 A tower house built in the early 12th century was inhabited by ministeriales of the House of Kyburg who called themselves "von Wiesendangen" or "von Frauenfeld", as the acted as reeves in Frauenfeld.The manor was a fief of the bishop of Constance, given to the Hohenlandenberg family in 1472.High justice had already passed to Zürich along with the Kyburg possessions in 1452, low justice eventually passed to Zürich as well, in 1587.