Ettenhausen
Ettenhausen
Ettenhausen is a former municipality in the political community Aadorf in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.
The municipality Aadorf include the five former local churches Aadorf, Aawangen, Ettenhausen, Guntershausen and Wittenwil.
- 3.1 Chronology
Geography
Ettenhausen at the foot of Mount hazel is the southernmost town in the district of Frauenfeld. It is bordered to the north, east and south to the previous Thurgau local churches Aadorf, Guntershausen and Bichelsee, to the west of the Zurich Elgg communities and Hofstetten ( ZH). The settlement area of Ettenhausen comprises 3.34 km ². The town is located 543 m above sea level. M.. The highest point is 810 m above sea level. M. Hasel the mountain, the deepest point marks the Tänikonerstrasse 543 m above sea level. M.
Climate
The average annual rainfall is measured in the weather station Taenikon is 1180 mm per year. Rain falls on 158 days a year, of which 81 summer and 77 winter days. The average annual temperature is 8.2 degrees Celsius. The coldest month of the year with an average temperature of -0.6 degrees Celsius the month of January, the warmest with an average of 16.9 degrees Celsius, the month of July.
Coat of arms
The lily and the colors of the coat of arms Ettenhausener community date back to the monastery Taenikon that led a white lily on a blue ground.
History
The community Ettenhausen was first mentioned as " Oetenhusen " in 1278 in a document. At that time Ettenhausen hung legally and economically highly dependent on the neighboring monastery Taenikon, with which it often was in dispute. The main issue was use of timber and grazing rights. The dispute ended only with the signing of Ettenhausener village law of 1512.
Over the centuries, originated in Ettenhausen one of the largest wine-growing cultures of the canton of Thurgau. The Rebhandwerk certain the lives of farmers and small business community. Only at the beginning of the 20th century, the vineyards begin to shrink and 1916 disappeared the last vines from the community until 1975, the men's choir " Harmony," the tradition of winemaking resumed.