before 858 was the Abbey of St. Gall
Abbey of St. Gall
The Abbey of Saint Gall is a religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland. The Carolingian-era Abbey has existed since 719 and became an independent principality during the 13th century, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. It was...
, then after 858 Rheinau Abbey
Rheinau Abbey
Rheinau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Rheinau in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, founded in about 778 and suppressed in 1862.-History:...
acquired the land. In the 13th century, the monastery of St. Katharinental, along with others, held most of the land in the village. The St Nicholas Chapel, which existed from 1316 until 1812, belonged to Stammheim
Stammheim
Stammheim may refer to:* Stammheim - 1986 West German film directed by Reinhard Hauff* Stammheim, Cologne - municipal part of the city of Cologne, Germany* Stammheim, Stuttgart - municipal part of the city of Stuttgart, Germany...
parish. Though the Protestant Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
of 1529 created an independent parish of Schlatt, it declined until it was abolished in 1769. In the late 16th century the pastor was provided by Basadingen, and he was provided by Diessenhofen from 1625-31.
Geography
Schlatt bei Diessenhofen has an area, , of 15.53 square kilometres (6 sq mi). Of this area, 7.81 km² (3 sq mi) or 50.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.76 km² (2.2 sq mi) or 37.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.41 km² (0.544404043615474 sq mi) or 9.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.32 km² (0.123552690749611 sq mi) or 2.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.18 km² (0.0694983885466563 sq mi) or 1.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 36.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 49.1% is used for growing crops, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located on the eastern slope of the Kohlfirst mountain. It was formed in 1999 through the merger of Mett-Oberschlatt and Unterschlatt.
Demographics
Schlatt bei Diessenhofen has a population of , 8.8% of the population are foreign nationals. Most of the population speaks GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(95.8%), with French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
being second most common ( 0.7%) and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
being third ( 0.7%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.6% male and 49.4% female. The population was made up of 713 Swiss men (45.4% of the population), and 82 (5.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 721 Swiss women (45.9%), and 56 (3.6%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 14 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 10 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 4 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 3 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 1 non-Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 1 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 7 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.5%.
The age distribution, , in Schlatt bei Diessenhofen is; 159 children or 9.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 235 teenagers or 14.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 151 people or 9.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 205 people or 12.8% are between 30 and 39, 304 people or 19.0% are between 40 and 49, and 230 people or 14.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 164 people or 10.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 96 people or 6.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 47 people or 2.9% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 10 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.56 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 62% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 562 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. there were 324 single family homes (or 90.0% of the total) out of a total of 360 inhabited buildings. There were 13 two family buildings (3.6%), 5 three family buildings (1.4%) and 18 multi-family buildings (or 5.0%). There were 366 (or 24.6%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 868 (or 58.5%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 80 (or 5.4%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 8 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 6 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 12 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 14 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.69%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.5 new units per 1000 residents. there were 600 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 5 room apartment of which there were 192. There were 6 single room apartments and 109 apartments with six or more rooms.
In the 2007 federal election
Swiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
which received 54.05% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(9.98%), the FDP
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
(9.34%) and the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(8.72%). In the federal election, a total of 575 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 52.0%.
The historical population of the former municipality of Mett-Oberschlatt (Unterschlatt is not listed) and the total population of the combined municipality (both before and after the actual merger) is given in the following table:
| year | population Mett-Oberschlatt | population Future municipal area |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 203 | |
| 1850 | 287 | |
| 1870 | 332 | |
| 1900 | 257 | |
| 1950 | 317 | 1,231 |
| 1980 | 939 | |
| 1990 | 326 | 1,241 |
| Year | Population | |
| 2000 | 1,485 | |
Heritage sites of national significance
The former Poor Clares Monastery of Paradies in Unterschlatt, the Schaarenwald (a Bronze AgeBronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
settlement, Roman watchtower and early modern fortification) and the Double Farm House are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance
Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
. The entire hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Dickihof and Paradies Monastery are included in the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.-Sites of national importance:-Types:...
.
Economy
, Schlatt bei Diessenhofen had an unemployment rate of 1.55%. , there were 107 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 36 businesses involved in this sector. 145 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 29 businesses in this sector. 209 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 51 businesses in this sector.there were 1,019 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 534 or about 52.4% of the residents worked outside Schlatt bei Diessenhofen while 221 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 706 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 10.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.2% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 261 or 17.6% were Roman Catholic, while 924 or 62.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. 11 people (about 0.7% of the population) belong to the Orthodox Church, and 57 people (about 3.8%) belong to another Christian church.
Education
In Schlatt bei Diessenhofen about 77.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
).