Arbon (Thurgovie)
See also: Arbon
Arbon is a Ville of Switzerland canton of Thurgovie. By its population, it is the third city of the canton.
Geography
The city is located on a spit of land which advances in the Lac of Constancy.
History
The origin of Arbon goes up at the time Roman: at the beginning of the lVe century, the Romains built on the current site of the church and the castle a fortified town which they called Arbor Felix. The city itself was founded in XIIIe century by Eberhard von Waldenburg, bishop of Constance.At the XVIIIe century, the city develops thanks to the trade of the flax. It becomes a center of cloth printing of cotton. Created in 1854, the Saurer company strongly contributes to the industrialization of the small town. It has there will manufacture civil trucks until in 1983 and of the military trucks until in 1986.
In 1998, Arbon amalgamated with the common neighbor of Frasnacht.
Economy
- Arbonia Forster, equipment for the building Site of the company
- To smoke, manufactures textile machinery and systems of transmission for Site vehicles of the company
- Hügli Nährmittel, company agro-alimentary Site of the company
Transport
- Railway line CF Schaffhouse - Rorschach
- Lines of bus for Saint-Gall and Amriswil
- Highway A11, left Arbon
Personalities
- Jakob Kellenberger, diplomat
- Rolf Jaermann, professional racing cyclist
- Jacob Hermann Obereit, writer
- Adolph To smoke, industrialist
- Heinrich Steinbeck, type-setter and leader
- Hubert Seiz, racing cyclist
Curiosities
- Oldtimer Museum To smoke Site of the museum
- Old enclosure of the manor house and semicircular turns
- Saint Martin's day Church, with a nave of 1786-89, a chorus of 1490, and a structure of the bell-tower of 1457
- Château, whose keep dates from the medium of XIIIe century. It is today the arts center of Arbon and shelters the Museum of local history.
- catholic House of parish, formerly Red House, built in 1704
- Stadthaus, old residence of a manufacturer of fabric, transformed into H' ôtel-of-city.
External bonds
- Article on Arbon in the historical Dictionary of Switzerland
- Article on Frasnacht in the historical Dictionary of Switzerland
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