103-589: The Winterthur–Romanshorn railway , also known in German as the Thurtallinie ("Thur valley line"), is a Swiss railway line and was built as part of the railway between Zürich and Lake Constance (Bodensee). It connects Winterthur with Romanshorn , where it formerly connected to train ferries over Lake Constance. It is the fourth oldest internal railway in Switzerland. Its construction was to be funded by
206-623: A Fachhochschule ). Wigoltingen is home to the Wigoltingen primary and secondary school district . In the 2008/2009 school year there were 343 students at either the primary or secondary levels. There were 61 children in the kindergarten , and the average class size was 20.33 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 20 or 32.8% were female, 9 or 14.8% were not Swiss citizens and 7 or 11.5% did not speak German natively. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years. There were 100 children in who were at
309-508: A 420 metre-long island platform was built, which is covered by Switzerland's second longest platform canopy. While the goods shed was demolished, the neo-classical military warehouse building was converted into a park-and-ride garage. The locomotive shed built in 1890 is now used by the SBB construction service. A siding connects to the Frauenfeld parcel post centre, which was opened in 1999 on
412-437: A couple with children. There were 52 (or 2.6%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 14 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 10 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 36 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2008 , was 0.47%. As of 2007 , the construction rate of new housing units
515-490: A distributing point, but not as a collecting point for national single-wagon traffic. As a transit route, it is only used by trains destined to Wolfurt marshalling yard. Freight trains across the Arlberg usually use the border crossing at Buchs. In addition, several parcel post trains run to the parcel post centre in Frauenfeld and every autumn many sugar beet trains run to the Frauenfeld sugar factory. The Thur valley line
618-514: A foothold and was then exported into other languages such as Hebrew: ימת קונסטנץ yamat Konstanz and Swahili: Ziwa la Konstanz . In many languages both forms exist in parallel e.g. Romansh : Lai da Constanza and Lai Bodan , Esperanto: Konstanca Lago and Bodenlago . The poetic name, " Swabian Sea", was adopted by authors of the early modern era and the Enlightenment from ancient authors, possibly Tacitus . However, this assumption
721-433: A freight yard and in 1867 with a stately station building. The station building was demolished in modern times and the freight tracks were dismantled. Since 2004, it has only been a halt from a railway technical point of view. The station building is now a functional, single-storey building with a flat roof, but it is still occupied commercially and still includes a travel agency and money transfer service. Romanshorn station
824-471: A junction station since 1876. The Bischofszellerbahn company, which opened the Sulgen–Gossau railway on 1 February between Sulgen and Bischofszell-Stadt, also built a locomotive shed at the station. This is now the home of a branch of Eurovapor . Erlen station has a converted station building that was originally built in 1873 and the goods shed built in 1859 still exists. Oberaach station still has
927-718: A left turn from the lines to St. Gallen and to the Töss valley , the Romanshorn line reaches Oberwinterthur station . This was built in 1875 by the National Railway ; its line from Etzwilen used the Lake Constance Railway’s route from here to Winterthur. The Baroque Revival station building was built by the Swiss Federal Railways ( Schweizerische Bundesbahnen , SBB). With the opening of
1030-421: A one-room apartment was 600.80 CHF (US$ 480, £270, €380), a two-room apartment was about 891.06 CHF (US$ 710, £400, €570), a three-room apartment was about 870.59 CHF (US$ 700, £390, €560) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1469.60 CHF (US$ 1180, £660, €940). The average apartment price in Wigoltingen was 94.4% of the national average of 1116 CHF. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party
1133-554: A section of track that was originally planned was omitted for cost reasons. Lake Constance Lake Constance ( German : Bodensee , pronounced [ˈboːdn̩zeː] ) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps : Upper Lake Constance ( Obersee ), Lower Lake Constance ( Untersee ), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called
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#17327810724621236-682: A shelter in 2001 under the Facelifting Stationen program. Weinfelden station has been a railway junction since 1911, when, the Mittelthurgaubahn company opened the Wil–Kreuzlingen railway . The company established its depot here and its line crosses the Winterthur–Romanshorn line. Bürglen station received a medium-sized entrance building with a gable that faced the track in 1866. Sulgen station has been
1339-416: A station building built in 1907, but it has been privatised. The station itself was only opened on 1 February 1908. The station was closed for passenger traffic in 2001 and replaced by a new station of the same name a few hundred metres to the east. This avoided the need to construct a passenger underpass, because the road overpass can be used for access. Amriswil station was already equipped in 1855 with
