Oberbussnang

This article relies on a single source. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Oberbussnang" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Oberbussnang
Former municipality
Oberbussnang from the south-west
Coat of arms
Location of Oberbussnang
Oberbussnang Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Oberbussnang Location within Canton of Thurgau Show map of Canton of Thurgau
Coordinates: 47°33′01″N 9°05′18″E / 47.5504°N 9.0882°E / 47.5504; 9.0882
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Thurgau
District	Weinfelden
Municipality	Bussnang
Population  (1990)
• Total	116
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
SFOS number	4926
ISO 3166 code	CH-TG
Website

Oberbussnang is a former Ortsgemeinde (local commune) in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, now part of the municipality of Bussnang in the district of Weinfelden. From 1803 to 1995 it belonged to the former Munizipalgemeinde (municipal commune) of Bussnang. The Ortsgemeinde comprised the farming village of Oberbussnang, on the Furtbach and on the main road from Weinfelden to Wil, and the hamlets of Margenmühle and Neuberg.

History

Oberbussnang is first mentioned in 857 as duobus Bussenanc. In the early Middle Ages the Abbey of Saint Gall owned property in Oberbussnang. In 1293 the tithe rights passed from St. Gall to Feldbach, or more precisely to Konrad von Oehningen; part of them came to the commandery of Tobel in 1339 and all of them in 1677. Oberbussnang always belonged to the lordship of Bürglen and to the low court of Mettlen. In church matters it has shared the fate of Bussnang since the early Middle Ages.

The inhabitants grew grain under the three-field system and cultivated vines, and they had no common land (Allmend). From 1620 the Einzugsbrief (charter on the admission of newcomers) regulated settlement in the village, and from 1622 the Offnung (record of customary law) regulated life within the village community. At Margenmühle the inn closed in 1915, the mill in 1920 and the sawmill in 1928.

Oberbussnang had 248 inhabitants in 1850, 226 in 1900, 180 in 1950 and 116 in 1990.

References

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Oberbussnang​, André Salathé, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

Bibliography

• H. Lei, Oberbussnang, 1990