Steckborn

Steckborn
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Steckborn
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Coordinates: 47°40′N 8°59′E / 47.667°N 8.983°E / 47.667; 8.983
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Thurgau
District	Frauenfeld
Area
• Total	8.8 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)
• Total	3,753
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8266
SFOS number	4864
Surrounded by	Berlingen, Gaienhofen (Germany), Homburg, Mammern, Öhningen (Germany), Raperswilen
Website	www.steckborn.ch SFSO statistics

Steckborn is a municipality in Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It was the capital city of Steckborn.

Steckborn is near Lake Constance. In 2005, 3,398 people lived there.

History

People already lived in the area around Steckborn in the 100s. There are also Roman ruins of walls and other buildings. Probably in the 800s, the village became part of the territory of the monastery of Reichenau. This is the period when it is first written about.

Trivia

• Karl Friedrich Gegauf, entrepreneur
• Fritz Gegauf, inventor of the sewing machine and founder of Bernina

References

Other websites

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steckborn.

• www.steckborn.ch (in German)
• BERNINA International site

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