Frauenfeld - Geography

Geography

Frauenfeld has an area, as of 2009, of 27.37 square kilometers (10.57 sq mi). Of this area, 12.43 km2 (4.80 sq mi) or 45.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.77 km2 (2.61 sq mi) or 24.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi) or 27.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) or 1.0% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 13.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 7.9%. Out of the forested land, 22.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.0% is used for growing crops, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is the cantonal and district capital. It is located along both banks of the Murg river. It consists of the town of Frauenfeld (made up of the old city, Ergaten-Vorstadt to the west and Obere Vorstadt to the east) and the former communities of Langdorf, Kurzdorf, Huben, Herten, Horgenbach, Gerlikon, Zelgli and Schönenhof.