Tägerschen is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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The municipality also contained the villages Karlishub and Thürn

Thurn

Thurn is a municipality in the district of Lienz in Tyrol in Austria....

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In 1999 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Tobel

Tobel

Tobel is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.In 1999 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Tägerschen to form a new and larger municipality Tobel-Tägerschen....

 to form a new and larger municipality Tobel-Tägerschen

Tobel-Tägerschen

Tobel-Tägerschen is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.The municipality was created in 1999 by a merger of Tägerschen and Tobel.-History:Tägerschen is first mentioned in 762 as Tegarascha....

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History

It was first recorded in year 762 as Tegarascha.

In the 8th and 9th Century much of the village was acquired by the Abbey of St. Gall

Abbey of St. Gall

The Abbey of Saint Gall is a religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland. The Carolingian-era Abbey has existed since 719 and became an independent principality during the 13th century, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. It was...

en. The court

High, middle and low justice

High, middle and low justices are notions dating from Western feudalism to indicate descending degrees of judiciary power to administer justice by the maximal punishment the holders could inflict upon their subjects and other dependents....

 rights were originally held by the Counts of Toggenburg

Counts of Toggenburg

The Counts of Toggenburg ruled the Toggenburg region of today's Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, as well as parts of the Canton of Glarus, Thurgau, Grisons, Vorarlberg, and Zurich when their influence was most extensive....

 through their servants, the Heitnau family. These rights transferred in 1258 to the Knights Hospitaller

Knights Hospitaller

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 Commandry

Commandry (feudalism)

Commandry , or commandery , was the smallest division of the European landed estate or manor under the control of a commendator, or commander, of an order of knights...

 of Tobel. These rights gradually expanded until 1500, by which time they had complete Manor

Manorialism

Manorialism, an essential element of feudal society, was the organizing principle of rural economy that originated in the villa system of the Late Roman Empire, was widely practiced in medieval western and parts of central Europe, and was slowly replaced by the advent of a money-based market...

 and court rights. The only exceptions was a house that had been granted freedom from local lords in 1547. The ownership of this house changed often in the following centuries. Between 1798 and 1871 this house served as the headquarters of the district governor of Tobel. Later, it housed an embroidery, and then a dairy that is still in existence.

Catholics and Protestants were divided into the parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

es of Tobel and Affeltrangen.

The first village laws were documented in 1490 and regulated the daily life. Grain was cultivated in the three-field system

Crop rotation

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 with some viticulture

Viticulture

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. In the 19th Century the economy transitioned to produce hay

Hay

Hay is grass, legumes or other herbaceous plants that have been cut, dried, and stored for use as animal fodder, particularly for grazing livestock such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep. Hay is also fed to pets such as rabbits and guinea pigs...

, with some fruit production starting in 1911. Between 1870-1914 the village shared in the embroidery boom and in 1910 there were 26 embroidery workers in the village. 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.

Historic population

The historical population is given in the following table:

Year	Population
1850	226
1880	188
1910	253
1970	263
1990	389