Tobel-Tägerschen
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Tobel-Tägerschen is a municipality
in the district of Münchwilen
in the canton
of Thurgau
in Switzerland
.
The municipality was created in 1999 by a merger of Tägerschen
and Tobel
.
In the 8th and 9th Century much of the village of Tägerschen was acquired by the Abbey of St. Gall
en. The court
rights were originally held by the Counts of Toggenburg
through their servants, the Heitnau family. These rights transferred in 1258 to the Knights Hospitaller
Commandry
of Tobel. These rights gradually expanded until 1500, by which time they had complete Manor
and court rights. The only exceptions was a house that had been granted freedom from local lords in 1547. The ownership of this house changed often in the following centuries. Between 1798 and 1871 this house served as the headquarters of the district governor of Tobel. Later, it housed an embroidery, and then a dairy that is still in existence.
Catholics and Protestants were divided into the parish
es of Tobel and Affeltrangen.
The first village laws were documented in 1490 and regulated the daily life. Grain was cultivated in the three-field system
with some viticulture
. In the 19th Century the economy transitioned to produce hay
, with some fruit production starting in 1911. Between 1870-1914 the village shared in the embroidery boom and in 1910 there were 26 embroidery workers in the village. In 1924, a needle factory opened followed in 1978 by a tank farm for petroleum products with rail access to the Thurgau-Bahn rail-line.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 54.6% is used for growing crops, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Münchwilen district. It consists of the villages of Tobel and Tägerschen, which merged in 1999.
(92.2%), with Serbo-Croatian
being second most common ( 2.3%) and Albanian
being third ( 1.7%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. The population was made up of 595 Swiss men (43.2% of the population), and 87 (6.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 615 Swiss women (44.6%), and 81 (5.9%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 13 live births to Swiss citizens and 3 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 13 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population increased by 3. There were 2 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 4 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 6 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 11 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 6 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.2%.
The age distribution, , in Tobel-Tägerschen is; 167 children or 12.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 185 teenagers or 13.4% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 186 people or 13.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 183 people or 13.3% are between 30 and 39, 249 people or 18.0% are between 40 and 49, and 173 people or 12.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 128 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 76 people or 5.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 29 people or 2.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 4 people or 0.3% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.55 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 52.4% 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 476 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. there were 204 single family homes (or 82.3% of the total) out of a total of 248 inhabited buildings. There were 13 two family buildings (5.2%), 10 three family buildings (4.0%) and 21 multi-family buildings (or 8.5%). There were 269 (or 21.0%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 733 (or 57.3%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 63 (or 4.9%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 16 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 10 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 13 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 47 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.45%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.9 new units per 1000 residents. there were 515 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 156. There were 13 single room apartments and 113 apartments with six or more rooms. the average price to rent an average apartment in Tobel-Tägerschen was 1064.74 Swiss franc
s (CHF) per month (US$850, £480, €680 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for a one room apartment was 406.67 CHF (US$330, £180, €260), a two room apartment was about 677.20 CHF (US$540, £300, €430), a three room apartment was about 933.89 CHF (US$750, £420, €600) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1331.33 CHF (US$1070, £600, €850). The average apartment price in Tobel-Tägerschen was 95.4% of the national average of 1116 CHF.
In the 2007 federal election
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 56.94% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
(16.19%), the Green Party
(6.2%) and the FDP
(5.85%). In the federal election, a total of 452 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 49.0%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
there were 892 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 432 or about 48.4% of the residents worked outside Tobel-Tägerschen while 392 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 852 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 5.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 53% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 Old Catholic who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
there are 40 individuals (or about 3.13% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 50 individuals (or about 3.91% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were 19 (or about 1.48% of the population) who are Islam
ic. There are 1 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 78 (or about 6.09% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 34 individuals (or about 2.66% of the population) did not answer the question.
).
Tobel-Tägerschen is home to the Tobel-Tägerschencombined municipal and primary school district. In the 2008/2009 school year there were 143 students. There were 33 children in the kindergarten
, and the average class size was 33 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 19 or 57.6% were female, 4 or 12.1% were not Swiss citizens and 5 or 15.2% did not speak German natively. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years. There were 52 children in who were at the lower primary level and 58 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school was 22 students. At the lower primary level, there were 32 children or 61.5% of the total population who were female, 4 or 7.7% were not Swiss citizens and 4 or 7.7% did not speak German natively. In the upper primary level, there were 29 or 50.0% who were female, 6 or 10.3% were not Swiss citizens and 7 or 12.1% did not speak German natively.
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 the district of Münchwilen
Münchwilen (district)
Münchwilen District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It has a population of . Its capital is the town of Münchwilen.The district contains the following municipalities:...
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....
.
The municipality was created in 1999 by a merger of Tägerschen
Tägerschen
Tägerschen is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.The municipality also contained the villages Karlishub and Thürn....
and Tobel
Tobel
Tobel is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.In 1999 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Tägerschen to form a new and larger municipality Tobel-Tägerschen....
.
History
Tägerschen is first mentioned in 762 as Tegarascha.In the 8th and 9th Century much of the village of Tägerschen was acquired by 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...
en. The court
High, middle and low justice
High, middle and low justices are notions dating from Western feudalism to indicate descending degrees of judiciary power to administer justice by the maximal punishment the holders could inflict upon their subjects and other dependents....
rights were originally held by the Counts of Toggenburg
Counts of Toggenburg
The Counts of Toggenburg ruled the Toggenburg region of today's Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, as well as parts of the Canton of Glarus, Thurgau, Grisons, Vorarlberg, and Zurich when their influence was most extensive....
through their servants, the Heitnau family. These rights transferred in 1258 to the Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's...
