Tannheim () is a municipality in the district of Biberach,

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Geography

It is located in upper

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at the river

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which forms the border to

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Sights

*Church of St. Martin, built 1700–1702

Entertainment and culture

Tannheim was the home of the annual

Tannkosh Tannkosh was a large airshow and fly-in held annually in July at Tannheim, upper Swabia in Germany. The event was the closest European equivalent to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and, although smaller than the Oshkosh airshow, Tannkosh attracted hundr ...

airshow from 1993 to 2013.

Notable citizens

*Norbert Kiechle (1885–1966), former

Landrat The Landrat () is the chief administrative officer of a German ''Landkreis'' or ''Kreis'' and thus the highest municipal official. In most states they are also the lower state administrative authority (so-called "dual position" of the Landrat). ...

*Richard Ferdinand Maximilian Ignatius Joseph Valentin Hubertus Maria Graf von Schaesberg-Tannheim (1884–1953), nobleman and businessman, winner of an Olympic silver medal (1912); *Josef Dreier (born 1931), politician, former Secretary of State, Baden-Württemberg *

Matthias Dolderer Matthias Dolderer (born 15 September 1970 in Ochsenhausen, Baden Württemberg) is a German professional race pilot. He is the 2016 champion of the Red Bull Air Race. Flying career Beginnings Dolderer, who once colourfully compared the precisio ...

(born 1970), German pilot and Red Bull Air Race Champion (2016) *Ralph Brunner (born 1971), recipient of Paralympic medals, 2000

References

External links

Official Web site
AlterPfarrhof Tannheim-b

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