1442-759: A treaty was drawn up between the Hohenstaufen emperor and the Lombard League . Lake Constance also played an important role as a trading post for goods being traded between German and Italian states. During the Thirty Years' War , there were various conflicts over the control of the region during the Lake War (1632–1648). After the War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802), which also affected
1545-624: Is 251.14 metres (824.0 ft) deep. The three small bays on the Vorarlberg shore have their own names: the Bay of Bregenz, off Hard and Fußach is the Bay of Fussach and, west of that is the Wetterwinkel. Farther west, now in Switzerland, is the Bay of Rorschach. To the north, on the Bavarian side, is the Bay of Reutin. The railway embankment from the mainland to the island of Lindau and
1648-586: Is 252 metres (827 ft), exactly in the middle of the Upper Lake. Its volume is about 48 km (12 cu mi). The lake has two parts. The main east section, called Obersee or "Upper Lake", covers about 473 square kilometres (183 sq mi), including its northwestern arm, the Überlinger See (61 km (24 sq mi)), and the smaller west section, called Untersee or "Lower Lake", with an area of about 63 square kilometres (24 sq mi). The connection between these two lakes
1751-401: Is a terminus at a port and has an extensive track layout and a train depot. The Romanshorn marshalling yard, which is located on the line to Romanshorn and was opened on 15 October 1869, was closed in 1997. Trains from the line from Winterthur gained access to the yard via a connecting loop; the depot is located in the triangle of tracks thus formed. This single-track line is still used today by
1854-618: Is also known for its intensive cultivation of fruit and vegetables . The island of Lindau is located in the east of the Obersee, and is the second largest island. On it is the old town and main railway station of Lindau. The third largest island is Mainau in the southeast of Lake Überlingen. The owners, the family of Bernadotte , have set up the island as a tourist attraction and created botanical gardens and wildlife enclosures. Relatively large, but uninhabited and inaccessible because of their status as nature reserves, are two islands off
1957-460: Is an inaccurate description of his politics: he was a supporter of what we understand today as a free market economy. He knew that healthy financial growth was only possible through improved transport links with other markets, and for that the railway was the tool of the times. He is considered one of the main advocates of the 1852 Railway Act ( Eisenbahngesetz ), which put the construction of railways in private hands. The Winterthur–Romanshorn railway
2060-524: Is around 11,500 km (4,400 sq mi), and reaching as far south as Lago di Lei in Italy. The area of the Obersee , or Upper Lake, is 473 km (183 sq mi). It extends from Bregenz to Bodman-Ludwigshafen for over 63.3 kilometres (39.3 mi) and is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) wide between Friedrichshafen and Romanshorn . At its deepest point between Fischbach and Uttwil , it
2163-560: Is associated with the Celtic Brigantii who lived here, although it is not clear whether the place was named after the tribe or the inhabitants of the region were named after their main settlement. Ammianus Marcellinus later used the form Lacus Brigantiae . The current German name of Bodensee derives from the place name Bodman , which probably originally derived from the Old High German bodamon which meant "on
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#17327810724622266-480: Is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.9 km (0.73 sq mi) or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.21 km (0.081 sq mi) or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 6.2%. Out of
2369-445: Is often used by experimental trains and new trains being tested because it has enough capacity and enough alternative tracks and sidings that can be easily used outside the sugar beet season. At the moment (2015–2017), the Winterthur–Romanshorn railway is being modernised from Winterthur to Weinfelden in order to increase the maximum speed from 125 km/h to 150 km/h. The travel time should be shortened by five minutes. The straightening of
2472-514: Is reached between Wiesendangen and Rickenbach. The Rickenbach-Attikon station building dates back to 1907, this station was only opened on 15 October 1907. After Attikon, the Winterthur–Romanshorn line runs over a three kilometre-long embankment while descending 85 metres to the Thur valley . Islikon station is now operated on the Stationshalter (station holder) model and still has
2575-783: Is the Seerhein (lit.: "Rhine of the Lake(s)"). Geographically, usually it is not considered to be part of the lake, but a very short river. The Lower Lake Constance is loosely divided into three sections around the Island of Reichenau . The two German parts, the Gnadensee (lit.: "Lake Mercy") north of the island and north of the peninsula of Mettnau (the Markelfinger Winkel ), and the Zeller See , south of Radolfzell and to
2678-737: Is the Swiss peak Piz Russein of the Tödi massif of the Glarus Alps at 3,613 metres (11,854 ft) above sea level. It starts with the creek Aua da Russein (lit.: "Water of the Russein"). Lake Constance was formed by the Rhine Glacier during the Quaternary glaciation ice age and is a Zungenbecken or Tongue lake. After the end of the last glacial period , about 10,000 years ago,
2781-671: Is the Zeller See (or Zellersee in Swiss Standard German), or Lake Zell . North of the peninsula and swamp land Mettnau lies the lake part Markelfinger Winkel. The drumlins of the southern Bodanrück continue along the bed of these northern parts of the lake. South of the Reichenau, from Gottlieben to Eschenz , stretches the Rheinsee (lit.: "Rhine Lake") with strong Rhine currents in places. Previously this lake part
