Schönholzerswilen is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

History

Schönholzerswilen is probably first mentioned in 857 as Wichrammeswilare. In 1216 it was mentioned as Wilær and in 1693 it was mentioned as Schönholtzerß Wÿlen.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, 19.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 60.1% is used for growing crops, while 10.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -1.6%. Most of the population () speaks German(98.9%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 0.3%) and French being third ( 0.1%).

, the gender distribution of the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female. The population was made up of 374 Swiss men (48.4% of the population), and 16 (2.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 365 Swiss women (47.2%), and 18 (2.3%) non-Swiss women.

, there were 246 private households in the municipality, and an average of 3. persons per household. There were 128 (or 17.5%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 490 (or 67.0%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 32 (or 4.4%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 10 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 2 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 4 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 5 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.

The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 56.26% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (13.32%), the Green Party (9.09%) and the SP (6.86%). In the federal election, a total of 301 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.3%.

The historical population is given in the following table:

{| class="wikitable"

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! year

! population

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| 1831

| 870

|-

| 1850

| 903

|-

| 1900

| 798

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| 1950

| 762

|-

| 1960

| 695

|-

| 1970

| 732

|-

| 1990

| 720

|-

| 2000

| 731

|-

| 2012

| 778

|-

|}

Heritage sites of national significance

The Toos-Waldi, a Bronze Age hill settlement is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire village of Schönholzerswilen is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

Economy

, Schönholzerswilen had an unemployment rate of 0.99%. , there were 153 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 56 businesses involved in this sector. 21 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 61 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 17 businesses in this sector. Of the working population, 4.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 46.3% used a private car.

Education

In Schönholzerswilen about 75.2% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

References

  • Official homepage