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Also known as Birwinken TG

Birwinken is a municipality in the district of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Birwinken
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Birwinken-blazon.svg
Swiss town.image_photo
Hauptstrasse mit Kirche in Birwinken.jpg
Swiss town.canton
Thurgau
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-TG
Swiss town.district
Weinfelden
Swiss town.postal_code
8585
Swiss town.municipality_code
4901
Swiss town.area
12.35
Swiss town.elevation
550
Swiss town.population
1265
Swiss town.populationof
December 2007
Swiss town.popofyear
2007
Swiss town.website
birwinken.ch
Swiss town.places
Klarsreuti, Andwil, Mattwil, Happerswil-Buch, Birwinken
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Berg, Bürglen, Erlen, Langrickenbach, Lengwil, Sulgen

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Birwinken
Official language
Swiss High German
Population
1319
Area
12.29
Elevation
550
Shares border with
Langrickenbach
Official website
www.birwinken.ch
Image
2013-09-23-Orientsvislando (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 154.JPG
Dialing code
071
Licence plate code
TG
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postal code
8585
Commons category
Birwinken
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/4901
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References
  • External links

Birwinken is a municipality in the district of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

==History== Birwinken is probably first mentioned in 822 as Wirinchova. In 1275 it was mentioned as Birbichon.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birwinken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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