Kradolf-Schönenberg is a municipality in Weinfelden District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The municipality was created in 1996 by a merger of Buhwil, Kradolf, Neukirch an der Thur and Schönenberg an der Thur. History Kradolf is first mentioned in 883 as Chreinthorf. In 1276 it was mentioned as Kraedorf. Schönenberg an der Thur is first mentioned in 883 as Thuruftisthorf. In 1359 it was mentioned as Schönnenberg. Neukirch an der Thur is first mentioned in 1291 as Eliswil. In 1296 it was mentioned as Sêliswille, which remained its name until the Protestant Reformation. After 1520 it was known as Nüwenkilchen. Buhwil is first mentioned in 838 as Puabinwilare. In 1276 it was mentioned as Kraedorf. Geography Kradolf-Schönenberg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 61.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.9%. Out of the forested land, 19.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 54.6% is used for growing crops, while 7.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, and . The municipality is located in Weinfelden District. It consists of the linear village of Kradolf, Buhwil, Neukirch an der Thur and Schönenberg an der Thur. Demographics Kradolf-Schönenberg has a population () of . , 19.3% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 0.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (87.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.8%) and Italian being third ( 1.9%). , the gender distribution of the population was 51.4% male and 48.6% female. The population was made up of 1,329 Swiss men (40.3% of the population), and 366 (11.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,333 Swiss women (40.4%), and 269 (8.2%) non-Swiss women. In there were 29 live births to Swiss citizens and 9 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same