Meckenbeuren | |
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 Church of St. Mary | |
Location of Meckenbeuren
within Bodenseekreis district  | |
Location of Meckenbeuren | |
| Coordinates: 47°42′00″N 09°33′45″E / 47.70000°N 9.56250°E / 47.70000; 9.56250 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Bodenseekreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–30) | Georg Schellinger[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.89 km2 (12.31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 13,723 |
| • Density | 430.3/km2 (1,115/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 (German pronunciation: [ˈmɛkn̩ˌbɔʏʁən]) is a municipality in the Bodensee district, in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. It is located 10 kilometres (6 miles) south of Ravensburg, and 8 kilometres (5 miles) northeast of Friedrichshafen, on Lake Constance.
Geography
Location
Meckenbeuren is located about eight kilometres north of Friedrichshafen and ten kilometres south of Ravensburg in the lower Schussental valley near Lake Constance.
Friedrichshafen Airport is partially located on Meckenbeuren (Gerbertshaus) territory.
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).
Demographics
Population development:[3]
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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
Culture
- This rail station is mentioned in the Volkslied Auf de schwäbsche Eisebahne.[4][5]
Gallery
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Ravensburger Spieleland (amusement park)
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Humpisschloss in the Brochenzell district
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Schloss Liebenau (Liebenau Castle; since 1870, a Catholic nursing home and a school for nurses)
Twin cities
Hohwald, Germany, since 1991- Kehlen, Luxembourg, since 1993
References
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Meckenbeuren 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Meckenbeuren (Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ Sebastian (2013-01-26). "160 Jahre heimliche Schwabenhymne und die Krux mit der falschen Quellenangabe". Lieblingsblog.net. (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-28.
- ^ Thomas Brune, Heike Gall (1985), "Auf Schienen durch bürgerliche Seelenlandschaften. Karikaturen in den Fliegenden Blättern", Zug der Zeit – Zeit der Züge. Deutsche Eisenbahnen 1835–1985 (in German), Berlin: Siedler Verlag, p. 461, ISBN 3-88680-146-2