Guntershausen bei Aadorf [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Guntershausen bei Aadorf
Guntershausen bei Aadorf is a village and former municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.
It was first recorded in 1282 as "Gundolthuser tal".
The municipality also contained the villages Maischhausen, Tänikon and Wittershausen. It had 473 inhabitants in 1850, which increased to 400 in 1870, 656 in 1960, 1051 in 1990 and 1392 in 2008.
In 1996 the municipality was incorporated into the larger, neighboring municipality Aadorf.
Notable residents.
- Caroline
"Oetenhuse". Guntershausen bei Aadorf is first mentioned in 1282 as "Gundolthuser tal". On 6 April 1358 the brothers Herman and Beringer "von Landenberg" and Hermann von Landenberg donated the church of Aadorf to the Rüti Abbey.
The territory of the municipality was enlarged in 1996, when it absorbed the neighboring municipalities of Aawangen, Ettenhausen, Guntershausen bei Aadorf and Wittenwil. As of 2008, it was the canton's seventh largest municipality.
Graves from the Hallstatt period were discovered near Elgg and west of Bruggwingert