Thurgau

Switzerland

Thurgau, a Swiss canton bordering Germany, connects to 1615 places across 16 topics through 65 Bunkabop connections, spanning history, nature, military conflict, and government. History dominates its profile: during the Protestant Reformation, both Catholic and Reformed factions competed for control of the canton, and in 1656 Zurich briefly occupied it amid the First War of Villmergen. The canton also contributed to Swiss nation-building when Johann Conrad Kern of Thurgau co-drafted the federal constitution after the Sonderbund War. The canton is named after the Thur river, which flows through it.

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