page_title: Frauenfeld
section_title: End of the Ancien Régime
hierarchical_section_title: Frauenfeld / History / End of the Ancien Régime
caption_attribution_description: Gerlikon TG Aufnahme vom 27.04.2008 12:37 1/320 s - f/9 - ISO 100 - 22 mm - 33 mmKB Aufnahmestandort: 545 m - 708409 / 266088 (47° 32′ 11.68″ N, 8° 52′ 42.53″ E Decimal 47.536576°, 8.878482°)
context_page_description: Frauenfeld is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
  The official language of Frauenfeld is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
context_section_description: Following the French invasion of the Confederation, Thurgau was created as a full canton in the Helvetic Republic.  The new constitution of 1798 established Frauenfeld as the capital of the new canton.  However, the choice of Frauenfeld was controversial.  Both the cities of Winterthur and Constance were considered, but the main alternative to Frauenfeld was Weinfelden.  While Frauenfeld was near the border with Zürich, Weinfelden is located in the geographic center of the canton.  Frauenfeld was the capital when Thurgau was under Confederation control, while Weinfelden was a leader in the Thurgau Freedom movement.  While Frauenfeld eventually remained the capital, since 1832 the cantonal parliament has met semi-annually in Frauenfeld and Weinfelden.
  On 25 May 1799, Frauenfeld became a battlefield when French and Austrian forces met there. While the Austrians were victorious, the city was recaptured by the French later in the year.
  In 1800 the ability to move into the city was granted to anyone, and in 1807 the right to become a citizen was also opened to everyone.  Between 1808 and 1834 the city walls were demolished.  In 1807, the casino company was founded and in 1808 the businessman's society opened.  In 1810, the Constable's association was re-established after it closed in 1798.  In 1798 the Wochenblatt für den Kanton Thurgau (Weekly Journal for the canton of Thurgau) opened.  In 1809 it changed its name to Thurgauer Zeitung, a paper that is still being published.  Between 1813 and 1816, Bernhard Greuter, who had established a branch factory of the Islikoner Textilfärberei (Islikon textile dyeing factory) in Frauenfeld in 1805, had the moat filled in and created the promenade - a symbol of the establishment of a bourgeois public place in town.
  In 1919, the municipalities of Langdorf, Kurzdorf, Huben, Herten, and Horgenbach became part of Frauenfeld. In 1998, Gerlikon, Schönenhof, and Zelgli were incorporated.
caption: The village of Gerlikon joined Frauenfeld in 1998.
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