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 mostly S-Bahn-style services in Switzerland,southern Germany,and northwestern 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 business magnate,industrialist and politician who most notably served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 1999 to 2012 for the Swiss People's Party.
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.
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 who currently is a member-elect of the Executive Council of Aargau. She served as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party between 2019 and 2024.
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.
Judith Schmutz is a Swiss lawyer and politician who has served as president of the Cantonal Council of Lucerne since 2023. She is the youngest president of the council in the canton's history,and one of the youngest in all of Switzerland. She was first elected to serve on the council in 2019,and represents the Hochdorf District.
Hermann Hess is a Swiss businessman,real estate developer and politician who served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 2015 to 2017 for The Liberals. He previously served on the Grand Council of Thurgau from 2012 to 2015. Handelszeitung estimated his net worth at CHF 223 million in 2023.
