What is Steckborn?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Steckborn | municipality_name = Steckborn | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = Steckborn wappen.gif|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Steckborn.png | languages = German | canton = Thurgau | iso-code-region = CH-TG | district = [[Frauenfeld (district)|Frauenfeld]] | coordinates={{coord|47|40|N|8|59|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 8266 | municipality_code = 4864 | area = 8.8 | elevation = 400|elevation_description= | population = 3398|populationof = December 2005 | popofyear = 2005 | website = www.steckborn.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Berlingen, Switzerland|Berlingen]], [[Gaienhofen]] (Germany), [[Homburg, Switzerland|Homburg]], [[Mammern]], [[Öhningen]] (Germany), [[Raperswilen]] | twintowns = }} [[File:SteckbornEingang.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Steckborn]] '''Steckborn''' is a [[municipality]] in [[Frauenfeld (district)|Frauenfeld]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Thurgau]] in [[Switzerland]]. It was the [[capital city]] of [[Steckborn (district)|Steckborn]]. Steckborn is near [[Lake Constance]]. In 2005, 3,398 people lived there. == History == People already lived in the area around Steckborn in the 100s. There are also [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] ruins of walls and other buildings. Probably in the 800s, the village became part of the territory of the monastery of [[Reichenau]]. This is the period when it is first written about. == Trivia == *[[Karl Friedrich Gegauf]], entrepreneur *[[Fritz Gegauf]], inventor of the sewing machine and founder of Bernina == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commons category-inline|Steckborn}} *[http://www.steckborn.ch www.steckborn.ch] {{in lang|de}} *[http://factory.bernina.com/default.html BERNINA International site] {{switzerland-stub}} [[Category:Municipalities in Frauenfeld]] [[Category:Cities in Switzerland]]