Agreement between the Protestant Church Council of the Canton of St. Gallen and the Protestant Church Council of the Canton of Thurgau concerning the revocation of the current church assignment of Protestants in the political municipalities of Wil and Bronschhofen to the parish of Sirnach and the incorporation of the Protestant inhabitants of the Thurgau locality of Rickenbach into the newly founded parish of Wil

1. The Protestant residents of the St. Gallen municipalities of Wil and Bronschhofen and the Thurgau locality of Rickenbach unite to form a newly established Protestant church community of Wil.

1. For this purpose,

1. the allocation of the Protestant inhabitants of Wil and Bronschhofen to the Thurgau municipality of Sirnach, as per the agreement of February 16 / April 29, 1870, is hereby revoked;

2. The Protestant inhabitants of the locality of Rickenbach are detached from the ecclesiastical association with Sirnach and incorporated into the association of the newly to be established church municipality of Wil.

1. The withdrawal of those previously assigned to Sirnach, as well as the detachment of the previously incorporated locality of Rickenbach, occurred without mutual claims for compensation of any kind. Subject to Article 6, the withdrawing parties shall not be held liable for any burdens to the Sirnach church communities and they, in turn, waive all claims to the assets and property of the Sirnach church community, as well as any rights of joint use of their ecclesiastical institutions.

1. The Formation of the Evangelical Parish of Wil shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Evangelical Church Order of the Canton of St. Gallen.

2. Upon its formation, the Evangelical Parish of Wil shall join the Association of the St. Gallen Evangelical National Church with all the rights and duties assigned to Evangelical Parishes and their members under existing laws and ordinances. The church regulations of the Canton of St. Gallen shall be binding for all members of the Parish of Wil, regardless of whether they reside in St. Gallen or Thurgau territory.

3. In tax matters, due to differences in tax legislation between the two cantons, special tax registers shall be created for the Thurgau members of the Parish of Wil in accordance with the tax laws of the Canton of St. Gallen.

1. Residents of the Evangelical Church Community of Wil, who reside outside the political municipality of Wil, are also granted the right of burial in the same manner and location as the Evangelical residents of the political municipality of Wil. This right is assured, subject to the provision of reasonable compensation in the event that the establishment of a new general cemetery becomes necessary for the political municipality. Such compensation is to be paid by the entire Evangelical Church Community of Wil.

1. The definitive separation from the Sirnach parish shall take effect as soon as a new Protestant church has been constructed in Wil. Until then, the current allocation and pastoral relationship shall continue.

1. The present agreement is subject to the higher approval in accordance with the laws valid in the Cantons of St. Gallen and Thurgau.