Tengen, Germany

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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coat of arms of Tengen
Coat of arms
Location of Tengen within Konstanz district
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(2015–23) Marian Schreier[1]Area
 • Total61.98 km2 (23.93 sq mi)Elevation
614 m (2,014 ft)Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total4,696 • Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes
78250
Dialling codes07736Vehicle registrationKNWebsitewww.tengen.de

Tengen 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

From 1973 to 2015 Helmut Groß was the mayor of Tengen.[4] His successor is Marian Schreier.[5]

  • 1973–2015: Helmut Groß (born 1948 in Crailsheim)
  • since May 2015: Marian Schreier (born 1990 in Stuttgart; 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
Tengen

See also

  • Verenahof

References

  1. ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
  3. ^ BGBl (German Federal Law Gazette) 1967 II, pp.2041–2043
  4. ^ Matthias Biehler: Bürgermeister: Es kann nur eine Liste geben. In: Südkurier vom 10. Mai 2010.
  5. ^ "25-jähriger Marian Schreier in Tengen: Jüngster Bürgermeister von Deutschland". SWR.de (in German). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  6. ^ "Schulen." Tengen, Germany. Retrieved on 6 January 2018. "Anschrift: 78250 Tengen, Schulstraße 11,"
  7. ^ "Bibliothek / Schulbücherei der Stadt Tengen." Tengen, Germany. Retrieved on 6 January 2018. "Anschrift: Ludwig-Gerer-Straße 65 78250 Tengen"
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