2884-891: The Bodemensee or Bodemsee which has finally evolved into the present German name, Bodensee . The name may be linked to that of the Bodanrück , the hill range between Lake Überlingen and the Lower Lake, and the history of the House of Bodman . The German name of the lake, Bodensee , has been adopted by many other languages, for example: Dutch: Bodenmeer , Danish: Bodensøen , Norwegian: Bodensjøen , Swedish: Bodensjön , Finnish: Bodenjärvi , Russian: Боденское озеро , Polish: Jezioro Bodeńskie , Czech: Bodamské jezero , Slovak: Bodamské jazero , Hungarian: Bodeni-tó , Serbo-Croatian: Bodensko jezero , Albanian: Liqeni i Bodenit . After
2987-539: The Council of Constance in the 15th century, the alternative name Lacus Constantinus was used in the (Roman Catholic) Romance language area. This name, which had been attested as early as 1187 in the form Lacus Constantiensis , came from the town of Konstanz at the outflow of the Rhine from the Obersee, whose original name, Constantia, was in turn derived from the Roman emperor, Constantius Chlorus (around 300 AD). Hence
3090-540: The German-Swiss border as far as to the city of Basel . The Leiblach forms the Austria–Germany border east of the lake. The most populous towns on the Upper Lake are Constance ( German : Konstanz ), Friedrichshafen , Bregenz , Lindau , Überlingen and Kreuzlingen . The largest town on the Lower Lake is Radolfzell . The largest islands are Reichenau in the Lower Lake, and Lindau and Mainau in
3193-585: The Hallstatt period is attested by grave mounds , which today are usually found in forests where they have been protected from the destruction by agriculture. Since the late Hallstatt period, the peoples living on Lake Constance are referred to as the Celts . During the La Tène period from 450 BC, the population density decreases, as can be deduced partly due from the fact that no more grave mounds were built. For
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3296-545: The High Rhine , its outflow. It is the third largest freshwater lake by surface area in Central and Western Europe (and the second largest in volume), after Lake Geneva and (in surface area) Lake Balaton . It is 63 km (39 mi) long, and, nearly 14 km (8.7 mi) at its widest point. It covers about 536 km (207 sq mi), and is 395 m (1,296 ft) above sea level . Its greatest depth
3399-522: The Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites . As of 2007 , Wigoltingen had an unemployment rate of 1.43%. As of 2005 , there were 202 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 74 businesses involved in this sector. 365 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 26 businesses in this sector. 257 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 46 businesses in this sector. In 2000 there were 1,418 workers who lived in
3502-631: The Mesolithic period (Middle Stone Age, 8,000–5,500 BC) frequented the area without settling, however. Only hunting camps have been confirmed. The earliest Neolithic farmers, who belonged to the Linear Pottery culture , also left no traces behind, because the Alpine foreland lay away from the routes along which they had spread during the 6th millennium BC. This changed only in the middle and late Neolithic when shore settlements were established,
3605-773: The Radolfzeller Aach . The source of the Radolfzeller Aach is the Aachtopf , a karst spring whose waters mostly derive from the Danube Sinkhole . Therefore, the Danube is indirectly also a tributary of the Rhine. Because the Alpine Rhine brings with it drift from the mountains and deposits this material as sediment , the Bay of Bregenz will silt up in a few centuries time. The silting up of
3708-698: The Rohrspitz in the Austrian section of the lake, the Langenargen and Marienschlucht . Wigoltingen Wigoltingen is a municipality in the district of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland . Wigoltingen has an area, as of 2009 , of 17.15 square kilometers (6.62 sq mi). Of this area, 12.93 km (4.99 sq mi) or 75.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.15 km (0.83 sq mi) or 12.5%
3811-553: The Seerhein ( lit. ' Rhine of the lake(s) ' ). These waterbodies lie within the Lake Constance Basin ( Bodenseebecken ) in the Alpine Foreland through which the Rhine flows. The nearby Mindelsee is not considered part of Lake Constance. The lake is situated where Germany , Switzerland , and Austria meet. Its shorelines lie in the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria ;
3914-480: The Sonderbund War of 1847. The situation changed fundamentally only with the new national constitution and the abolition of domestic tariffs. Alfred Escher , who was at the centre of Swiss politics and would have a major influence on the railway history of Switzerland, was elected to the first Swiss parliament in 1848. His political philosophy was usually described as a legalradikal (legal radical), but this
4017-490: The Sulgen–Gossau railway . There are additional night S-Bahn services during the nights from Friday to Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday. The Thur valley line has lost some importance for freight transport since the closure of the marshalling yard in Romanshorn. Nevertheless, freight trains from the Rhine Valley and from Lake Constance are routed to Limmattal marshalling yard, as Buchs marshalling yard serves only as
