Meckenbeuren is a municipality in the
Bodensee district, in
Baden-Württemberg
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, Southern
Germany
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. It is located south of
Ravensburg, and northeast of
Friedrichshafen
Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''K ...
, on
Lake Constance.
Geography
Location
Meckenbeuren is located about eight kilometres north of
Friedrichshafen
Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''K ...
and ten kilometres south of
Ravensburg in the lower Schussental valley near
Lake Constance.
Districts
The municipality of Meckenbeuren includes, in addition to the core town of Obermeckenbeuren (since 1810), the former municipalities incorporated in 1937 and today's districts of Brochenzell and Liebenau (with the hamlets of Brugg, Hegenberg, Hirschach, Knellesberg, Langentrog, Schwarzenbach, Senglingen and Weiler, the farms of Berg, Buch, Furt, Hasenwinkel, Hohenreute, Holzbauer, Hungersberg, Kratzerach, Laufenen, Lohner, Madenreute, Mühlebach, Ottmarsreute, Rebholz, Regulator, Reuter, Sandgrub, Stengele, Straß, Untertennennenmoos and the houses Habacht) as well as the village of Kehlen, which was incorporated in 1972 (with the villages Kehlen and Reute, the hamlets of Buch, Gerbertshaus, Gunzenhaus, Holzreute, Lochbrücke, Sammletshofen, Sassen, Schürten, Schuppenwies, Sibratshaus and Siglishofen, the courtyards Großbuch, Hechelfurt and Schindelhof as well as the houses Schübelbeer).
Main sights
* Ravensburger Spieleland: a 25 hectare
amusement park in the Liebenau district
* Humpismuseum (Humpis Museum) in the Humpisschloss (Humpis Castle) in the Brochenzell district
Gallery
Meckenbeuren Liebenau Ravensburger Spieleland Eingang.jpg, Ravensburger Spieleland (amusement park)
Humpisschloss Brochenzell.jpg, Humpisschloss in the Brochenzell district
Meckenbeuren Stiftung Liebenau Schloss.jpg, Schloss Liebenau (Liebenau Castle)
Twin cities
*
Hohwald,
Germany
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, since 1991
*
Kehlen
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, the town of Kehlen, which lies in the centre of the commune, has ...
,
Luxembourg
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, since 1993
References
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