Tengen, Germany
Tengen | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Tengen
within Konstanz district | |
Location of Tengen | |
Tengen Tengen | |
| Coordinates: 47°48′52″N 8°39′33″E / 47.81444°N 8.65917°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Konstanz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–31) | Selcuk Gök[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 62.04 km2 (23.95 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 614 m (2,014 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,818 |
| • Density | 77.66/km2 (201.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 78250 |
| Dialling codes | 07736 |
| Vehicle registration | KN |
| Website | www.tengen.de |
Tengen (German pronunciation: [ˈtɛŋən] ⓘ) is a town in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated near the border with Switzerland, 14 kilometres (9 miles) north of Schaffhausen.
Verenahof
Verenahof (also known as Büttenharter Hof or Verenahöfe) was a German exclave in Switzerland, administratively part of the German town of Wiechs am Randen (which is now part of the town of Tengen). Geographically, it was separated from Wiechs am Randen by a 200–300-metre wide strip of Swiss territory.
By 1964 a treaty was concluded between Germany and Switzerland, which entered into force on 4 October 1967. The 43-hectare territory, containing three houses and eleven West German citizens, became part of Switzerland.[3]
Mayors
- 1973–2015: Helmut Groß (born 1948 in Crailsheim)[4]
- 2015–2023: Marian Schreier (born 1990 in Stuttgart; SPD)[5]
- since 2023: Selcuk Gök (SPD)
Education
Tengen has a primary school (Grund- u. Werkrealschule Tengen) and a library/school library.[6][7]
Sons and daughters of the town
- Leutnant Hermann Pfeiffer (1890 in Tengen – 1917 in France) was a World War I flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories
- Otto Sauter (born 1961), piccolo trumpeter, especially in baroque music
See also
References
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Tengen 2023, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Tabellengruppe 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes zum 31. Dezember 2024" [Update of the population as of 31 December 2024] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.
- ^ BGBl (German Federal Law Gazette) 1967 II, pp.2041–2043
- ^ Matthias Biehler: Bürgermeister: Es kann nur eine Liste geben. In: Südkurier vom 10. Mai 2010.
- ^ "25-jähriger Marian Schreier in Tengen: Jüngster Bürgermeister von Deutschland". SWR.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
- ^ "Schulen." Tengen, Germany. Retrieved on 6 January 2018. "Anschrift: 78250 Tengen, Schulstraße 11,"
- ^ "Bibliothek / Schulbücherei der Stadt Tengen." Tengen, Germany. Retrieved on 6 January 2018. "Anschrift: Ludwig-Gerer-Straße 65 78250 Tengen"