Griesenberg
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Griesenberg is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.
It was first recorded in year 1256 as Griessinberc.
The municipality also contained the villages Altenburg, Bänikon, Fimmelsberg, Holzhof, Leutmerken and Tümpfel. It had 500 inhabitants in 1850, which decreased to 438 in 1900, 397 in 1950 and 352 in 1990.
In 1995 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Amlikon, Bissegg and Strohwilen to form a new and larger municipality Amlikon-Bissegg.
[edit] References
- Griesenberg in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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