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Below you find Frauenfeld's historical tales — from old legends to famous local events. Create a free account, pick one as your starting point, your child takes a role inside it.
Real stories from Frauenfeld's past — pick one and your child takes a role
A child discovers a mysterious lady tending a meadow beside the castle, who reveals herself as the guardian spirit of "Our Lady's Field." She tells the ancient tale of how Frauenfeld got its name, leading the child through the coat of arms as it magically comes to life — the rearing lion, the chain, and the woman in her headscarf all stepping out of the heraldic shield.
A Landvogt from one of the seven ruling cantons loses the key to Frauenfeld Castle in 1650. A resourceful local child must solve riddles hidden across the old town's late-Baroque streets to find it before the next canton's governor arrives. Each riddle reveals a piece of Thurgau's history as a subject territory governed by outsiders.
Set during the Ittinger Sturm of 1524, a young novice at Kartause Ittingen must save the monastery's most precious book from an approaching mob of 3,000 furious townspeople. Racing through secret passages while the charterhouse burns around him, the novice flees toward Frauenfeld Castle, carrying centuries of knowledge on his back.
After the 1712 Villmergen War, Frauenfeld suddenly becomes the most important town in Switzerland as it hosts the Federal Diet. A baker's child must prepare food for delegates from all 13 cantons, each with impossible demands. Through the chaos of diplomacy and cuisine, the child discovers what it means to hold a nation together at the table.
Young Julius experiments in his father's mill to invent a soup that can feed everyone. The ingredients come alive and must be convinced to work together, while a magical stirring spoon reveals flavors from around the world. It is a tale of curiosity and invention from the boy who would change how the world eats.
A child rides the narrow-gauge Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn through orchards where the apple trees whisper stories. Each station along the Murg valley reveals a different chapter of Thurgau's history, from medieval mills to the kingdom of cider. The gentle landscape between the Thur river and Lake Constance comes alive with tales of fruit, farmers, and fortune.
Young Walter Rudolf Hess explores a fantastical version of the brain as a vast underground city beneath Frauenfeld. Different districts — the hypothalamus, the cortex — control different functions of the body, but they have fallen into disarray. Walter must restore harmony between the quarreling districts, discovering how the brain orchestrates everything we feel and do.
During the annual costume night following the Bechtelistag feast, a child discovers that one of the costumed figures is a real medieval citizen from 1430, escaped from the tavern "Zum wilden Mann" through a crack in time. Together they must navigate the confetti-filled streets and return him to his century before dawn breaks over Frauenfeld.
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