Frauenfeld

Geography

Located at the periphery of the canton, in full shift, the town of Frauenfeld is however the chief town. The city is located on the river Murg, an affluent of the the Thur.

History

A keep, built by the counts de Kybourg on the current site of Frauenfeld, is quoted for the first time in 1246. The counts arranged a modest strengthened city. To the extinction of the line of Kybourg, the city returned to the Habsbourg.

Economy

SIA, specialist in the surface treatments Site of the company
Zur Pink, distribution of drugs Site of the company
Sugar refineries of Aarberg and Frauenfeld Site of the company
Baumer Group, sensors and measuring instruments Site of the company

Organizations

Seat of the Swiss Company for geothermics Site of the company

Media

Thurgauer Zeitung Site of the newspaper

Transport

Railway line CF Zurich - Romanshorn
Railway line with narrow gauge railway Frauenfeld-Wil
Highway A7 Winterthour - Kreuzlingen

Demonstrations

Open Festival Air Site of the Swiss festival
Derby (horse-race of dish)
Federal Festival of external Gymnastics 2007 Site.

Personalities

Corinne Hoffmann, writer
Walter Rudolf Hess, doctor, Nobel Prize 1949
Pascal Zuberbühler, football player
Rolf Bernhard, athlete

Sports

Curiosities

Castle dominating Murg, built in XIIIe century.
Saint Nicolas's Day Church, built between 1904 and 1906
Church reformed with stained glasses of Augusto Giacometti
House With the Light (Haus zum Licht), built in 1598

External bonds

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