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50-419: Weinfelden District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau , Switzerland . It has a population of 56,677 (as of 31 December 2020). Its capital is the town of Weinfelden . The district contains the following municipalities: 47°34′00″N 9°06′00″E  /  47.5667°N 9.1°E  / 47.5667; 9.1 Canton of Thurgau Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland . It

100-457: A church. Losing the banner to an enemy force was a great shame and invited mockery from other cantons. Pope Julius II in recognition of the support he received from Swiss mercenaries against France in 1512 granted the Swiss the title of Ecclesiasticae libertatis defensores and gave them two large banners, besides a blessed sword and hat . Papal legate Matthias Schiner in addition gave to

150-403: A horizontal crossbar, which was also used as a flagstaff, so that the flag was turned by 90 degrees when carried in battle. The flag originates in the 13th century. It was carried in the battles of Morgarten (1315) and Laupen (1339). One 14th century flag is preserved in the town hall of Altdorf . Schwyz used a solid red war flag ( Blutbanner ) from 1240. From the 14th century, a depiction of

200-538: A member of the Swiss confederation. The cantonal coat of arms was designed in 1803, based on the coat of arms of the Kyburg family, which ruled the Thurgau in the 13th century, changing the background to green-and-white, at the time considered "revolutionary" colours (c.f. tricolour ); as the placement of a yellow ( or ) charge on white ( argent ) is a violation of heraldic principles, there have been suggestions to modify

250-595: A previous raid. After this, Glarus used the image of the saint in its banners. During the 15th and 16th century, these images varied considerably. Only by the beginning 17th century a standard design was established, showing the Saint as a pilgrim in silver on a red field. The modern design shows the pilgrim in black, inspired by a banner shown in Glarus claimed as the original banner of 1388. The current official design dates to 1959. First recorded in 1319. The oldest seal of

300-496: A shield bearing the Imperial Eagle and a crown, flanked by two banner-bearers. Based on these, there arose a tradition of representing cantonal arms in stained glass ( Standesscheiben ), alive throughout the early modern period and continued in the modern state. The flag of Zürich is derived from a blue-and-white design attested since the 1220s, the diagonal division of the flag is first attested 1389. The flag of Zürich

350-434: A single vote in the confederate diet. Because of the "and the upper valley" addition scratched into the seal, Nidwalden began using a new seal of its own, and the seal of Unterwalden, formerly the seal of Nidwalden, now was used by Obwalden. The seal of Nidwalden now showed St. Peter with his keys. Nidwalden began using the double-key as a design on its war flag from the early 15th century. The red-and-white flag of Unterwalden

400-476: A vertically divided red-and-white war flag from c.  1220 . The coat of arms of Valais originates in 1613, as the subject territories of the bishop were united into a republic, the stars representing the individual Dixains. There were six stars in 1613, augmented to seven in 1628 . In the 1803 Act of Mediation , Napoleon separated the Valais from the restored Swiss Confederacy, and in 1810 he annexed it into

450-490: Is 282,909. In 2007, there were a total of 47,390 resident foreigners, constituting 19.9% of the population. In prehistoric times the lands of the canton were inhabited by people of the Pfyn culture along Lake Constance . During Roman times the canton was part of the province Raetia until 450, when Alemanni settled on the lands. In the sixth century, Thurgovia became a Gau of Francia as part of Alamannia , passing to

500-592: Is named after the river Thur , and the name Thurgovia was historically used for a larger area, including part of this river's basin upstream of the modern canton. The area of what is now Thurgau was acquired as subject territories by the cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy from the mid 15th century. Thurgau was first declared a canton in its own right at the formation of the Helvetic Republic in 1798. The population, as of December 2020 ,

550-454: Is the ancient name of the march between Alemannia and Burgundy , but it never was an independent canton historically. Since 1712, the territory of the modern canton had been divided between Zürich and Bern. The canton of Aargau was created as an administrative division of the Helvetic Republic , and its flag is an original design by Samuel Ringier-Seelmatter of Zofingen (1767–1826), dating to 1803. The current official design, specifying

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600-594: The Duchy of Swabia in the early 10th century. At this time, Thurgovia included not just what is now the canton of Thurgau, but also much of the territory of the modern canton of St. Gallen , the Appenzell and the eastern parts of the canton of Zürich . The most important cities of Thurgovia in the early medieval period were Konstanz as the seat of the bishop and St. Gallen for the Abbey of Saint Gall . The dukes of

650-580: The House of Zähringen and the counts of the Kyburg family took over much of the land in the High Middle Ages . The town of Zürich was part of the Thurgau until it became reichsunmittelbar in 1218. When the Kyburg dynasty became extinct in 1264 the House of Habsburg took over that land. The Old Swiss Confederacy allied with ten freed bailiwicks of the former Toggenburg seized the lands of

