According to Walafrid Strabo the Irish missionaries Columban and Gall arrived at Tuggen around the year 610.

They intended to settle in the area, but fled after Gall had burnt down a local pagan holy place.

Of the rest of the land, 11.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 2,069 or 78.2% are Roman Catholic, while 254 or 9.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[5] The historical population is given in the following table:[5] FC Tuggen are the local football team.

The team currently plays in Liga 1., the third highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid.

Grynau Castle and the historic bridge crossing over the Linth river are listed in the heritage site of national significance.