Lengwil

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Lengwil

Location of Lengwil

Coordinates: 47°37′N 9°11′E / 47.617°N 9.183°ECoordinates: 47°37′N 9°11′E / 47.617°N 9.183°E

Country

Area

• Total

8.89 km² (3.43 sq mi)

Elevation

470 m (1,540 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,659

• Density

190/km² (480/sq mi)

Postal code

8574

SFOS number

4683

Localities

Ast, Dettighofen, Eigen, Ekkharthof, Emmerzholz, Illighausen, Liebburg, Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen

Surrounded by

Berg, Birwinken, Bottighofen, Kemmental, Kreuzlingen, Langrickenbach, Münsterlingen

Website

www.lengwil.ch
SFSO statistics

Lengwil is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

The municipality was created in 1998 by a merger of the Ortsgemeinde of Illighausen and the village of Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen. During the merger, the village of Schönenbaumgarten (which had been part of Illighausen) went to the municipality of Langrickenbach. Lengwil village is first mentioned in 1159 as Leingewillare. Illighausen is first mentioned in 1176 as Illinchusen and Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen is mentioned in 1160 as Obirhovin.

Illighausen was originally owned by the Bishop of Constance and from the Middle Ages until 1798 was part of the Bishop's bailiwick of Eggen. It became part of the parish of Münsterlingen in 1312-13 at which time, it already had a village church. With the Protestant Reformation most the village converted to the new faith and became a separate parish. However, in the 16th Century, the village became part of the Reformed parish of Altnau, and the village church became a filial church of Altnau. Since 1942, Illighausen has been part of the parish of Oberhofen. The local economy revolved around agriculture until the 19th Century when dairy farming was added. In 1900 the embroidery entered the village. However, limited road access to the village as prevented any industries from settling in Illighausen.

Oberhofen is first mentioned in 1160, but was settled earlier, as several Early Middle Ages graves indicate. Dettighofen, Lengwil and Oberhofen formed a lower court for the Herrschaft of Liebburg. The Herrschaft was owned in 1376 by Ulrich von Koenigsegg, in 1452 by Ulrich Blarer, between 1526 and 1628 by Meldegg Reichlin of Ulm and between 1685 and 1745 by the Bishop of Constance. In 1745 it was finally acquired by the Ratzenried family. The village chapel was first mentioned in 1477 and was a curacy of the Monastery of St. Stephen in Constance. In 1528 the Protestant Reformation was introduced in 1528. In the 16th Century the chapel was supervised by the parish of Altnau, followed by Güttingen between 1620–1712 and after 1712 by Scherzingen. The Catholic faith was reintroduced in 1638, and they became part of the Catholic parish of St. Ulrich-Kreuzlingen.

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