Langrickenbach

Geschichte

Langrickenbach is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.HistoryLangrickenbach is first mentioned in 889 as Rihchinbahc. Together with Greuter, it was acquired by the Lords of Helmsdorf in 1351. Between 1521 and 1798 it belonged to the cathedral of Konstanz. Any low court verdict in Langrickenbach was automatically appealed to the high court at Konstanz. Most of the settlement of Belzstadel belonged to Münsterlingen until 1798. A village church was first mentioned around 900. Since the Protestant Reformation in 1529 the Catholics attend the church in Altnau. The current municipality was formed in 1998 when Herrenhof, Langrickenbach, Schönenbaumgarten and Zuben merged into Langrickenbach.GeographyLangrickenbach has an area, of 10.85km2. Of this area, 8.25km2 or 76.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.8km2 or 16.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.79km2 or 7.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03km2 or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.2%. Parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.9%. All of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 64.1% is used for growing crops, while 12.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.