4120-676: The Swiss Reformed Church . Of the rest of the population, there was 1 Old Catholic who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland there are 10 individuals (or about 0.49% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 98 individuals (or about 4.81% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were 25 (or about 1.23% of the population) who are Islamic . There are 9 individuals (or about 0.44% of
4223-622: The Swiss cantons of St. Gallen , Thurgau , and Schaffhausen ; and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg . The actual locations of the country borders within the lake are disputed. The Alpine Rhine forms, in its original course ( Alter Rhein ), the Austro-Swiss border and flows into the lake from the south. The High Rhine flows westbound out of the lake and forms (with the exception of the Canton of Schaffhausen , Rafzerfeld and Basel-Stadt )
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4326-601: The Wollmatinger Ried : the Triboldingerbohl which has an area of 13 ha (32 acres) and Mittler or Langbohl which is just three hectares (7.4 acres) in area. Smaller islands in the Obersee are: In the Untersee are: In Lake Constance there are several peninsulas which vary greatly in size: The shores of Lake Constance consist mainly of gravel. In some places there are also sandy beaches, such as
4429-553: The Zürich S-Bahn in 1990, the seven-hectare Oberwinterthur maintenance facility was opened south of the line towards Romanshorn. On the other side of the track is the Swiss Science Center Technorama . Wiesendangen station came to public notice in 1975 when the SBB had the unique and valuable building in the Swiss chalet style demolished at 5 AM on a Monday. The high-point of this section
4532-653: The French: Lac de Constance , Italian: Lago di Costanza , Portuguese: Lago de Constança , Spanish: Lago de Constanza , Romanian: Lacul Constanța , Greek: Λίμνη της Κωνσταντίας – Limni tis Konstantias . The Arabic, بحيرة كونستانس buħaira Konstans and the Turkish, Konstanz gölü , probably go back to the French form of the name. Even in Romance-influenced English the name "Lake Constance" gained
4635-433: The Glatt at Dübendorf . Then it went via Hegnau and Kindhausen to Rikon, now a district of Effretikon . After that, the line would have largely followed the route of the current railway. Negrelli himself gave this the least chance of financial success of the three projects he had designed. Any chance of the project proceeding ended with the political change of 1839 when the liberal forces in the canton of Zürich were ousted by
4738-710: The Northeastern Railway and as the president of the canton of Zürich . While the determination of the final route had begun in 1850, the final alignments for all sections were not determined until 1853, meaning that in some places construction began immediately after the determination of the route. In addition to the terminuses in Romanshorn and Zürich the plans included the following stations: Amriswil, Riedt, Bürglen, Weinfelden, Märstetten, Felben, Frauenfeld, Islikon, Ruchegg, Winterthur, Rikon (Effretikon), Wallisellen and Oerlikon. Two of these stations were relocated: Wiesendangen replaced Ruchegg and Sulgen replaced Riedt. The local authorities have called for additional stations, but only
4841-423: The Northern Railway ( Nordbahn , Zürich–Basel) and the Southern Railway ( Südbahn , Zürich–Chur) was developed by Alois Negrelli and was to run from Winterthur via Frauenfeld to Romanshorn, while a slightly different route was proposed between Zürich and Winterthur. in Zürich for example, a separate station was planned in the Oberstrass area. From there, the line ran around the Zürichberg to Stettbach , to cross
4944-489: The Obersee and Untersee still formed a single lake. The downward erosion of the High Rhine caused the lake level to gradually sink and a sill, the Konstanzer Schwelle , to emerge. The Rhine, the Bregenzer Ach , and the Dornbirner Ach carry sediments from the Alps to the lake, thus gradually decreasing the depth and reducing the extension of the lake in the southeast. In antiquity, the two lakes had different names; later, for reasons which are unknown, they came to have
5047-399: The Obersee are (counterclockwise) the Dornbirner Ach , Bregenzer Ach , Leiblach , Argen , Schussen , Rotach , Brunnisach , Seefelder Aach , Stockacher Aach , Salmsacher Aach , the Aach near Arbon , Steinach , Goldach and the Old Rhine . The outflow of the Obersee is the Seerhein , which in turn is the main tributary of the Untersee. The most important tributary of the Untersee is
5150-437: The Rhine boundary in the 3rd century BC, the Alemanni gradually settled on the north shore of Lake Constance and, later, on the south bank as well. After the introduction of Christianity , the cultural significance of the region grew as a result of the founding of Reichenau Abbey and the Bishopric of Constance . Under the rule of the Hohenstaufens , Imperial Diets ( Reichstage ) were held by Lake Constance. In Constance, too,
5253-422: The Upper Lake Constance hardly targeting the Überlinger See , into the Seerhein in the town of Konstanz , then through the Rheinsee virtually without feeding both German parts of the Lower Lake, and finally feeds the start of the High Rhine in Swiss town Stein am Rhein . The lake itself is an important source of drinking water for southwestern Germany. The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin
