Meckenbeuren
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Church of St. Mary | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Meckenbeuren within Bodenseekreis district | |
Meckenbeuren Meckenbeuren | |
| Coordinates: 47°42′00″N 09°33′45″E / 47.70000°N 9.56250°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Bodenseekreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–30) | Georg Schellinger[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.90 km2 (12.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 13,733 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 88074 |
| Dialling codes | 07542 |
| Vehicle registration | FN |
| Website | www.meckenbeuren.de |
Meckenbeuren is a municipality in Bodensee in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The current mayor of Meckenbeuren is Georg Schellinger since 2022.
Geography
Location
Meckenbeuren is about 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Friedrichshafen and 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Ravensburg in the lower Schussental valley near Lake Constance.
Districts
The municipality of Meckenbeuren includes the core town of Obermeckenbeuren (since 1810). The former municipalities were incorporated in 1937 and current 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). The village of Kehlen was incorporated in 1972 (with the villages of Kehlen and Reute, the hamlets of Buch, Gerbertshaus, Gunzenhaus, Holzreute, Lochbrücke, Sammletshofen, Sassen, Schürten, Schuppenwies, Sibratshaus and Siglishofen, the farms of Großbuch, Hechelfurt and Schindelhof as well as the houses Schübelbeer).
Main sights
- Ravensburger Spieleland, a 25 hectare amusement park in Liebenau
- Humpismuseum (Humpis Museum) in the Humpisschloss (Humpis Castle) in Brochenzell
- Schloss Liebenau (Liebenau Castle)
Gallery
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Ravensburger Spieleland (amusement park)
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Humpisschloss in Brochenzell
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Schloss Liebenau (Liebenau Castle)
Twin towns
Meckenbeuren is twinned with:
- Hohwald, Germany, since 1991
- Kehlen, Luxembourg, since 1993
References
- ↑ Bürgermeisterwahl Meckenbeuren 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2023 (Fortschreibung auf Basis des Zensus 2022)" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2023 (updated based on the 2022 census)] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.
Other websites
- Official website (in German)