700-490: The Thirteen Cantons are based on medieval signs, originating as war flags and as emblems used on seals. For war flags, a distinction was made between Banner and Fähnlein , the former was the large war flag used only in the case of a full levy of cantonal troops for a major operation. The latter was a smaller flag used for minor military expeditions. The Banner was considered a sacred possession, usually kept in

750-519: The canton of St. Gallen ; to the west lie the cantons of Zürich and Schaffhausen . The area of the canton is 991 km (383 sq mi) and commonly divided into three hill masses. One of these stretches along Lake Constance in the north. Another is further inland between the Thur and the river Murg . The third one forms the southern border of the canton and merges with the Hörnli mountain in

800-424: The 13th century, its flag showed a black bear in a white field, changed to the current red-and-yellow diagonal arrangement in 1289. Bern also had a war flag with a simple red-and-black horizontal division. The cantonal colours remain red and black. The blue-and-white flag is attested from 1386. The vertical division of the coat or arms has been explained as due to a gonfalon type of banner used by Lucerne, hung from

850-418: The 17th and 18th centuries, the coat of arms of the combined canton of Unterwalden came to be depicted as a superposition of the red-and-white flag of Obwalden and the double-key of Nidwalden. Only in the mid 18th century does the single-key symbol (taken from the 13th-century seal) appear occasionally in coats of arms of Obwalden. This design was introduced as the official coats of arms of Obwalden in 1816, and

900-471: The 17th and 18th century, and into the early 19th century, are black and blue, while the coat of arms is shown as white and black. In 1830, the canton of Friburg adopts black and white for the cantonal coat of arms and as cantonal colours. 1443 (1394?) The peculiar heraldic shape of the crozier (the Baselstab or "Basel staff") dates to the 13th century, used in the seals of the bishops of Basel . It

950-587: The Swiss cantons and their associates a total of 42 costly silk banners with augmentations , the so-called Juliusbanner . Some of these banners survive, of the cantonal ones notably those of Zürich and Solothurn. The fashion of arranging cantonal insignia in shields ( escutcheons ) as coats of arms arises in the late 15th century. The Tagsatzung in Baden was presented with stained glass representations of all cantons c.  1501 . In these designs, two cantonal escutcheons were shown side by side, below

1000-667: The Thurgau from the Habsburgs in 1460, and it became a subject territory of seven Swiss cantons (Zurich, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Zug and Glarus). During the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland , both the Catholic and emerging Reformed parties sought to swing the subject territories, such as the Thurgau, to their side. In 1524, in an incident that resonated across Switzerland, local peasants occupied

1050-614: The abbey showed a bear on a yellow field, and the independent territory Appenzell changed the field to white for its own flag. Before its independence, Appenzell had a flag of a bear statant (on all fours) on a honeycombed field, attested from 1377. Appenzell split into its two half-cantons as a result of the Swiss Reformation , in 1597. The letters V and R in the Ausserrhoden flag stand for Ussere Rhoden "outer districts" (V representing /u/). The oldest representation of

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1100-495: The accession of the modern cantons, Valais and Basel-City, and St. Gallen and Thurgau. Of the 26 cantons since 1999 (22 cantons in 1848, accession of Jura in 1979, three half-cantons designated "canton" in 1999): Distinctively, Swiss cantons use square flags. Historically, the number of cantons was: Nidwalden and Obwalden form traditional subdivisions of Unterwalden . Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft, as well as Appenzell Inner- and Ausserrhoden, are half cantons, resulting from

1150-485: The canton . The ten largest municipalities by population are: The canton of Thurgau is known for its agricultural produce. Particularly, apples, pears. The many orchards in the canton are mainly used for the production of cider. Wine is produced in the Thur valley. There is also industry in the canton of Thurgau. The main industries are printing, textiles and handicrafts. Small and middle-sized businesses are important for

1200-586: The canton had used various combinations of the three coats of arms of the historical Three Leagues . The modern design combines simplified versions of the historical coats of arms. A combined coat of arms with the same division of the shield as in the modern version (but with the position of the leagues of God's House and of the Ten Jurisdiction reversed) is already found on the Patenpfenning minted by Jacob Stampfer in 1547. Aargau ( Argovia )

1250-414: The cantonal economy. Many of these are concentrated around the capital. Flags and arms of cantons of Switzerland#Thurgau Each of the 26 modern cantons of Switzerland has an official flag and a coat of arms. The history of development of these designs spans the 13th to the 20th centuries. The cantons are listed in their order of precedence given in the federal constitution. This reflects

