Tengen, Germany

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.

Tengen
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Tengen within Konstanz district
Tengen Show map of Germany Tengen Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 47°48′52″N 8°39′33″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  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	4,820
• Density	78/km2 (200/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

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

Tengen

See also

• Verenahof