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#17327810724625356-421: The Upper Lake runs approximately along the line between the southeast tip of Bodanrück (the Hörnle , which belongs to the town of Konstanz) and Meersburg. The Constance Hopper lies between the German and Swiss shores east of Konstanz . The Obersee and Untersee are connected by the Seerhein . The Untersee , or Lower Lake, which is separated from the Obersee and from its north-west arm, the Überlinger See, by
5459-419: The Upper Lake. Bodanrück , a large peninsula, separates the Upper and Lower Lake. While in English and in the Romance languages , the lake is named after the city of Constance , the German name derives from the village of Bodman (municipality of Bodman-Ludwigshafen ), in the northwesternmost corner of the lake. Lake Constance is located along the Rhine between the Alpine Rhine , its main tributary , and
5562-476: The Winterthur–Romanshorn route. Since the introduction of Rail 2000 , an express has run on the Zürich–Weinfelden–Konstanz route (in 2010, an InterRegio service had run on the Konstanz–Biel/Bienne route) has been added. Both services are occasionally run as tilting train (ICN) services with RABDe 500 sets, but are usually run as commuter trains with Re 460 locomotives and Einheitswagen IV or IC2000 coaches. Regional services have terminated in Weinfelden since
5665-402: The Zürich-Lake Constance Railway ( Zürich-Bodenseebahn ), but during the construction the company was merged with the Swiss Northern Railway ( Schweizerische Nordbahn ) to form the Swiss Northeastern Railway ( Schweizerische Nordostbahn , NOB). The Winterthur–Romanshorn railway was opened on 16 May 1855 and the line from Winterthur to Oerlikon was opened on 27 December 1855. Zürich
5768-412: The amount of trade and traffic over Lake Constance, this led to serious confusion. Public clocks in harbors used three different clock faces, depending on the destinations offered by the boat companies. In 1892, all German territories used CET , the Austrian railways had already introduced CET the previous year and Switzerland followed in 1894. Because traffic timetables had not been yet updated, CET became
5871-439: The conservatives. Negrelli left Zürich in 1840 and worked in Austria at the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway as Inspector General. He later came back to Switzerland, but he was only involved in the construction of the Northern Railway. The political situation in Switzerland at that time was not favourable for the building of railways, but it was dominated by the conflict between the Catholics and Protestants, which culminated in
5974-475: The entire Lake Constance is estimated to take another ten to twenty thousand years. The outflow of the Untersee is the High Rhine with the Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen . Both the average precipitation of 0.45 km /a and evaporation which averages 0.29 km /a cause a net change in the level of Lake Constance that is less when compared to the influence of the inflows and outflows. Further quantities of lake water are extracted by municipal waterworks around
6077-438: The exit from Winterthur station along the Stadtrain has been quadrupled. The former track of the Zürich-Lake Constance Railway is now the second northernmost. After completing the four tracks to Oberwinterthur and Grüze, a separate track was created for each rail company and line. In 1903, the two adjacent track tracks between Winterthur and Oberwinterthur were merged to create a genuine double-track line. After it has separated with
6180-417: The first time, written reports on Lake Constance have survived. Thus, we learn that the Helvetians settled by the lake in the south, the Rhaetians in the area of the Alpine Rhine Valley and the Vindelici in the north-east. The most important places on the lake were Bregenz (Celtic Brigantion ) and today's Constance . In the course of the Roman Alpine campaign of 16/15 BC, the Lake Constance region
6283-420: The first time. The most important Roman site was Bregenz, which soon became subject to Roman municipal law and later became the seat of the Prefect of the Lake Constance fleet. The Romans were also in Lindau , but settled only on the hills around Lindau as the lakeshore was swampy. Other Roman towns were Constantia (Constance) and Arbor Felix ( Arbon ). After the borders of the Roman Empire were drawn back to
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#17327810724626386-468: The forested land, 11.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 71.7% is used for growing crops, while 3.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.9% is in rivers and streams. In 1995 Engwang and Illhart merged with Wigoltingen. Wigoltingen has a population (as of December 2020 ) of 2,558. As of 2008 , 10.6% of
6489-467: The freight trains from the upper Rhine Valley and Rorschach towards the Limmattal marshalling yard, but not by scheduled passenger trains. The passenger station was completely renewed in 2004, while the entrance building, which was built between 1853 and 1855, has been preserved. The Winterthur–Romanshorn railway has always been used by fast trains on the Zürich–Romanshorn route (in 2010, InterCity trains ran between Romanshorn and Brig) and Regional trains on
6592-520: The introduction of the St. Gallen S-Bahn : since then the regional trains designated as the S7 have run from Romanshorn to Weinfelden, while the regional services of the Zürich S-Bahn , now called the S30, run only between Weinfelden and Winterthur. For this purpose, the S30 is supplemented during the day from Monday to Friday by the extended S8 (Zürich S-Bahn) service running on a fairly irregular half-hourly pattern . S5 (S-Bahn St. Gallen) services were also added between Sulgen and Weinfelden, continuing on
