Homburg, Switzerland

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

  • 3.1 Church of St. Peter and Paul

Geography

Homburg is in terms of area, the third largest municipality in Thurgau and is located on the lake ridge near the lower lake. The municipality comprises the towns of Homburg, Gündelhart, Hörhausen and salen Reutenen.

Towns

Homburg

In Homburg is the birthplace of Father Johann Evangelist Trotter (1854-1930), the Swiss Raiffeisen pioneer.

Gündelhart

Gündelhart is in the northwest of the community on a flattened hill. Characteristic is the character of the village with the church of St. Mauritius, the rectory, the building complex Beggestübli and the castle. The Gündelhart castle dates from the 16th century.

Hörhausen

Hörhausen is the village in the west of the borough, and has just over 500 residents. It lies on the main road Pfyn plug Born and has especially in summer a large traffic load caused by day-trippers who go to the submarine at Steckborn.

Klingenberg

See main article: Castle Klingenberg ( Homburg )

Salen - Reutenen comprises the hamlets Bulgen, Haidehaus, Reutenen, Salen, Sassenloh, Tägermoos and Uhwilen.

Euggerswil

Living space on the south side of the " Homburgerberges " 1.2 km north of Homburg.

Chapel of St. Anthony in Reutenen

Altar of St. Anthony's Chapel in Reutenen

Attractions

Church of St. Peter and Paul

The original church was demolished in 1753. Under the master builder Franz Singer (1701-1757) and the foreman Marti Diettmann was completed in the shell of the church of St. Peter and Paul in the summer of 1754. The Abbot of Muri, Fridolin II, Kopp, undertook the construction of the choir. The solemn consecration of the church was on 10 October, 1754. On July 21, 1784, the church at the village fire was heavily damaged. Even the ceiling painting by Franz Ludwig Hermann (1723-1791) was lost. 1788 inaugurated the renovated church, Abbot Gerold II of Muri, the three new altars. In the 19th century the church was not very professionally restored and partly deprived of their late baroque style. This was reversed by the renovation of 1977.

Personalities

  • Johann Evangelist Trotter (1854-1930), Catholic. Theologian, founder of the Swiss Raiffeisen movement
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