1300-411: The cantonal flags are simply transposed versions of the cantonal coats of arms. In case of Lucerne and Ticino, whose flags consist of fields of different colours divided per fess (horizontally), the coats of arms are of the same colours divided per pale (vertically). The coat of arms of Schwyz has the cross moved from the (hoist) canton to the sinister canton with respect to the flag. The coats of arms of

1350-461: The cantons of St. Gallen and Thurgau, and a green flag was also briefly used by Aargau. The lettering in the Vaudois flag was in black or in green during 1803–1819, the gold was introduced with the military flag as Vaud organised its army in 1819. As such, it violates the heraldic rule of tincture which states that gold (or yellow) may not be placed upon silver (or white). The Bishop of Sion used

1400-494: The city dates to 1225 and shows the Zähringer coat of arms. Fribourg became independent from the Duchy of Savoy in 1477. The adoption of the black and white banner dates to this period, first recorded in 1478. In the 17th century, the city coat of arms is shown as quartered, with the city's black and white in the 1st and 4th quarters, and three towers in white on a blue field in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. The cantonal colours in

1450-470: The city of Basel with the same design was introduced in the early 15th century, as the city gained greater independence from the ruling bishops of Basel . The flag and coat of arms of Basel-Landschaft was introduced in 1834, from the coat of arms of Liestal . It represents red Baselstab historically used by the bishops, but with the addition of seven crockets ( Krabben , in local dialect also dubbed Siebedupf ) and turned to face sinister, representing

1500-474: The cloister of Ittingen in the Thurgau, driving out monks, destroying documents, and devastating the wine-cellar. Between 1526 and 1531, most of the Thurgau's population adopted the new Reformed faith spreading from Zurich; Zurich's defeat in the 1531 Second War of Kappel ended Reformed predominance. Instead, the First Peace of Kappel protected both Catholic and Reformed worship , though the provisions of

1550-449: The coats of arms of St. Gallen and Vaud, but the placement of a yellow lion on white is a violation of heraldic principles, and also creates a visibility problem. There have been suggestions to correct this, including a 1938 suggestion to use a solid green field divided by a diagonal white line, but they were not successful. The flag is an 1803 design, but its designer or intended symbolism have not been recorded. The convention of displaying

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1600-503: The cross in one corner dates to 1815. The precise definition of the proportions of the cross dates to 1963. The flag Unterwalden , as the canton itself, has a complicated history, on one hand due to the rivalry of the constituent half-cantons Obwalden and Nidwalden , and on the other because its historical flag was identical to that of Solothurn . The war flag of Obwalden was plain red and white, first recorded in 1309. Nidwalden tended to be dominated by Obwalden and usually fought under

1650-419: The crucifixion was sometimes shown on the flag. Pope Sixtus IV confirmed this addition in 1480, stating explicitly that the crown of thorns and the nails ( Arma Christi ) should be shown. The coat of arms remained solid red throughout the 16th to 18th centuries, but from the 17th century in depictions in print (in black and white), the cross was sometimes shown. The modern design of flag and coat of arms with

1700-475: The design, including a 1938 suggestion to use a solid green field divided by a diagonal white line, but they were unsuccessful. The current cantonal constitution of Thurgau dates from 1987. To the north the canton is bound by the Lake Constance across which lies Germany ( Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria ) and Austria ( Vorarlberg ). The Rhine creates the border in the northwest. To the south lies

1750-434: The division of Basel and Appenzell , respectively. The Swiss Federal Constitution of 1999 abandoned the use of the term "half-canton" as an official designation, so that the official number of cantons became 26 - the former half-cantons being now referred to as "cantons with half a cantonal vote" officially, even though they are still commonly referred to as "half-cantons". With the exception of Lucerne, Schwyz and Ticino,

1800-409: The flag per fess is apparently inspired by Lucerne. The design dates to 1803, based on the flag used in the Vaudois insurrection against Bernese rule in the 1790s, which was green and inscribed with Liberté, Egalité in white lettering. From this, the white and green became the "revolutionary" colours of cantons newly created from former subject territories of the confederacy, also used in the flags of

1850-469: The historical order of precedence of the Eight Cantons in the 15th century, followed by the remaining cantons in the order of their historical accession to the confederacy. Standesfarben were used to identify the (historical) cantons when the full banner was not available for display, although there is overlap; Unterwalden and Solothurn share the same colours, as do Basel and Appenzell, and with

1900-481: The late 18th century. The coat of arms of the city of St. Gallen like the cantonal coat of arms of Appenzell since the 14th century has shown the bear taken from the flag of the abbot of St. Gall. But the canton of St. Gallen is unrelated to the historical territory of its eponymous capital, having been patched together from eight unrelated territories of other Cantons in 1798. The cantonal arms and flag are an original design by David von Gonzenbach, created in 1803. In