6695-419: The lake and the water company of Bodensee-Wasserversorgung . In Lake Constance there are ten islands that are larger than 2,000 m (22,000 sq ft). By far the largest is the island of Reichenau in the Untersee, which belongs to the municipality of Reichenau . The former abbey of Reichenau is a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its three early and highly medieval churches. The island
6798-410: The large peninsula of Bodanrück , has an area of 63 km (24 sq mi). It is strongly characterised and divided into different areas by end moraines , various glacial snouts and medial moraines . These various areas of the lake have their own names. North of Reichenau Island is the Gnadensee . West of the island of Reichenau, between the peninsula of Höri and the peninsula of Mettnau
6901-499: The larger rivers, especially that of the Alpine Rhine. The silting up process is accelerated by ever-increasing erosion by the Rhine and the associated reduction in the level of the lake. The main tributary of Lake Constance is the Alpine Rhine . The Alpine Rhine and the Seerhein do not mix greatly with the waters of the lake and flow through the lakes along courses that change relatively little. There are also numerous smaller tributaries (236 in all). The most important tributaries of
7004-469: The lower primary level and 115 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school was 19.55 students. At the lower primary level, there were 51 children or 51.0% of the total population who were female, 7 or 7.0% were not Swiss citizens and 10 or 10.0% did not speak German natively. In the upper primary level, there were 45 or 39.1% who were female, 8 or 7.0% were not Swiss citizens and 6 or 5.2% did not speak German natively. At
7107-450: The middle of the former Duchy of Swabia , which also included parts of today's Switzerland. Today the name Swabian Sea ( Schwäbisches Meer ) is only used jocularly as a hyperbolic term for Lake Constance. No Paleolithic finds have been made in the immediate vicinity of the lake, because the region of Lake Constance was long covered by the Rhine Glacier . The discovery of stone tools ( microliths ) indicate that hunters and gatherers of
7210-411: The middle of which is the Eschikof bridge. The initially single-track covered bridge was replaced during the duplication of the track in 1903 by a new bridge that consists of two adjoining 174 metre-long steel truss bridges. Müllheim-Wigoltingen station was built with a medium-sized entrance building. A goods shed was added to this in 1862 and it was extended in 1871. A waiting room annex was built on
7313-400: The motorway bridge over the lake border the so-called Little Lake ( Kleiner See ), which is located between the Lindau village of Aeschach and the island. The northwestern, finger-shaped arm of the Obersee is called Überlinger See (or Überlingersee in Swiss Standard German ), or Lake Überlingen . It is sometimes regarded as a separate lake, the boundary between Lake Überlingen and the rest of
7416-412: The municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. In 2000 there were 350 single family homes (or 82.4% of the total) out of a total of 425 inhabited buildings. There were 43 two family buildings (10.1%), 13 three family buildings (3.1%) and 19 multi-family buildings (or 4.5%). There were 417 (or 20.5%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 1,305 (or 64.1%) who were part of
7519-437: The municipality. Of these, 650 or about 45.8% of the residents worked outside Wigoltingen while 337 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 1,105 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 7.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 47.3% used a private car. From the 2000 census , 506 or 24.9% were Roman Catholic , while 1,190 or 58.4% belonged to
7622-628: The name appears in its Latinised form lacus potamicus . Therefore, the name actually derived from the Bodman Pfalz (Latinized as Potamum ) was wrongly assumed by monastic scholars like Walahfrid Strabo to be derived from the Greek word potamos for "river" and meant "river lake". They may also have been influenced by the fact that the Rhine flowed through the lake. Wolfram von Eschenbach describes it in Middle High German as
7725-463: The northern side of the line. Felben-Wellhausen station probably has the first goods shed on the line, with parts of it built in 1855. The present entrance building was built in 1873. Hüttligen-Mettendorf station developed from a halt to a station and has been downgraded to a halt again. The line crosses the Thur before Müllheim-Wigoltingen station. The Winterthur–Romanshorn line makes an S-curve, in
7828-451: The northwest of the Reichenau island, and the mainly Swiss Rheinsee (lit.: "Lake Rhine") – not to be mistaken for the Seerhein (lit.: "Rhine of the Lake(s)") at its start – to the south of the island and with its southwestern arm leading to its effluent in Stein am Rhein . The water of the regulated Alpine Rhine flows into the lake in the southeast near Bregenz , Austria, then through
7931-399: The other side in 1894. On 19 May 1863, there was a collision between a passing express train with a stopping passenger train in the station due to wrongly-set points. Two railway employees were injured so severely that they died and another survived seriously injured. An unspecified number of passengers were slightly injured, although their carriages were smashed. Märstetten station received
