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Ermatingen
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Ermatingen
Total population
3,780
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Ermatingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
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History
The Stone Age Westerfeld and Büge shoreline settlements were discovered in 1861 and studied extensively 1981-83, with finds from the Pfyn, Horgen and Corded Ware cultures (4000-2500 BC.) An Alamanni graveyard has also been found outside the early medieval village. The village of Ermatingen is first mentioned in 724 as Erfmotingas. It was part of the land owned by the monastery of Reichenau, and the abbot was the landlord, judge and appointed the priest for the village. The low court in the village was administered by a monastery appointed Meier. The position of Meier and the associated bailiwick were often used as security for a loan, for example in 1446 to the Lords of Klingenberg. In the 13th century and 1518 openings are occupied. In the Swabian War of 1499 the village was destroyed. By the 16th century, Ermatingen was on the way to becoming a town, with a high and low council, a court and various privileges. In 1660 the town was granted market rights. After the incorporation of the Abbey of Reichenau into the diocese of Constance in 1540, the lower court rights were held by the Bishop, until 1798. The parish originally ran by the lake to the Seerücken mountains, and in the High Middle Ages included Mannenbach and Triboltingen. The church of Ermatingen was built in 1359 and was incorporated into the Abbey of Reichenau. In 1528 it turned to the Protestant Reformation. This meant that the Catholic Abbey (and after 1540 the Catholic Bishop of Constance) had the right to appoint the town priest in the mainly Reformed parish. This situation remained until 1804, when the town acquired the right to appoint their priest. The town church became a shared church in 1546. In 1723/24 Wäldi separated from the Reformed parish, as did Gunterswil and Hohrain Wäldi in…
Geography
Ermatingen had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, or 41.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 3.0% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 7.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, 40.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.8% is used for growing crops, while 4.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Kreuzlingen district, on the Untersee section of Lake Constance across from Reichenau Island in Germany. It consists of the villages of Ermatingen and Triboltingen.
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Nearby places in Thurgau
- Stad0.4 mi away
- Fruthwilen0.9 mi away
- Salenstein1 mi away · pop. 1,108
- Mannenbach-Salenstein1.3 mi away
- Triboltingen1.5 mi away
- Wäldi2.5 mi away · pop. 970
- Tägerwilen2.5 mi away · pop. 3,273
- Gottlieben2.6 mi away · pop. 306
- Berlingen2.9 mi away · pop. 854
- Hattenhausen3.1 mi away
- Raperswilen3.1 mi away · pop. 426
- Sonterswil3.3 mi away
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 4646
- Population (Wikidata)
- 3,455
- Wikidata
- Q65127
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771