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Encyclopedia Britannica



FRAUENFELD

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 42 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FRA-GAE
FRAUENFELD , the
capital
  of the Swiss
canton
  of
Thurgau
 , 27 M. by rail N.E. of Zurich or 144 m. W. of
Romanshorn
 . It is built on the Murg stream a little above its junction with the Thur. It is a prosperous commercial town, being situated at the
meeting
  point of several routes, while it possesses several industrial establishments, chiefly concerned with different branches of the iron
trade
 . In 1900 its population (including the neighbouring villages) was 7761, mainly German-speaking, while there were 5563 Protestants to 2188 Romanists. Frauenfeld is the artillery depot for North-
East
  Switzerland. The upper town is the older part, and centres round the castle, of which the tower
dates
  from the loth century, though the rest is of a later period. Both stood on land belonging to the abbot of Reichenau, who, with the
count
  of Kyburg, founded the town, which is first mentioned in 1255. The abbot retained all manorial rights till 1803, while the political
powers
  of the Kyburgers (who were the " protectors" of Reichenau) passed to the Habsburgs in 1273, and were seized by the Swiss in 1460 with the rest of the
Thurgau
 . In 1712 the town succeeded Baden in Aargau as the
meeting
 -place of the Federal Diet, and continued to be the
capital
  of the Confederation till its transformation in 1798. In 1799 it was successively occupied by the Austrians and the French. The old Capuchin convent (15911848) is now occupied as a vicarage by the Romanist priest. (W. A. B. C.)


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