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Hefenhofen
Thurgauvillage
Hefenhofen
Total population
1,108
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Hefenhofen is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
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History
Hefenhofen is first mentioned in 817 as Hebinhova. Hefenhofen was a fief of the Abbey of Saint Gall and until the 17th century it was part of the Bailiwick of Hagenwil. In 1600, the low court of Hefenhofen was formed, which included Auenhofen, Hatswil, Moos and Tonhub. In 1644 the Lords of Bernhausen divided their lands, which included Hefenhofen. From 1644 until 1798 a number of different individuals owned the village. Since the Protestant Reformation Hefenhofen had belonged to the Reformed parish of Sommeri. In 1870, the political and geographic municipalities were merged into the combined municipality of Hefenhofen. In the 19th century the major economic activities included fruit production and weaving. Towards the end of the 19th century, this transitioned to cattle and dairy farming. In 1900 Hefenhofen included several farms and silk embroidery industry. The only heavy industry in Hefenhofen until 1950, was the Stutz construction business founded in 1877 (in 2003 it had approximately 260 employees) and the Hatswil mill. Opened in 1975, the municipal solid waste incinerator of the Oberthurgau region, closed their doors in 1996.
Geography
Hefenhofen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.6% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, 17.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 50.9% is used for growing crops, while 17.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the Arbon district, north of Amriswil. It consists of the village of Hefenhofen and the hamlets of Auenhofen, Hatswil, Kressibuch and other hamlets. Between 1816-1936 Niederaach belonged to Hefenhofen.
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Nearby places in Thurgau
- Amriswil0.8 mi away · pop. 14,951
- Sommeri1 mi away · pop. 672
- Dozwil1.3 mi away · pop. 492
- Oberaach1.8 mi away
- Hagenwil b. Amriswil2.1 mi away
- Uttwil2.3 mi away · pop. 1,815
- Steinebrunn2.4 mi away
- Biessenhofen2.4 mi away
- Schocherswil2.4 mi away
- Kesswil2.4 mi away · pop. 1,002
- Engishofen2.7 mi away
- Salmsach3 mi away · pop. 1,405
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 4416
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,200
- Wikidata
- Q66405
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771