Braunau is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Initially it was ruled as a fief of the Abbey by the Heitnau family, until 1228 when it went to the Knights Hospitaller Commandry of Tobel.

In the early 19th Century cotton and linen weaving entered the village as a cottage industry.

Braunau has an area, as of 2009[update], of 9.17 square kilometers (3.54 sq mi).

It consists of the village of Braunau and the hamlets of Beckingen, Hittingen, Oberhausen and 17 other settlements.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German(98.0%), with Russian being second most common ( 0.5%) and English being third ( 0.3%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Braunau is; 89 children or 13.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 110 teenagers or 16.2% are between 10 and 19.

[11] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 58.59% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 269 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 57.2%.

[12] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] As of  2007[update], Braunau had an unemployment rate of 2.16%.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 256 or 38.7% were Roman Catholic, while 319 or 48.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is June during which time Braunau receives an average of 133 mm (5.2 in) of rain or snow.

The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 14, but with only 117 mm (4.6 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is February with an average of 65 mm (2.6 in) of precipitation over 14 days.