Steckborn

Steckborn is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

• 3.1 settlement
• 3.2 First mention / city law
• 3.3 ramparts / townscape
• 3.4 1798 to today
• 3.5 spellings of the name over the years

• 6.1 traffic
• 6.2 Commercial / Industrial

• 7.1 Sons and daughters plug Borns
• 7.2 personalities who have worked in Steckborn

Geography

Born plug is located on the south shore of the lower lake, the slope of the lake and on the deltas of two Tobel streams. On the other side of only 1-2 km wide lake lies under the German community Gaienhofen.

Population

Religion

During the Reformation Steckborn occurred in 1515 closed over to the new faith. The lower courts remained at the monastery of Reichenau. In 1766 the town church was rebuilt by the famous architect Franz Anton Bagnato as parity church on the site of previous buildings. Today's Protestant church was 1833-1835 a tower. 1848 was repealed with the other monasteries of the Cistercian monastery of Thurgau field stream. In the last century the Catholic denomination part has created its own church.

History

Colonization

By sediments shallow creek deltas are formed on the north side of the lake ridge. Steckborn located in such areas and was in the Neolithic period (from 4300-2200 years BC) first settled proven. It originated pile dwellings in the " Schanz " and in the " Turgi bay ", from which valuable finds including ceramic vessels, stone ax and flint tools in the local museum ( Turmhof ) can be visited.

The Roman period (15 BC to 400 AD ) also has the submarine traces. Some finds from the further down the lake located Tasgetium (now Eschenz ) are exhibited in Turmhof; including a one-time plug-in calendar. After the Romans, the Alamanni were followed as immigrants and mingled with the Gallo-Roman population. From this period are grave finds with valuable adjuncts available. It was also suggested that perhaps the place name could be created at that time.

First mention / city law

The first mention of plug- Born is known in the mid-9th century in connection with the island of Reichenau. Presumably, the village was then given to the Abbey of Reichenau. Around 1300 was the Turmhof, the landmark plug Borns built. The building served the then abbot of the monastery of Reichenau, Diethelm of fort, as the seat on the south shore of the lower lake. During his tenure, succeeded the abbot, to obtain the municipal law of the Emperor Henry VII Steckborn. The corresponding deed of 26 January 1313 kept in the Canton Archives in Frauenfeld.

City wall / townscape

The small town was fortified. Parts of the city wall are still preserved. The townscape was mainly achieved by planned development. Some important ancient buildings are under federal protection, Steckborn is listed in the Federal Inventory of valuable townscapes.

Thanks to the weekly market Steckborn gained in importance. Most residents coexist with their occupations still agriculture. There were guilds. A special flower reached the Hafner with their known and coveted painted stoves in the 18th century.

1798 to today

In 1798 it came as a result of the French Revolution to change. The lower courts went over to the Swiss Confederation. With the establishment of the canton of Thurgau Steckborn was a center on the submarine to the district capital. The District Court Steckborn met since then at City Hall.

Steckborn remained until 2010 the district capital. According to the new district division of the canton of Thurgau, it is now a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld. The venue was moved as well to Frauenfeld.

Spellings of the name over the years

• Web Boron
• Stecciboron
• Stab Boron
• Stegborin
• Stekeborivn
• Steckboren

Coat of arms

The current coat of arms Steckborn shows in blue a gold ring and two gold, diagonally inserted rods with knob. It probably unites an older coat of arms (ring) with a variant of the family crest Labhart ( bars ). The older city coat of arms in the form of a golden ring comes in glass painting in 1543 at the Town Hall in front of Stein am Rhein; later it appears only on the Feldbacher bell from about 1683 to 1687. The ring is perhaps taken from the coat of arms of Landsberg or Knöringer and could be related to the transition of the city from the rule Reichenau to the diocese of Constance in 1540. Related forms have the coat of arms of the neighboring village of Berlingen and Allen Bach.

Attractions

Western entrance to the city

Turmhof

Economy

Traffic

The place is accessible by a station on the lake line Schaffhausen- Kreuzlingen -Rorschach and with the post bus connection plug Born- woman field.

Commercial / industrial

The former convent spaces on the field creek area could be used from the mid- 19th century by commercial businesses and emerging industries. The inventor and company founder Friedrich Gegauf began here with the production of the first hemstitch sewing machine in the world. It today's world company Bernina sewing machine factory was formed.

Later the producer Samuel Bächtold bought the land and put in its operation mainly Petrol engines and other machines. In 1923, an artificial silk factory was set up in the former monastery area. This operation of textile chemistry was until 1974 a major employer in the region. Today, the complex field Bach serves as recreational facility, as the site of a school, a conference hotels and the theater in the pump house. More uses for commerce, trade, services and housing are emerging.

Personalities

Sons and daughters plug Borns

• Hanhart Hans Ulrich (1623-1672), Winterthurerstrasse Stadtphysikus, co-founder of Winterthur's library
• Christoph Labhart (1644-1695), Glyptiker (crystal Schneider)
• Daniel Düringer (1720-1786), painter, mayor of Steckborn to 1769
• Emanuel Labhardt (1810-1874), landscape painter
• Düringer Heinrich (1747-1833), Ofenbauer
• Johann Melchior Gräflein (1807-1849), lawyer, politician, Cantonal 1838-1849
• Philipp Gottlieb Labhardt (1811-1874), lawyer, politician, and National Government
• Gustav Albert Wegmann (1812-1858), architect
• John Duke (1822-1883), pastor, school inspector, Thurgau Government 1857-1862
• Gabriel Wüger (1829-1892), real name. Jacob Wüger, painters, Benedictine
• Ulrich Guhl (1838-1924), ref. Priest, politician ( FDP), Thurgau Cantonal 1878-1917
• Alfred Circle (1857-1943), lawyer, prosecutor, liberal Government 1893-1926
• Jacob Labhardt (1881-1949), Chief of Staff
• Wuhrmann Ernst (1883-1957), architect
• Fritz Gegauf (1893-1980), founder of the local Gegauf Fritz AG ( product known Bernina sewing machine ), honorary citizen of Steckborn
• Otto Frei (1924-1990), journalist, author
• Andy Guhl (* 1952), improvisation musician, sound artist, architect

Personalities who were active in Steckborn

• Adolf Deucher (1831-1912), physician and politician (FDP), Federal Council 1883-1912
• Maria Dutli - Rutishauser (1903-1995), novelist, lived from 1927 until her death in Steckborn
• Hans Baumgartner (1911-1996), photographer and teacher, honorary citizen of Steckborn