Bichelsee

The municipality also contained the villages Höfli, Niederhofen am Bichelsee and Itaslen.

[1] The Udalrichinger family donated the village of Bichelsee, in the Early Middle Ages, to the Abbey of St. Gallen.

During the High Middle Ages, the Bichelsee family ruled the village as a fief for the Abbey.

In 1358 Hermann IV of Landsberg-Greifensee acquired Alt-Bichelsee Castle along with various rights and possessions, including the bailiwick of Balterswil.

[1] Agriculture and small industries still dominated the local economy until the late 20th century.

Small-scale home weaving and embroidery became common in the early 19th century but declined by about 1900.