Eschlikon
municipality in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland
Eschlikon is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
History
Eschlikon is first mentioned in 1280 as Aeslikon. During the Middle Ages, most of Eschlikon (except for the farms of a few free peasants) belonged to the monastery of Magdenau and Heiliggeistspital in St. Gallen. Eschlikon was part of the high courts of Tuttwilerberg. From the Late Middle Ages until 1798 it was the home of the Swiss Confederation Governor in Thurgau or his appointed Vogt.
The village church was originally part of the Sirnach parish. In 1529, the majority of the population converted to the new religion during the Protestant Reformation. The Reformed majority separated from Sirnach parish in 1936, and formed a new parish with Münchwilen, Oberhofen, St. Margaret and Wallenwil.
“Eschlikon” enters the record as municipality in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Eschlikon, municipality and canton can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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