Aadorf
Sign in to saveAadorf is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. In 1996 Ettenhausen, Guntershausen bei Aadorf, and Wittenwil merged into Aadorf.
Key facts
- Switzerland municipality.subject_name
- Aadorf
- Switzerland municipality.municipality_type
- municipality
- Switzerland municipality.image_photo
- Aadorf chefstrato 097.jpg
- Switzerland municipality.image_caption
- Aadorf village main street
- Switzerland municipality.imagepath_flag
- CHE Aadorf Flag.svg
- Switzerland municipality.imagepath_coa
- Wappen Aadorf.svg
- Switzerland municipality.canton
- Thurgau
- Switzerland municipality.iso code region
- CH-TG
- Switzerland municipality.district
- Münchwilen
- Switzerland municipality.postal_code
- 8355
- Switzerland municipality.municipality_code
- 4551
- Switzerland municipality.area
- 19.93
- Switzerland municipality.elevation
- 517
- Switzerland municipality.population
- 4351
- Switzerland municipality.populationof
- December 2008
- Switzerland municipality.popofyear
- 2008
- Switzerland municipality.website
- www.aadorf.ch
- Switzerland municipality.places
- Aadorf, Aawangen, Bürg, Ettenhausen, Friedtal, Guntershausen bei Aadorf, Häuslenen, Huzenwil, Maischhausen, Moos, Tänikon, Weiern, Wittenwil, Wittershausen
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Aadorf is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. In 1996 Ettenhausen, Guntershausen bei Aadorf, and Wittenwil merged into Aadorf.
==History== Aadorf is first mentioned in 886 as Ahadorf. The oldest record of Tänikon, now part of Ettenhausen, dates to 789 as Tanninchova. Tänikon is also the site of the Tänikon monastery, founded in the 13th century. Aawangen is first mentioned in 844 as Oninwanc. Ettenhausen is first mentioned in 1278 as Oetenhuse. Guntershausen bei Aadorf is first mentioned in 1282 as Gundolthuser tal. On 6 April 1358 the brothers Herman and Beringer von Landenberg and Hermann von Landenberg donated the church of Aadorf to the Rüti Monastery.