Schlatt (or sometimes Schlatt TG in order to distinguish it from others) is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Schlatt is first mentioned in 858 as Slate. In the Middle Ages, the House of Kyburg (subsequently House of Habsburg) bailiwick of Diessenhofen had jurisdiction over Schlatt. In the 15th century, the town of Diessenhofen became mostly independent and took over the jurisdiction of Schlatt. It exercised this right until 1798. The major landowner before 858 was the Abbey of St. Gall, then after 858 Rheinau Abbey acquired the land. In the 13th century, the monastery of St. Katharinental, along with others, held most of the land in the village. The St Nicholas Chapel, which existed from 1316 until 1812, belonged to Stammheim parish (today Oberstammheim and Unterstammheim). Though the Protestant Reformation of 1529 created an independent parish of Schlatt, it declined until it was abolished in 1769. In the late 16th century the pastor was provided by Basadingen, and he was provided by Diessenhofen from 1625-31. Geography Schlatt has an area, , of . Of this area, or 50.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 36.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 49.1% is used for growing crops, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located on the eastern slope of the Kohlfirst mountain. It was formed in 1999 through the merger of Mett-Oberschlatt and Unterschlatt. Schlatt also shares an international border on the river Rhine with the German municipality of Büsingen am Hochrhein which is an enclave entirely surrounded by Swiss territory. Demographics Schlatt has a population () of . , 8.8% of the population are foreign nationals. Most of the population () speaks German (95.8%), with French being second most common ( 0.7%) and Italian being third (