Herdern

Herder is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Geography

Herder is on the lake ridge between Frauenfeld and the submarine. The municipality comprises the villages of Lanzenneunforn and Herder as well as the hamlets Wilen, Ammenhausen, ball Mayrhofen and Liebenfels.

History

In the vicinity of the Roman road between ad fines ( Pfyn ) and Tasgetium ( Eschenz ) located, the place was inhabited AD already in the first centuries, as excavations have shown. First mentioned in a document from 1094 is a Erinfrid Harderin. Court gentlemen were first abbot of Wil, then the monastery Ittingen, later, the monastery of St. Gall, and from 1331 the monastery Kalchrain newly established. In this nowadays a measure center for young adults is (formerly a youth detention center ).

Attractions

The love rock castle in Lanzenneunforn dates from the 13th century and is now in private ownership.

The construction of the castle Herder, originally a fortified tower, dates back to the 11th or 12th century. Since 1995, a facility for persons It has housed with psychological and social problems.