Hauptwil
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Hauptwil is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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It was first recorded in year 1413 as Hoptwill.

The municipality had 50 inhabitants in 1649, which increased to 598 in 1850, 741 in 1900, 819 in 1950 and 910 in 1990.

In 1996 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Gottshaus
Gottshaus
Gottshaus is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.It was first recorded somewhere between year 1250 and 1300 as Gottshaus.The municipality also contained the village Sankt Pelagiberg as well as 40 others...

 to form a new and larger municipality Hauptwil-Gottshaus
Hauptwil-Gottshaus
Hauptwil-Gottshaus is a municipality in Weinfelden District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.The municipality was created in 1996 by a merger of Hauptwil and Gottshaus....

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