Hauptwil
Hauptwil is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It was first recorded in year 1413 as Hoptwill. The municipality had 50 inhabitants in 1649, which increased to 598 in 1850, 741 in 1900, 819 in 1950 and 910 in 1990.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village and former municipality in Hauptwil-Gottshaus in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland
- Postal code: 9213
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hauptwil Castle and Hauptwil railway station.
Hauptwil Castle
Castle
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hauptwil Castle is a castle in the municipality of Hauptwil-Gottshaus of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Hauptwil railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hauptwil railway station is a railway station in Hauptwil-Gottshaus, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau. It is an intermediate stop on the Sulgen–Gossau line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bischofszell and Waldkirch.
Bischofszell
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bischofszell is a village and a municipality in Weinfelden District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. In 1987, the city was awarded the Wakker Prize for the preservation of its architectural heritage.
Waldkirch
Village
Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Waldkirch is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Waldkirch is situated 3 km southeast of Hauptwil.
Gottshaus
Hamlet
Gottshaus is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It was first recorded somewhere between year 1250 and 1300 as Gottshaus. Gottshaus is situated 3 km east of Hauptwil.
Hauptwil
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Hauptwil-Gottshaus, Weinfelden District, Thurgau, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.4798° or 47° 28′ 47″ northLongitude
9.2514° or 9° 15′ 5″ eastElevation
542 metres (1,778 feet)Open location code
8FVFF7H2+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 3021992137OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Upper Sorbian—“Hauptwil” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hauptwil”
- French: “Hauptwil”
- German: “Hauptwil-Gottshaus”
- German: “Hauptwil”
- Hungarian: “Hauptwil”
- Irish: “Hauptwil”
- Italian: “Hauptwil”
- Japanese: “ハウプトヴィル”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hauptwil”
- Swedish: “Hauptwil”
- Turkish: “Hauptwil”
- Upper Sorbian: “Hauptwil”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hauptwil”. Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.