1950-400: The letters is found on a flag, presumably of the 17th century and known to have been in use in 1743. On this flag, the bear is facing away from the hoist, with the letters V and R on the hoist side, behind the bear's back. Above the V is the inscription SOLI , corresponding to a lost DEO GLORIA on the reverse side. Other military flags with the V and R on either side of the bear are known from

2000-401: The original design, the weapon contained in the fasces was a halberd , but this was changed to the axe in 1843. There were a number of other design changes during the 20th century; from the 1930s until 1951, a black Swiss cross was placed on the axe blade to avoid association with the fasces as used as a symbol of Italian fascism . The flag of Grisons was adopted in 1933. From 1815 to 1933,

2050-621: The pre-Alps. The population of the canton (as of 31 December 2020) is 282,909. The canton is mostly German speaking. The population (as of 2000 ) is split between Protestants (45%) and Roman Catholics (36%). The historical population is given in the following table: Since January 2011, Thurgau has been divided into five districts which are named after their capitals. Before this date, there were eight districts - ( Steckborn District , Bischofszell District and Diessenhofen District formed their own districts with their surrounding municipalities). As of 2009 , there are 80 municipalities in

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2100-507: The present victory, Zürich had "erased its shame". The perplexed Zürich troops later quietly re-attached the Schwenkel. Zürich attached the Swiss cross in the red Schwenkel rather than in the main flag, and this may have contributed to the development of the flag of Switzerland (placing the white cross in a red field by default). The city of Bern is a Zähringer foundation of 1160. In

2150-528: The same banner. A single key was used in the seal of Nidwalden from the mid 13th century. This seal was used for both Obwalden and Nidwalden (i.e. the united canton of Unterwalden) during the early 14th century. The addition et vallis superioris "and the upper valley" was scratched into the seal to reflect this. At this point, there was a seal (with the key) and a war flag (red-and-white), but no coat of arms. From c.  1360 , Obwalden and Nidwalden were separated into two independent territories, while keeping

2200-507: The same design came gradually into use also for the flag of Obwalden, which also resolved the problem of the Obwalden flag being identical to that of Solothurn. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The flag of Glarus ultimately goes back to a banner of Saint Fridolin used in the Battle of Näfels in 1388, because the former banner of Glarus had been captured by the people of Rapperswil in

2250-483: The secession and "facing away" from the city. [REDACTED] The flag is documented from 1218. The crown was added to the ram in 1512. The ram was originally rampant with only the rear left hoof on the ground, but in the 1940s this was changed to the salient position with both rear hooves on the ground. The flag is based on that of the Abbot of St. Gallen , who was the feudal lord of Appenzell until 1403. The flag of

2300-501: The stars as five-pointed, dates to 1930. Like Aargau, Thurgau ( Turgovia ) was historically a subject territory of the confederacy, and was created as a canton of the Helvetic Republic. The flag design is an ad hoc creation of 1803, based on the two lions in the coat of arms of the House of Kyburg which ruled Thurgau in the 13th century. The green-and-white were regarded as "revolutionary" colours in 1803, also introduced in

2350-583: The treaty generally favored the Catholics, who also made up a majority among the seven ruling cantons. Religious tensions over the Thurgau were an important background to the First War of Villmergen (1656), during which Zurich briefly occupied the Thurgau. In 1798 the land became a canton for the first time as part of the Helvetic Republic . In 1803, as part of the Act of Mediation , the canton of Thurgau became

2400-510: Was adorned by a red Schwenkel since 1273. This was regarded as a mark of sovereignty and honour by the people of Zürich, but the Schwenkel was otherwise used as a mark of "shame", identifying replacement flags used after a real flag was captured by an enemy This led to a misunderstanding after the Battle of Nancy , when the Duke of Lorraine removed the Schwenkel from the Zürich flag, stating that with

2450-523: Was introduced as heraldic emblem in 1385. From this time, the Baselstab in black represented the city, and the same emblem in red represented the bishop. The staff represented was based on an actual artefact, a gilded staff recorded for the 12th century. It is of unknown origin or significance (beyond its obvious status of bishop's crozier), but it is assumed to have represented a relic, possibly attributed to Saint Germanus of Granfelden . The banner of

2500-408: Was now also the flag of Obwalden if both half-cantons were to be represented separately. This was the situation as the fashion of coats of arms was introduced in the late 15th century. The early Standesscheiben of the first decade of the 16th century show the double-key as the coat of arms and flag of Nidwalden, while Obwalden has the red-and-white design in both its flag and its coat of arms. During

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