Aadorf

Aadorf ( in the local dialect younger [a ː do ( ː r) f ˑ ], older Oodereff [ ɔ ː dərəf ˑ ] ) is a municipality in the district Münchwilen the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.

Geography

The municipality Aadorf is made up of the local churches Aadorf, Aawangen, Ettenhausen, Guntershausen, Häuslenen and Wittenwil. It has approximately 8,500 inhabitants and is the seventh largest municipality in Thurgau and is located on the border with the Canton of Zurich. By Aadorf flows the Lützelmurg, a western tributary of the Murg.

Aadorf bordered to the north by the cantonal capital Frauenfeld, on the west by Hagenbuch, Elgg, and Hofstetten Turbenthal (all four in the canton of Zurich ), on the northeast by Matzingen, to the east and to the south by Wängi Bichelsee -Balterswil.

Traffic

Aadorf has a station on the SBB line from Winterthur to St. Gallen, which is served by the S35, the regional SBB daughter Thurbo in the half - hour. From the train station Aadorf a post bus line leads to Frauenfeld and after Ettenhausen. Aadorf has access to the A1 and A7 motorways.

Economy

In 2008 Aadorf 2998 employees offered a job. Of this total, 150 (5%) on the first, in 1444 (48% ) to the second - and 1404 (47%) on the third sector .. One of the most important companies in the Griesser AG.

Attractions

Worth seeing is the Catholic Church of St. Alexander. It was built in the years 1863-65 to plans by Johann Christoph Joachim Brenner and Kunkler using the tower shaft of 1478 new. Inside, glass painting by Ferdinand Gehr are seen.

The municipal area of Aadorf is also the former monastery Taenikon, today federal agricultural research station.

Climate

In radiation periods in winter are often the lowest temperature is at the monastery Taenikon where the MeteoSwiss operates a weather station, measured in the lowlands of the Swiss Mittelland. The absolute bottom value was -29.9 ° C on January 12, 1987.

History

The oldest evidence of human presence are scattered finds graves from the Bronze Age. In the 6th to 8th centuries, the Alemanni migrate into the region. 886 is the proprietary church to Ahadorf (, village on the aha, ie at the Lützelmurg ') mentioned the counts in Linzgau, the 890 a cleric community is divided, the Udalrich IV 894 with their goods under the rule of the abbot of St. Gallen presented. After the Appenzell Wars, saw the latter compelled Aadorf the monastery Taenikon to sell. Later the church property belonging to the monastery Ruti, from which it was later ceded to the canton of Zurich, which later became the Reformation in Aadorf introduced.