8034-636: The population are between 0 and 9 years old and 282 teenagers or 13.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 254 people or 12.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 236 people or 11.1% are between 30 and 39, 367 people or 17.3% are between 40 and 49, and 369 people or 17.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 203 people or 9.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 137 people or 6.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 71 people or 3.3% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 9 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older. As of 2000 , there were 752 private households in
8137-415: The population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -1.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (94.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.8%) and Portuguese being third ( 1.4%). As of 2008 , the gender distribution of the population was 50.7% male and 49.3% female. The population was made up of 934 Swiss men (44.5% of
8240-429: The population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 133 (or about 6.53% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist , and 64 individuals (or about 3.14% of the population) did not answer the question. In Wigoltingen about 74.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or
8343-421: The population), and 131 (6.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 942 Swiss women (44.9%), and 92 (4.4%) non-Swiss women. In 2008 there were 8 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 21 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 13 while the foreign population remained
8446-578: The region and during which Austrian and French flotillas operated on Lake Constance, there was a reorganisation of state relationships. Lake Constance is located in the foothills of the Alps . The shore length of both main lakes is 273 kilometres (170 mi) long. Of this, 173 kilometres (107 mi) are located in Germany ( Baden-Württemberg 155 kilometres or 96 miles, Bavaria 18 kilometres or 11 miles), 28 kilometres (17 mi) run through Austria and 72 kilometres (45 mi) through Switzerland. If
8549-469: The rest of the line first. The sections of double-track were opened in the following order: The line was used by the world's first diesel-powered locomotive (a diesel-mechanical locomotive) in the summer of 1912, but it was not a commercial success. As a main line, it was quickly electrified by the SBB with its normal power system of 15 kV AC 16.7 Hz . Electrical operations on the Winterthur–Romanshorn line commenced on 4 May 1928. Winterthur station
8652-690: The same name. In the 19th century, there were five different local time zones around Lake Constance. Constance, belonging to the Grand Duchy of Baden , adhered to Karlsruhe time, Friedrichshafen used the time of the Duchy of Württemberg , in Lindau, the Bavarian Munich time was observed, and Bregenz used Prague time, while the Swiss shore used Berne time. One would have needed to travel only 46 kilometres (29 mi) to visit five time zones. Given
8755-506: The same. There were 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 2 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 4 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was a decrease of 22 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 10 people. This represents a population growth rate of -0.6%. The age distribution, as of 2009 , in Wigoltingen is; 195 children or 9.2% of
8858-480: The secondary level, students are divided according to performance. The secondary level begins at about age 12 and usually lasts 3 years. There were 64 teenagers who were in the advanced school, of which 36 or 56.3% were female, 2 or 3.1% were not Swiss citizens. There were 64 teenagers who were in the standard school, of which 32 or 50.0% were female, 6 or 9.4% were not Swiss citizens and 5 or 7.8% did not speak German natively. The average class size for all classes at
8961-473: The so-called pile dwelling and wetland settlements , which have now been uncovered mainly on Lake Überlingen, the Constance Hopper and on the Obersee. At Unteruhldingen , a pile dwelling village has been reconstructed, and now forms an open air museum. In 2015, a 20 km line of about 170 man-made under-water stone mounds [ de ] dated in the neolithic period or early Bronze Age
9064-508: The soils", indicating a place on level terrain by the lake. This place, situated at the west end of Lake Überlingen ( Überlinger See ), had a more supraregional character for a certain period in the early Middle Ages as a Frankish imperial palace ( Königspfalz ), Alamannian ducal seat and mint , which is why the name may have been transferred to the lake ("lake, by which Bodman is situated" = Bodmansee ). From 833/834 AD, in Latin sources,
9167-494: The sole valid time around and on Lake Constance in 1895. The earliest recorded reference to the lakes is by Roman geographer Pomponius Mela around 43 AD, calling the upper lake Lacus Venetus and the lower lake Lacus Acronius , the Rhine passing through both. Around 75 AD, The naturalist Pliny the Elder called them both Lacus Raetiae Brigantinus after the main Roman town on the lake, Brigantium (later Bregenz). This name
9270-484: The station building of 1873. After Islikon station, a siding branches off to the north to the Frauenfeld sugar factory, the large-scale facilities of which are built next to the Winterthur–Romanshorn line until shortly before the town of Frauenfeld. Frauenfeld station , which serves the capital of the canton of Thurgau , has a large and stately entrance building. Trains on the Frauenfeld–Wil railway have departed from
