Tengen, Germany

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.

Tengen
Coat of arms
Location of Tengen within Konstanz district
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Tengen
Tengen
Coordinates: 47°48′52″N 8°39′33″E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictKonstanz
Government
 • MayorMarian Schreier
Area
 • Total61.98 km2 (23.93 sq mi)
Elevation
614 m (2,014 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total4,657
 • Density75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
78250
Dialling codes07736
Vehicle registrationKN
Websitewww.tengen.de
Lordship (County) of Tengen

Herrschaft (Grafschaft) Tengen
11th century–1651
StatusCounty
CapitalTengen
GovernmentCounty
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
before 1112 11th century
• Sold to Lords of
    Klingenberg

1275
• Sold to Habsburgs
1305–87
• Fell to Teutonic Order
1488
• United with Lgvt
    Nellenburg

1534
• Pawned to Auersperg
1651
• Auersperg & Tengen
    mediatised to Baden

1806
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Duchy of Swabia
County of Auersperg

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[2]

Mayors

From 1973 to 2015 Helmut Groß was the mayor of Tengen.[3] His successor is Marian Schreier.[4]

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

Education

Tengen has a primary school (Grund- u. Werkrealschule Tengen) and a library/school library.[5][6]

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

References
  1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). September 2020.
  2. BGBl (German Federal Law Gazette) 1967 II, pp.2041–2043
  3. Matthias Biehler: Bürgermeister: Es kann nur eine Liste geben. In: Südkurier vom 10. Mai 2010.
  4. "25-jähriger Marian Schreier in Tengen: Jüngster Bürgermeister von Deutschland". SWR.de (in German). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  5. "Schulen." Tengen, Germany. Retrieved on 6 January 2018. "Anschrift: 78250 Tengen, Schulstraße 11,"
  6. "Bibliothek / Schulbücherei der Stadt Tengen." Tengen, Germany. Retrieved on 6 January 2018. "Anschrift: Ludwig-Gerer-Straße 65 78250 Tengen"
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