Hauptwil-Gottshaus
Hauptwil- Gottshaus is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Thurgau wine in Switzerland. It consists of a group of hamlets, which formed the former municipality Hauptwil, as well as the village of St. Pelagiberg with some surrounding hamlets.
Geography
The community Hauptwil- Gottshaus borders the municipalities Bischofszell and Zihlschlacht Sitter village in the canton of Thurgau, as well as the St. Gallen communities Waldkirch, Muolen and Häggenschwil.
Between the village and the hamlet Hauptwil Wilen five ponds that were created in the 15th century (see below).
Population
Of the total of 1824 inhabitants ( 2011) 182 residents have foreign citizenship.
Economy
The municipal area 63 industrial and commercial businesses and 36 service outlets are located. The number of farms amounts to 44
The golf course Waldkirch Migros is partly due to the municipality.
Traffic
Hauptwil is connected by the main road Gossau Bishop cell. On the same route, the S5 S-Bahn St. Gallen (formerly Bischofszellerstrasse train ) runs and stops at Hauptwil station.
History
The five ponds of Hauptwil were created artificially for fish farming in 1430. Later, these textiles were useful.
The German poet Friedrich Hölderlin was from January to April 1801 worked in Hauptwil as a private tutor.
Hauptwil received the 1992 Thurgau homeland security price and the 1999 Wakker Prize, in which they saw to through careful building codes to get many residential and commercial buildings of the last three centuries and gently to adapt to today's realities.
With the 1996 completed merger of God Hauptwil house and also a new coat of arms was introduced. Besides the two unadjusted symbols of the former municipality coat of arms, and the water was included as a symbol for the well- known reservoirs of Hauptwil in the new coat of arms.
Hauptwil
Total community
Attractions
Personalities
- Stefan " Steve" Blaser (born 1972 ), musician, singer, DJ and producer
- Arthur thirsty (1926-2000), geographer and historian cards
- Fritz Honegger (1917-1999), politician
- Luke Speissegger (1969 ), musician, producer, engineer
- Hugwald Ulrich (1496-1571), scholar, teacher, and writer of the Reformation