Tengen () is a town in the district of Konstanz, in

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, Germany. It is situated near the border with

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, north of

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Verenahof

Verenahof (also known as ''Büttenharter Hof'' or ''Verenahöfe'') was a German

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, 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.

Mayors

* 1973–2015: Helmut Groß (born 1948 in Crailsheim)Matthias Biehler: ''Bürgermeister: Es kann nur eine Liste geben''. In: '' Südkurier'' vom 10. Mai 2010. * 2015–2023: Marian Schreier (born 1990 in Stuttgart; SPD) * since 2023: Selcuk Gök (SPD)

Education

Tengen has a primary school (Grund- u. Werkrealschule Tengen) and a library/school library.Bibliothek / Schulbücherei der Stadt Tengen
" Tengen, Germany. Retrieved on 6 January 2018. "Anschrift: Ludwig-Gerer-Straße 65 78250 Tengen"

Sons and daughters of the town

* Leutnant Hermann Pfeiffer (1890 in Tengen – 1917 in France) was a World War I

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credited with eleven aerial victories * Otto Sauter (born 1961), piccolo trumpeter, especially in baroque music 2011-06-04 Tengen

References

1651 disestablishments Konstanz (district) States and territories established in the 11th century Hegau Counties of the Holy Roman Empire {{Konstanz-geo-stub

Verenahof

Mayors

Education

Sons and daughters of the town

See also

References