Meckenbeuren

Meckenbeuren
Municipality
Church of St. Mary
Church of St. Mary
Coat of arms of Meckenbeuren
Coat of arms
Location of Meckenbeuren within Bodenseekreis district
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Meckenbeuren is located in Germany
Meckenbeuren
Meckenbeuren
Meckenbeuren is located in Baden-Württemberg
Meckenbeuren
Meckenbeuren
Coordinates: 47°42′00″N 09°33′45″E / 47.70000°N 9.56250°E / 47.70000; 9.56250
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionTübingen
DistrictBodenseekreis
Government
 • Mayor (2022–30) Georg Schellinger[1]
Area
 • Total
31.90 km2 (12.32 sq mi)
Elevation
435 m (1,427 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
13,807
 • Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
88074
Dialling codes07542
Vehicle registrationFN
Websitewww.meckenbeuren.de

Meckenbeuren 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.

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]

Year Inhabitants
1990 11,182
2001 12,939
2011 13,109
2021 13,651

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
  • Ravensburger Spieleland (amusement park)
    Ravensburger Spieleland (amusement park)
  • Humpisschloss in the Brochenzell district
    Humpisschloss in the Brochenzell district
  • Schloss Liebenau (Liebenau Castle)
    Schloss Liebenau (Liebenau Castle)

Twin cities

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References

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Meckenbeuren 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
  3. ^ "Meckenbeuren (Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-06-23.