Commandry
Commandry (feudalism)
Commandry , or commandery , was the smallest division of the European landed estate or manor under the control of a commendator, or commander, of an order of knights...
of Tobel. These rights gradually expanded until 1500, by which time they had complete Manor
Manorialism
Manorialism, an essential element of feudal society, was the organizing principle of rural economy that originated in the villa system of the Late Roman Empire, was widely practiced in medieval western and parts of central Europe, and was slowly replaced by the advent of a money-based market...
and court rights. The only exceptions was a house that had been granted freedom from local lords in 1547. The ownership of this house changed often in the following centuries. Between 1798 and 1871 this house served as the headquarters of the district governor of Tobel. Later, it housed an embroidery, and then a dairy that is still in existence.
Catholics and Protestants were divided into the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
es of Tobel and Affeltrangen.
The first village laws were documented in 1490 and regulated the daily life. Grain was cultivated in the three-field system
Crop rotation
Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons.Crop rotation confers various benefits to the soil. A traditional element of crop rotation is the replenishment of nitrogen through the use of green manure in sequence with cereals...
with some viticulture
Viticulture
Viticulture is the science, production and study of grapes which deals with the series of events that occur in the vineyard. When the grapes are used for winemaking, it is also known as viniculture...
. In the 19th Century the economy transitioned to produce hay
Hay
Hay is grass, legumes or other herbaceous plants that have been cut, dried, and stored for use as animal fodder, particularly for grazing livestock such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep. Hay is also fed to pets such as rabbits and guinea pigs...
, with some fruit production starting in 1911. Between 1870-1914 the village shared in the embroidery boom and in 1910 there were 26 embroidery workers in the village. In 1924, a needle factory opened followed in 1978 by a tank farm for petroleum products with rail access to the Thurgau-Bahn rail-line.
Geography
Tobel-Tägerschen has an area, , of 7.11 square kilometres (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 4.2 km² (1.6 sq mi) or 59.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.06 km² (0.795370446700622 sq mi) or 29.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.81 km² (0.312742748459953 sq mi) or 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acre) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 54.6% is used for growing crops, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Münchwilen district. It consists of the villages of Tobel and Tägerschen, which merged in 1999.
Demographics
Tobel-Tägerschen has a population of , 12.2% 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....
(92.2%), with Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian language
Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...
being second most common ( 2.3%) and Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
being third ( 1.7%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. The population was made up of 595 Swiss men (43.2% of the population), and 87 (6.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 615 Swiss women (44.6%), and 81 (5.9%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 13 live births to Swiss citizens and 3 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 13 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population increased by 3. There were 2 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 4 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 6 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 11 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 6 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.2%.
The age distribution, , in Tobel-Tägerschen is; 167 children or 12.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 185 teenagers or 13.4% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 186 people or 13.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 183 people or 13.3% are between 30 and 39, 249 people or 18.0% are between 40 and 49, and 173 people or 12.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 128 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 76 people or 5.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 29 people or 2.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 4 people or 0.3% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.55 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 52.4% 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 476 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. there were 204 single family homes (or 82.3% of the total) out of a total of 248 inhabited buildings. There were 13 two family buildings (5.2%), 10 three family buildings (4.0%) and 21 multi-family buildings (or 8.5%). There were 269 (or 21.0%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 733 (or 57.3%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 63 (or 4.9%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 16 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 10 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 13 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 47 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.45%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.9 new units per 1000 residents. there were 515 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 156. There were 13 single room apartments and 113 apartments with six or more rooms. the average price to rent an average apartment in Tobel-Tägerschen was 1064.74 Swiss franc
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...
s (CHF) per month (US$850, £480, €680 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for a one room apartment was 406.67 CHF (US$330, £180, €260), a two room apartment was about 677.20 CHF (US$540, £300, €430), a three room apartment was about 933.89 CHF (US$750, £420, €600) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1331.33 CHF (US$1070, £600, €850). The average apartment price in Tobel-Tägerschen was 95.4% of the national average of 1116 CHF.
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 56.94% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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...
(16.19%), the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(6.2%) and 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....
(5.85%). In the federal election, a total of 452 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 49.0%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| Year | Population Tägerschen | Population Tobel-Tägerschen |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 226 | |
| 1880 | 188 | |
| 1910 | 253 | |
| 1950 | 830 | |
| 1970 | 263 | 857 |
| 1990 | 389 | 1,128 |
| 2000 | 1,280 | |
Economy
, Tobel-Tägerschen had an unemployment rate of 1.56%. , there were 64 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 23 businesses involved in this sector. 285 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 22 businesses in this sector. 280 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 44 businesses in this sector.there were 892 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 432 or about 48.4% of the residents worked outside Tobel-Tägerschen while 392 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 852 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 5.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 53% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 620 or 48.4% were Roman Catholic, while 437 or 34.1% 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...
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 Old Catholic who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
there are 40 individuals (or about 3.13% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 50 individuals (or about 3.91% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were 19 (or about 1.48% of the population) who are Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There are 1 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 78 (or about 6.09% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 34 individuals (or about 2.66% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Tobel-Tägerschen about 71.5% 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...
).
Tobel-Tägerschen is home to the Tobel-Tägerschencombined municipal and primary school district. In the 2008/2009 school year there were 143 students. There were 33 children in the kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
, and the average class size was 33 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 19 or 57.6% were female, 4 or 12.1% were not Swiss citizens and 5 or 15.2% did not speak German natively. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years. There were 52 children in who were at the lower primary level and 58 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school was 22 students. At the lower primary level, there were 32 children or 61.5% of the total population who were female, 4 or 7.7% were not Swiss citizens and 4 or 7.7% did not speak German natively. In the upper primary level, there were 29 or 50.0% who were female, 6 or 10.3% were not Swiss citizens and 7 or 12.1% did not speak German natively.