Tobel-Tägerschen

Tobel-Tägerschen is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

The court rights were originally held by the Counts of Toggenburg through their servants, the Heitnau family.

In the 19th century the economy transitioned to produce hay, with some fruit production starting in 1911.

In 1924, a needle factory opened followed in 1978 by a tank farm for petroleum products with rail access to the Thurgau-Bahn rail-line.

[3] Tobel-Tägerschen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.11 square kilometers (2.75 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.81 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Tobel-Tägerschen is; 167 children or 12.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 185 teenagers or 13.4% are between 10 and 19.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 56.94% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 452 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.0%.

[14] The historical population is given in the following table:[3][15] The entire Tobel area is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 620 or 48.4% were Roman Catholic, while 437 or 34.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[18] Tobel-Tägerschen sits on the Wil–Kreuzlingen line between Wil and Weinfelden and is served by the St. Gallen S-Bahn at Tägerschen and Tobel-Affeltrangen.

Of the children in kindergarten, 19 or 57.6% were female, 4 or 12.1% were not Swiss citizens and 5 or 15.2% 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 32 children or 61.5% of the total population who were female, 4 or 7.7% were not Swiss citizens and 4 or 7.7% did not speak German natively.

In the upper primary level, there were 29 or 50.0% who were female, 6 or 10.3% were not Swiss citizens and 7 or 12.1% did not speak German natively.

Commandry of Tobel from 1706 to 1724
Aerial view (1953)