Steckborn
municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland
Steckborn is a municipality in Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It was the capital city of Steckborn.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Steckborn  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°40′N 8°59′E / 47.667°N 8.983°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Thurgau |
| District | Frauenfeld |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.8 km2 (3.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,753 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8266 |
| SFOS number | 4864 |
| Surrounded by | Berlingen, Gaienhofen (Germany), Homburg, Mammern, Öhningen (Germany), Raperswilen |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Steckborn is near Lake Constance. In 2005, 3,398 people lived there.
History
changePeople already lived in the area around Steckborn in the 100s. There are also Roman ruins of walls and other buildings. Probably in the 800s, the village became part of the territory of the monastery of Reichenau. This is the period when it is first written about.
Trivia
change- Karl Friedrich Gegauf, entrepreneur
- Fritz Gegauf, inventor of the sewing machine and founder of Bernina
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Other websites
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Media related to Steckborn at Wikimedia Commons
- www.steckborn.ch (in German)
- BERNINA International site
