Diessenhofen
City Church, Schiffslände and Unterhof
Diessenhofen is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
Geography
The town of Diessenhofen lies on the south bank of the Rhine between Stein am Rhein and Schaffhausen and shows itself in its original medieval structure, which is preserved to this day. At the pier, the Geisslibach flows into the Rhine.
History
The origins of the settlement to the year 757 back ( oldest documented mention as Alemannic settlement Deozincova ). Priest Lazarus gave at that time the monastery of St. Gallen its hamlets Deozincova. 839 it was said Theozinhovun, which can be translated " in the courts of the ( o) zzo " with. The place was Count Hartmann III. of Kyburg 1178 60 Hofstätten to the city where the municipal rights were confirmed in 1260 conferred Tangible and expanded. In the 13th century, then appeared the first time the name Diessinhovin. In the period of the Helvetic Republic of District Diessenhofen 1798 the Canton of Schaffhausen affiliated. Already in 1800 the district came definitely to the canton of Thurgau.
In 2000, the municipality merged with Willisdorf Diessenhofen (mutation # 47 of the official community register of Switzerland, 1986).
Economy
SWIFT has taken in early 2013 Diessenhofen be the world's third own surgery center for its interbank telecommunications network in operation.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms Diessenhofen goes to the Kyburgs back (for a historical overview see the article of Arms of the Canton Thurgau ).
Attractions
The landmark of Diessenhofen in the center is the seal tower, in which seals and certificates were kept since the Middle Ages. Noteworthy is the moon dial and the dial with the astronomical symbols for the twelve signs of the zodiac. The main street of the village leads under the archway of the Siegelturm through.
The covered bridge over the Rhine was opened in 1816 and is the lifeline between the villages Gailingen on the Upper Rhine and Diessenhofen. The superstructure of the bridge was renovated in 1996 and 1997, completed the renovation of the Jochpfähle in 2002.
The Unterhof castle is located right on the dock of the shipping company URh. The castle is used as a training center and conference hotel.
In the Upper House, the official permanent art exhibition features the work of Swiss painter and mosaicists Carl Roesch. The museum also shows the development of the town from the Alemannic hamlet to the medieval town.
Monastery of St. Katharinental
A quarter of an hour walk in the direction monastery paradise located directly on the River Rhine, this former monastery of St. Katharinental. A Traditional in several manuscripts sister book of the 14th century reported on the gifted life of more than 50 members of the Convention. The Gradual of St. Katharinental (around 1312), which could be bought back in 1958 in a sensational action, one with his miniatures of the most important Gothic works of art in Switzerland. The interior of the abbey church is considered one of the most beautiful creations of the late Baroque area in Switzerland. The monastery complex is now used as cantonal rehabilitation clinic and a retirement nursing home.
Diessenhofen songs sheet
A special pearl represents the Diessenhofen songs sheet dar. It is the oldest single sheet tradition of a medieval song. Was written the songs sheet ( two love songs with lyrics and melody ) approx 1400th Found it was in renovation work in Unterhof in 1904. Since it is privately owned by the family of the Finder and then " laird " of the lower court.
Personalities
- Henry Steward of Diessenhofen
- Jerome Frey (1535-1585), Benedictine monk and Abbot of Muri
- Gabriel Bucelinus (1599-1681), Benedictine monk and polymath
- Johann Conrad Brunner (1653-1727), from 1686 professor of anatomy and physiology at the University of Heidelberg, physician to the Elector of the Palatinate
- Johann Georg Rauch (1789-1851), businessman and politician
- Georg Fine (1803-1869), journalist and Democratic politician of the pre-March, founder and organizer of Workers' Education Associations
- August Schmid (1877-1955), painter, stage designer
- Emil Altenburg (1885-1953), architect
- Jacob Bichsel ( born 1931 ), composer and conductor