Romanshorn

Roman Horn is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

History

The oldest traces of the village date back to the year 779. The old church is still witness to the past. Roman horn was for centuries an important " outpost " of the monastery of St. Gall. The village, however, developed only leaps and bounds as a port was built and the railroad in 1855 from Zurich reached the place. Thus, the novel traffic location Horn was born.

Geography

Roman Horn is a town on the southern shore of Lake Constance. The " City by the Water " reached in April 2012, the limit of 10,000 inhabitants and has been the city. The place is favored by its traffic. Roman Horn has the largest area for water harbor on Lake Constance. A car ferry connects Romanshorn Friedrichshafen, trains go towards Rorschach, Winterthur, St. Gallen, Kreuzlingen.

Roman horn has a scenic hinterland with a large forest, which has won the national Binding Prize for exemplary forest management. Particularly important are the many educational opportunities at the site, but also the rich range of leisure facilities at sea and on land. A modern ice rink is part of the sporting activities as a popular seaside resort. Roman Horn is also a starting point for hikers, skaters and bikers.

Attractions

The most important and distinctive attractions are the three churches: parity Old Church, the Catholic and Reformed.

At the harbor front, the mighty warehouses are from the early 20th century.

Train and boat station

Bodensee- car ferry Romanshorn- Friedrichshafen

Education

Particularly important are the many educational opportunities at the site. At public schools Roman Horn offers a primary and secondary school and a district school. There also exist the remedial teaching center Roman horn, the music school of music college novel horn and Thurgauische Sprachheilschule. Furthermore, the private school SBW with the " house of learning " and the " SBW Neue Medien AG » is located in Horn 's novel, the latter offers an education at mediamatics. Roman horn, thanks to its easy accessibility, a central location in the school Oberthurgau.

Economy

Roman Horn was once a real " railway town ". Meanwhile, it is a modern industrial town become with broad diversification: plastic products, machinery, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, etc. Since it is consistently smaller and medium-sized enterprises, the quality of living has been able to maintain their high standard. In about 600 establishments around 5,000 jobs will be offered. Of great importance is also the service sector.

A Switzerland company known throughout the company Max Zeller Söhne AG, which has been around for more than 140 years. The company has around 90 employees, produces phytopreparations ( herbal remedies ).

Personalities

  • Guido Baumann (1926-1992), journalist and television personality
  • Carl Brüschweiler (1878-1956), statistician
  • Demarmels Ludwig (1917-1992), painter
  • Peter Dschulnigg (1943-2011), Roman Catholic theologian
  • Johannes Gees ( b. 1960 ), artist and media producer
  • Paul Lascaux, actually Paul Ott ( writer ) ( born 1955 ), writer
  • Peter Lüscher ( born 1956 ), former ski racer
  • Doris Quarella (1944-1998), a photographer.
  • Max Zeller -Fehr (1881-1954), chemist, entrepreneur
  • Max Zeller (1913-1961), real name. Max Eduard Zeller, entrepreneurs
  • Maria Stader (1911-1999), real name. Maria Molnár, lyric soprano
Arbon District Rorschach, Switzerland Amriswil Dozwil Egnach Hefenhofen Horn, Switzerland Kesswil Salmsach Sommeri Uttwil Municipalities of the canton of Thurgau
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