Frauenfeld
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{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name = Frauenfeld
| municipality_name = Frauenfeld
| municipality_type = city
| imagepath_coa = Frauenfeld-coat of arms.png|pixel_coa=
| map = Karte Gemeinde Frauenfeld.png
| languages = German
| canton = Thurgau
| iso-code-region = CH-TG
| district = [[Frauenfeld (district)|Frauenfeld]]
| lat_d=47|lat_m=33|lat_NS=N|long_d=8|long_m=54|long_EW=E
| postal_code = 8500
| municipality_code = 4566
| area = 27.4
| elevation = 417|elevation_description=
| highest = Stähli at Oberherten | highest_m= 593 | lowest= Schleizi at Horgenbach |lowest_m = 380
| population = 22313|populationof = December 2007
| website = www.frauenfeld.ch
| mayor = Carlo Parolari|mayor_asof=2008|mayor_party=FDP
| mayor_title = Stadtammann|list_of_mayors =
| places = Gerlikon, Herten, Horgenbach, Huben, Kurzdorf, Langdorf, Schönenhof, Zelgli
| demonym =
| neighboring_municipalities= [[Aadorf]], [[Bertschikon]] (ZH), [[Ellikon an der Thur]] (ZH), [[Felben-Wellhausen]], [[Gachnang]], [[Hagenbuch]] (ZH), [[Matzingen]], [[Thundorf, Thurgau|Thundorf]], [[Uesslingen-Buch]], [[Warth-Weiningen]]
| twintowns = [[Kufstein]] (Austria)
|}}
'''Frauenfeld''' is the capital of the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Thurgau]] in [[Switzerland]].
[[Image:Frauenfeld rathaus.jpg|thumb|left|Frauenfeld Rathaus]]
==History==
The city is first documented in 1246. It grew up around the Frauenfeld castle on the land of the [[Reichenau]] convent.
In 1264, it became a territory of the [[Habsburg]]s. In 1374, the Habsburgs bestowed the right of judgment for all of Thurgau (which then included [[St. Gallen]]) on the Duke of Frauenfeld.
The castle of Frauenfeld is an example of late [[baroque]] and classical architecture. The ''Rathaus'' dates from Frauenfeld's second period of prominence in the 18th century. Starting in 1712, the gathering of Swiss ''[[Eidgenosse]]n'' took place aternately in Frauenfeld and [[Baden, Switzerland|Baden]]. In 1742, this gathering took Frauenfeld as its regular meetingplace.
Twice in the 18th century, Frauenfeld was partly destroyed by fire, in 1771 and in 1788.
The fall of the old [[Old Swiss Confederacy]] in 1798 as a result of the French invasion brought an end to the gatherings in Frauenfeld.
In 1919, the municipalities of Langdorf, Kurzdorf, Huben, Herten, and Horgenbach became part of Frauenfeld. In 1998, Gerlikon, Schönenhof, and Zelgli were incorporated.
==Transportation==
Frauenfeld is a central location in western Thurgau and is served by a railway station and two exits on the [[A7 (Switzerland)|A7 motorway]].
It has a town bus service which runs every 15 minutes to every corner of the town. Frauenfeld's station supports a regional train (one that stops at every station) to [[Winterthur]] every 20 minutes and a fast train that travels to [[Zurich]] every 30 minutes.
[[Image:Frauenfeld schloss.jpg|thumb|left|Frauenfeld Castle]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.frauenfeld.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d1/d178/f180.cfm Official website]
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*{{HDS|1898|Frauenfeld}}
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