Münsterlingen

Munsterlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Geography

Munsterlingen located on Lake Constance between Bottighofen and Altnau and has around 3,000 inhabitants. The village center is located on the southern shore of Lake Constance. The grounds of the monastery Munsterlingen closes east of it.

History

The Political community Munsterlingen consists of the two formerly separate local congregations land battle and Scherzingen and was formed as part of the canton of Thurgau municipality reorganization on 1 January 1994. The name and arms received the Municipality of the old monastery Munsterlingen.

Economy

In ancient times, wine was cultivated on the surrounding slopes, now mainly arable and pasture farming is operated.

In the township the known beyond the region winery Rutishauser AG is resident, who already celebrated its 115 anniversary in 2001.

Traffic

By Munsterlingen Main road 13 (border crossing Trasadingen / Erzingen ) - Locarno ). In rail transport Munsterlingen has three stations on the lake line: Munsterlingen - Scherzingen, Munsterlingen hospital and land battle. A bus binds Munsterlingen on the city bus networks in the nearby towns of Kreuzlingen and Konstanz.

Attractions

Monastery Munsterlingen

The ( not powered ) Monastery Munsterlingen has a Baroque church. By situated across the lake Hagnau there is the custom of wearing the bust of Saint John on the frozen lake in the respective partner community in the so-called Seegfrörne. Since 1963 she is back in Muenster at Muenster Lingen.

Leonhardskapelle

The St. Leonhard chapel is next to the Chapel in Sylvester Überlinger district Goldbach one of the oldest Romanesque chapels in the Bodensee area. The oldest parts were created before the year 1000 and it has been since the 11th century. frescoed especially well preserved are the Passion cycle (2nd half of 15th cent.) and dated Leonhard cycle of 1432. Chapel The western half of the input is Romanesque and constructed of rough fieldstone. The other half is Gothic chapel was built and the end of the 14th century. The chapel is equipped with Gothic tracery windows.

Other buildings

  • St.Gallen - Between the village and the sea, railway line runs Kreuzlingen. Below the line are at a park by the lake, the building, which was founded in 1839, privatized Psychiatric Clinic, formerly Psychiatric Cantonal Hospital and the mansio Foundation ( emerged from the former cantonal IV operations, temporarily occurred as a foundation compass); above the monastery is the former general medical Kantonsspital Munsterlingen, today Spital Thurgau AG. Munsterlingen Lakefront is in the local vernacular, a euphemism for the Psychiatric Clinic.
  • The Reformed village church in Scherzingen is the oldest Protestant church in the Canton of Thurgau.

Personalities

  • René Aebi (* 1948), pacemaker
  • Joachim Eder ( b. 1951 in Munsterlingen ), Government of the Canton train, Councillor for the Canton train
  • Timon Altwegg (born 1967 in Münster Lingen ), Pianist
  • Bettina Bernadotte ( b. 1974 in Scherzingen ), Managing Director of Mainau GmbH
  • Bjorn Wilhelm Bernadotte ( b. 1975 in Scherzingen ), Managing Director of the Lennart Bernadotte Foundation
  • Ludwig Binswanger the Elder (1820-1880), psychiatrist, conducted from 1850 Mental Hospital Munsterlingen
  • Hans -Ruedi Binswanger ( born 1952 ), actor and author, founder of the publishing Irrland
  • Otto Binswanger (1852-1929) born in Scherzingen, psychiatrist and professor in Jena, son of Ludwig Binswanger
  • Silvan Dillier (* 1990 in Scherzingen ), cyclist
  • Claudio Imhof (* 1990 in Scherzingen ), racing cyclist
  • Benny Kimoto (* 1980 in Munsterlingen ), dancers of Flying Steps
  • Julia Onken (* 1942 in Munsterlingen ), Swiss psychologist and psychotherapist
  • Muriel Roth ( * 1982 in Munsterlingen ), Actress (among crime scene; Staatstheater Stuttgart)
  • Ruffing Catherina Bernadotte ( b. 1977 in Scherzingen ), German - Swedish landscape architect
  • Peter Stamm ( born 1963 ), Swiss writer ( born in Münster Linger district Scherzingen, in Weinfelden TG grew up )
  • Jan Ullrich (born 1973 ), German racing cyclist; lives in Munsterlingen
  • Sabine Wen- Ching Wang (born 1973 in Münster Lingen ), playwright and poet
  • Stefan Birkner (* 1973 in Munsterlingen ), German politician
  • Anita Buri (* 1978 in Munsterlingen ), Miss Switzerland 1999
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