9373-470: The station forecourt since 1887. The station was extensively expanded with the establishment of the place-of-arms and rebuilt under the Rail 2000 program, but it was one of the last major stations with ground-level passenger access to the platforms. During the renovation, an underground roundabout was built under the station forecourt, the neo-classical entrance building built in 1859 was carefully renovated and
9476-542: The two requests that promised additional freight traffic were acted on. It was agreed to build industrial connections from the line to the copper mill in Kupferhammer near Kemptthal and at Haslimühle in Müllheim- Wigoltingen . Stations at Oberach, Hüttingen, Oberwinterthur and Baltenswil, which were primarily intended to benefit the local population, were all rejected. The Winterthur–Romanshorn railway
9579-651: The upper and lower lakes are combined, Lake Constance has a total area of 536 km (207 sq mi), the third largest lake in Central Europe by area after Lake Balaton (594 km or 229 sq mi) and Lake Geneva (580 km or 220 sq mi). It is also the second largest by water volume (48.5 km or 11.6 cu mi or 39,300,000 acre⋅ft ) after Lake Geneva (89 km or 21 cu mi or 72,000,000 acre⋅ft) and extends for over 69.2 kilometres (43.0 mi) between Bregenz and Stein am Rhein . Its catchment area
9682-453: Was 3.8 new units per 1000 residents. In 2000 there were 791 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 6 room apartment of which there were 227. There were 20 single room apartments and 227 apartments with six or more rooms. As of 2000 the average price to rent an average apartment in Wigoltingen was 1053.12 Swiss francs (CHF) per month (US$ 840, £470, €670 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for
9785-706: Was based on an error (similar to that of the Teutoburg Forest and the Taunus ): the Romans sometimes used the name Mare Suebicum for the Baltic Sea , not Lake Constance. In times when the Romans had located the so-called " Suebi ", then an Elbe Germanic tribe near a sea, this was understandable. The authors of the Early Modern Period overlooked this and adopted the name for the largest lake in
9888-459: Was built as a single track and opened on 16 May 1855. Preparations for duplication had been made during the planning, but duplication did not begin until the line was taken over by the SBB. The two parallel tracks between Winterthur and Oberwinterthur, which were built separately by the NOB and SNB, were merged in 1903 to form a double-track line. The foundation for the second track had to be built on
9991-584: Was built west of the Altstadt (old town). Running towards Romanshorn, the Thur valley line curves to the right, while the line to Schaffhausen branches off to the left. The Winterthur depot was built in the resulting triangle, but it now has only minor importance apart from the stationing of a fire and rescue train. The work of the depot has been outsourced to the S-Bahn depot in Oberwinterthur. The line on
10094-606: Was discovered on the south-west shore of the lake between Bottighofen and Romanshorn. Grave finds from Singen am Hohentwiel date to the beginning of the Early Bronze Age and shore settlements were repeatedly built during the Neolithic Period and the Bronze Age (up to 800 BC). During the following Iron Age the settlement history is interrupted. The settlement of the shore of Lake Constance during
10197-853: Was his first major project and the Zürich-Lake Constance Railway was authorised to build it on 28 February 1853. The first president of the Zürich-Bodenseebahn-Gesellschaft , Melchior Ziegler, was soon replaced by Escher. An agreement for the Swiss Northern Railway to merge with the Zürich-Lake Constance railway to form the Swiss Northeast Railway was signed by Escher on behalf of the Zürich-Lake Constance Railway, as newly appointed director of
10300-592: Was integrated into the Roman Empire . During the campaign, there was also supposed to have been a battle on Lake Constance . The geographer, Pomponius Mela , makes the first mention in 43 AD of Lake Constance as two lakes – the Lacus Venetus (Upper Lake) and the Lacus Acronius (Untersee) – with the Rhine flowing through both. Pliny the Elder referred to Lake Constance as Lacus Brigantinus for
10403-407: Was named Lake Bernang after the village of Berlingen . On most of the maps the name of the Rheinsee is not shown, because this place is best suited for the name of the Untersee. The present-day shape of Lake Constance has resulted from the combination of several factors: Like any glacial lake, Lake Constance will also silt up by sedimentation . This process can best be observed at the mouths of
10506-481: Was reached on 26 June 1856 and the two existing NOB lines were connected. The Lake Constance train ferries on the Romanshorn–Friedrichshafen and Romanshorn–Lindau routes were established to connect with this line. The line's genesis goes back to one of the oldest Swiss railway projects: an Eastern Railway ( Ostbahn , Zürich–Lake Constance) project was developed as early as 1836. This project, like
10609-675: Was the SVP which received 42.64% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (22.52%), the CVP (10.4%) and the Green Party (8.94%). In the federal election, a total of 769 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.3%. The historical population is given in the following table: The Altenklingen Castle is listed as Swiss a heritage site of national significance . The hamlet of Engwang and Altenklingen Castle are both part of
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