Kradolf-Schönenberg

Kradolf-Schönenberg is a municipality in Weinfelden District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

[6] Kradolf-Schönenberg has an area, as of 2009[update], of 10.96 square kilometers (4.23 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 1.32 km2 (0.51 sq mi) or 12.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.9%.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (87.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.8%) and Italian being third ( 1.9%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Kradolf-Schönenberg is; 302 children or 9.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 485 teenagers or 14.7% are between 10 and 19.

[13] About 43.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[18] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.38% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 914 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.1%.

[19] The historical population is given in the following table:[20] As of  2007[update], Kradolf-Schönenberg had an unemployment rate of 1.73%.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 857 or 28.0% were Roman Catholic, while 1,296 or 42.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

There are 42 children in the kindergarten, and the average class size is 21 kindergartners.

Of the children in kindergarten, 24 or 57.1% are female, 6 or 14.3% are not Swiss citizens and 5 or 11.9% do not speak German natively.

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

At the lower primary level, there are 28 children or 43.1% of the total population who are female, 15 or 23.1% are not Swiss citizens and 16 or 24.6% do not speak German natively.

In the upper primary level, there are 49 or 52.7% who are female, 26 or 28.0% are not Swiss citizens and 23 or 24.7% do not speak German natively.

A ruin in Buhwil .
Ruins of Last Castle.
Aerial view from 800 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
Church in Neukirch