Thurgau,anglicized as Thurgovia,and formally as the Canton of Thurgau,is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts. Its capital is Frauenfeld.
Romanshorn is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
Thurbo is a railway company with S-Bahn-style services in Switzerland,southern Germany,and northeastern Vorarlberg,Austria,jointly owned by Swiss Federal Railways (90%) and the canton of Thurgau.
The Wil–Kreuzlingen railway is a largely single-track standard-gauge line in northeastern Switzerland. It was built by the Mittelthurgaubahn;MThB),which was a Swiss private railway based in Weinfelden. It was liquidated in 2003,including its subsidiary Lokoop,and its activities and the infrastructure it owned were mainly taken over by a Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) subsidiary,Thurbo,which was originally formed as a joint venture between the MThB and the SBB.
Amriswil is a town and a municipality in Arbon District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland near the Lake Constance.
Yvette Estermann is a Slovakian-born physician and politician who served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 2007 to 2023. During the 2023 Swiss federal election she did not run for re-election and is due to leave her post on 3 December 2023.
Hansjörg Walter is a Swiss politician of the Swiss People's Party. He was a member of the Swiss National Council for the canton of Thurgau (1999–2017) and president of the Swiss Farmers' Union (2000–2012). Walter served as the President of the National Council (2011–2012).
Peter Christoph Spuhler is a Swiss industrialist and politician of the Swiss People's Party,where from 1999 to 2012 he served as a member of the Swiss National Council for the canton of Thurgau. Spuhler was CEO of the family firm Stadler Rail from 1989 to 2017 and again on an ad interim basis from 2020 until 2023.
The Swiss Northeastern Railway was an early railway company in Switzerland. It also operated shipping on Lake Constance (Bodensee) and Lake Zürich. Until the merger of the Western Swiss Railways into the Jura–Simplon Railway (JS) in 1890/91,it was the largest Swiss railway company.
An election for all seven members of the Federal Council,the government of Switzerland,was held on 14 December 2011,following the federal election on 23 October 2011. Micheline Calmy-Rey announced she would not run for re-election to the council. According to a traditional informal convention,the successor has to come from the French-speaking or Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. The candidates for her post announced by their respective cantonal sections are Alain Berset (Fribourg),Pierre-Yves Maillard (Vaud),Stéphane Rossini (Valais),and Marina Carobbio (Ticino).
The Thurgau was a pagus of the Duchy of Alamannia in the early medieval period. A County of Thurgau existed from the 13th century until 1798. Parts of Thurgau were acquired by the Old Swiss Confederacy during the early 15th century,and the entire county passed to the Confederacy as a condominium in 1460.
Rolf Hugo Dörig is a Swiss business executive He is chairman of Swiss Life. He was chairman of the Adecco Group from 2009 to 2020.
The S7 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between Romanshorn and Rorschach,with hourly service from Romanshorn to Weinfelden. Some trains continue from Rorschach to St. Margrethen,Bregenz and Lindau along the shores of Lake Constance. The line is also part of the Bodensee S-Bahn.
Thurgauer Kantonalbank is a Swiss cantonal bank serving the canton of Thurgau. The head office is based in Weinfelden.
Brigitte Häberli-Koller is a Swiss politician of the party The Centre. She is a former member of the National Council and a current of the Council of States of which she served as its president from 2022 to 2023.
The S23 is a regional railway line of the Zürich S-Bahn that operates only during rush hour.
Verena Herzog is a Swiss politician who currently serves as a member of the National Council for the Swiss People's Party from the Canton of Thurgau since March 4,2013.
Martina Bircher is a Swiss economist and politician. She currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 2019.
Manuel Strupler is a Swiss businessman and politician. He currently serves as member of the National Council for the Swiss People's Party since 2019. He previously served on the Grand Council of Thurgau from 2016 to 2020.
