What is Arbon?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Arbon | image_photo = Luftaufnahme arbon.jpg | municipality_name = Arbon | municipality_type = city | imagepath_coa = Arbon-blazon.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Arbon.png | languages = German | canton = Thurgau | iso-code-region = CH-TG | district = [[Arbon (district)|Arbon]] |coordinates={{coord|47|31|N|9|26|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 9320 | municipality_code = 4401 | area = 5.9 | elevation = 402|elevation_description= | population = 12,794|populationof = December 2005 | popofyear = 2005 | website = www.arbon.ch | mayor = Martin Klöti|mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = Fetzisloh, Frasnacht, Kratzern, Speiserlehn, Stachen | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Egnach]], [[Roggwil, Thurgau|Roggwil]], [[Berg, St. Gallen|Berg]] (SG), [[Steinach, St. Gallen|Steinach]] (SG), [[Horn, Switzerland|Horn]] | twintowns = [[Langenargen]] (Germany), [[Binn]] (Switzerland) }} '''Arbon''' is a [[municipality]] and [[capital city]] of the [[Arbon (district)|district of Arbon]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Thurgau]] in [[Switzerland]]. ==History== The shores of [[Lake Constance]] near Arbon have been inhabited since the [[Stone Age]]. [[Archaeology|Archaeological]] digs in 1885 and 1944 uncovered [[Stilt house|stilt houses]] from the Stone and [[Bronze Age]]s. At first, it was assumed that these were built over water, since they were raised on stilts. However, it is now known that they were on the shore and were built because the ground was swampy. During [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times, ''Bergli'' was probably a Roman fort. The raised situation and view over the lake were strategically important. Since 1957, regular excavations have shown the remains of late Roman [[Fortification|fortifications]]. The [[Latin]] name of Arbon, ''Arbor Felix'' (meaning ''happy tree''), first appears in the ''Itinerarium Antonini'' in 300. According to the chronicles of [[Ammianus M