Tengen, Germany

Tengen

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Tengen
Location of Tengen within Konstanz district
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Coordinates: 47°48′52″N 8°39′33″E / 47.81444°N 8.65917°E / 47.81444; 8.65917Coordinates: 47°48′52″N 8°39′33″E / 47.81444°N 8.65917°E / 47.81444; 8.65917
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Konstanz
Government
 • Mayor Marian Schreier
Area
 • Total 61.98 km2 (23.93 sq mi)
Elevation 614 m (2,014 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 4,572
 • Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 78250
Dialling codes 07736
Vehicle registration KN
Website www.tengen.de
Lordship (County) of Tengen
Herrschaft (Grafschaft) Tengen
11th century–1651
Status County
Capital Tengen
Government County
Historical era Middle 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

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.

Mayors

From 1973 to 2015 Helmut Groß was the mayor of Tengen.[2] His successor is Marian Schreier.[3]

  • 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.[4][5]

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 2017". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Matthias Biehler: Bürgermeister: Es kann nur eine Liste geben. In: Südkurier vom 10. Mai 2010.
  3. ↑ "25-jähriger Marian Schreier in Tengen: Jüngster Bürgermeister von Deutschland". SWR.de (in German). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  4. ↑ "Schulen." Tengen, Germany. Retrieved on 6 January 2018. "Anschrift: 78250 Tengen, Schulstraße 11,"
  5. ↑ "Bibliothek / Schulbücherei der Stadt Tengen." Tengen, Germany. Retrieved on 6 January 2018. "Anschrift: Ludwig-Gerer-Straße 65 78250 Tengen"


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