Bottighofen

Geschichte

Bottighofen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.HistoryThere was a small, prehistoric lake-front settlement near the village. The modern village of Bottighofen is first mentioned in 830 as Pottinchovum. The main landlord for the village, was the monastery of Münsterlingen, from the High Middle Ages until the 19th Century. Until 1798, it belonged to the bailiwick of Eggen.Bottighofen was part of the parish of Münsterlingen, which was restored after the resumption of monastic life in 1549/51. In 1594 the majority Reformed residents were assigned to the parish of Scherzingen.In the 19th Century, the main businesses were in milling, farming and viticulture as well as some timber trade. In the 20th Century some small businesses settled in the village. In 1990, 35% of workforce were in the manufacturing sector, and 57% were in the services sector. Due to strong population growth since 1960, the village became an independent municipality in 1994.GeographyBottighofen has an area, of 2.39km2. Of this area, 0.95km2 or 39.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.83km2 or 34.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.61km2 or 25.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 15.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.4%. Out of the forested land, 31.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.2% is used for growing crops, while 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.