- Steckborn
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Steckborn
municipality_name = Steckborn
municipality_type = municipality
imagepath_coa = Steckborn wappen.gif|pixel_coa=
languages = German
canton = Thurgau
iso-code-region = CH-TG
district = Steckborn
lat_d=47|lat_m=40|lat_NS=N|long_d=8|long_m=59|long_EW=E
postal_code = 8266
municipality_code = 4864
area = 8.8
elevation = 400|elevation_description=
population = 3435|populationof = December 2007 | popofyear = 2007
website = www.steckborn.ch
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neighboring_municipalities=Berlingen ,Gaienhofen (Germany),Homburg ,Mammern ,Öhningen (Germany),Raperswilen
twintowns = |Steckborn is a municipality and the district capital of the district of Steckborn in the canton of
Thurgau inSwitzerland .It is located on the Untersee of
Lake Constance . As of 2007, the municipality had a population of 3435.History
The area around Steckborn was inhabited already in the second century. There are also Roman remains of walls and fortifications. Probably in the ninth century, the village became part of the territory of the monastery of
Reichenau . This is the period when it is first documented.In 1313, Steckborn first was given city rights. Because all ecclesiastical authority ended with the French invasion in
1798 , the dominance of Reichenau also ended. Steckborn has been the district capital of its district since the founding of the canton of Thurgau in1803 .When a new tower was to be built for the church in 1833, a 17-year-old first-year apprentice, Ferdinand Stadler, was given a chance to draw up the plans. In 1848, the
Cistercian convent at Feldbach was closed.In 1890, an embroidery workshop was established in the buildings of the Feldbach convent. This was to grow into the
Bernina Sewing Machine Factory, now known as BERNINA International.Notable residents
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Karl Friedrich Gegauf , entrepreneur
*Fritz Gegauf , inventor of the sewing machine and founder of BerninaReferences
External links
* [http://www.steckborn.ch www.steckborn.ch] de icon
* [http://factory.bernina.com/default.html BERNINA International site]
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