Berlingen, Switzerland

Berlingen is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

It is located on the Untersee, the west tip of Lake Constance.

[3] Berlingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.56 square kilometers (1.37 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in Frauenfeld District, on a river delta in the Untersee region of Lake Constance.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German(94.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.6%) and Albanian being third ( 0.8%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Berlingen is; 64 children or 7.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 64 teenagers or 7.6% are between 10 and 19.

[12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.81% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 307 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 54.1%.

[13] The historical population is given in the following table:[3][14] The entire village of Berlingen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 224 or 26.2% were Roman Catholic, while 460 or 53.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Of the children in kindergarten, 5 or 50.0% are female, 1 or 10.0% are not Swiss citizens and 1 or 10.0% do not speak German natively.

The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years.

At the lower primary level, there are 8 children or 42.1% of the total population who are female, 4 or 21.1% are not Swiss citizens and 2 or 10.5% do not speak German natively.

In the upper primary level, there are 6 or 40.0% who are female, 4 or 26.7% are not Swiss citizens and 2 or 13.3% do not speak German natively.

Fields outside Berlingen
Aerial view (1948)
Kehlhof, build 1686
Lake street and Reformed Church