Tägerwilen

Tägerwilen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Tägerwilen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 11.52 square kilometers (4.45 sq mi).

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (90.7%), with Albanian being the second most common language( 3.1%) and Italian being the third ( 1.6%).

[5] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Tägerwilen is; 378 children or 10.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 508 teenagers or 13.5% are between 10 and 19.

[11] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.57% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 948 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.4%.

[12] The historical population is given in the following table:[13] Castell Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire Untersee region, which includes Tägerwilen, is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 935 or 28.6% were Roman Catholic, while 1,626 or 49.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Of the children in kindergarten, 36 or 46.2% were female, 21 or 26.9% were not Swiss citizens and 7 or 9.0% did 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 were 63 children or 47.0% of the total population who were female, 26 or 19.4% were not Swiss citizens and 14 or 10.4% did not speak German natively.

In the upper primary level, there were 75 or 51.4% who were female, 24 or 16.4% were not Swiss citizens and 16 or 11.0% did not speak German natively.

Finally, there were 153 teenagers who were in special or remedial classes, of which 72 or 47.1% were female, 21 or 13.7% were not Swiss citizens and 13 or 8.5% did not speak German natively.

Tagerwilen church
Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1931)
Castell Castle