The town of Weinfelden has a very central geographical location - in the east of Switzerland, on the River Thur, opposite Frauenfeld. The town is nestled in the gently rolling hills at the transition between the Thur Valley and the Ottenberg. As the political municipality and capital of the Frauenfeld district, the town belongs to the canton of Thurgau. The town of Weinfelden ranges in altitude from 416 to 684 meters above sea level. As early as 124 AD, a five-metre-wide bridge led across the Thur, making it an important trading center at the foot of the Ottenberg. Thanks to its central location and complete infrastructure, Weinfelden is also a promising business location with good educational opportunities thanks to the numerous schools in Weinfelden.
With around 11,500 inhabitants, the town of Weinfelden is one of the larger towns in the canton of Thurgau. The town of Weinfelden extends over 15.48 km2. Weinfelden gained historical significance in the spring of 1798 through the Thurgau liberation movement, which began in Weinfelden's town hall square. In 1803, the canton of Thurgau became officially independent through the Act of Mediation by Emperor Napoleon. Frauenfeld became the capital of the canton. Nevertheless, Weinfelden has remained a center of the canton to this day. The seat of the cantonal administrative court in Weinfelden and the meeting of the Grand Council of the Canton of Thurgau (parliament) in the winter months also formally express this fact. The organic development of the town is ensured by steady population growth. Most of the employment opportunities in Frauenfeld are in the service sector and the remaining quarter in industry, trade and construction. Major companies based in Weinfelden include Model Holding (packaging industry) and Lidl Schweiz AG as well as associations such as Thurgauer Kantonalbank and the Thurgau Chamber of Commerce and Industry. As an important educational center in the canton, Weinfelden offers a wide range of schools.
Weinfelden railroad station is the largest railroad junction in the canton of Thurgau - i.e. the SBB Zurich-Romanshorn line and the Thurbo regional railroad. In the middle of the 19th century, a west-east axis was created for the transportation of goods. In 1876, the line to St. Gallen (today's journey time of just under an hour) was also opened. The lines to Kreuzlingen (approx. 20 minutes) and Wil (approx. half an hour) followed in 1911. Today you can also get to Zurich (in just under an hour), Brig (in three hours) and Pfäffikon SZ (in just under two hours). Five railroad lines and five post bus lines intersect in Weinfelden. Traveling to schools in Weinfelden by public transport is quick and easy.
The central location of Weinfelden is a good starting point for almost all directions in Switzerland and also to Germany. There is a bypass (Dunant-, Dufour- and Deucherstrasse) which relieves the center of Weinfelden and makes Weinfelden accessible. There is no connection to an expressway or highway. There are plans for an expressway and a main road linking Weinfelden with Arbon via Sulgen and Amriswil. Until then, there is a freeway connection 7 kilometers west of Weinfelden to the A7 and on to the A1 to Winterthur and Zurich. The entire village is compact and there are plenty of parking spaces. This makes it easy to travel to schools in Weinfelden by car or motorcycle.
In addition to primary and secondary schools, Weinfelden is home to the largest vocational school center in the canton of Thurgau (Campus BBZ with schools for business, trade, health and social affairs), a pedagogical baccalaureate school, a music school, vocational schools, private schools, day schools, higher technical schools, sports schools and language schools. The schools in Weinfelden are of central importance for the Thur Valley.
The catering options for schools in Weinfelden include restaurants, cafés, pubs, canteens and take-aways. Typical Weinfelden specialties are wine (beautiful vineyard area), sweets from the Mohn bakery (Weinfelder Schlossgeister, pralines with Ganduja filling, or the Schoggischiffli with blackberry and poppy seed filling and Thurgauer Biber), Apple specialties (such as cider, Schoggi-Öpfelringli or Öpfelwürmli), almond kisses, pumpkin seed paste, wine foam soup, Brätschnitten, trout fillet with asparagus, wild pepper, Thurgauer Böllewegge and Bermontis herbal schnapps.
The town of Weinfelden is active, lively and offers a variety of shopping opportunities, cozy restaurants, vineyards, forests and meadows in the immediate vicinity. There is plenty to discover after school in Weinfelden. The town invites you to shop, linger and enjoy. The distances in Weinfelden are short and the town can be easily explored on foot. The town offers a wide range of sports and cultural activities. There are also a few sights to visit in and around Weinfelden:
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