Tettnang is a town in the

Bodensee Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Lak ...

district in southern

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

in a region of

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known as Swabia. It lies 7 kilometres from Lake Constance. The region produces significant quantities of

Tettnang hop This is a list of varieties of hop (''Humulus lupulus''). As there are male and female plants, the flowers (cones) of the female plant are fertilized by the pollen of the male flowers with the result that the female flowers form seeds. These se ...

, an ingredient of beer, and ships them to breweries throughout the world.

History

Tettinang or Tettinac was first mentioned in 882 in a document of the

Abbey of St. Gall The Abbey of Saint Gall (german: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot ...

. In the beginning of the 10th century the castle of the

Counts of Montfort The counts of Montfort were a German noble dynasty from Swabia. They belonged to high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire and enjoyed the privileged status of imperial immediacy. The influential and wealthy counts of Montfort took their name from a ...

was built near the town. The town privileges were granted in 1294 by King Adolf of Nassau. The reign of the Counts of Montfort ended 1780 when they sold the county to Austria, along with

Tettnang Castle Tettnang Castle, also known as the Tettnang New Palace (German: ''Neues Schloss Tettnang''), is one of three castles in the German town of Tettnang. The other ones are Tettnang Old Palace (opposite to the New Palace) and Torschloss close to ''Bä ...

to pay debts. The county became part of

Further Austria Further Austria, Outer Austria or Anterior Austria (german: Vorderösterreich, formerly ''die Vorlande'' (pl.)) was the collective name for the early (and later) possessions of the House of Habsburg in the former Swabian stem duchy of south-wes ...

under the house of Habsburg. In the Peace of Pressburg of 1805 it became

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n property which gave it to

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...

five years later. With the merge of

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, Hohenzollern and

in 1952 it became part of the new formed state

. Until 1973 it was capital of the district Tettnang which was merged with parts of district of

Überlingen Überlingen is a German city on the northern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Baden-Württemberg near the border with Switzerland. After the city of Friedrichshafen, it is the second largest city in the Bodenseekreis (district), and a centr ...

to form the Bodenseekreis.

Population development

Trivia

The second release of the Linux operating system Fedora was named "Tettnang" because of the hops grown in Tettnang being used for making beer. The release was preceded by the beer-related name "Yarrow" (an early substitute for hops) and followed by "Heidelberg" (a German city and the name of a distributor of beer).Fedora release names
/ref> The anti-virus software vendor

Avira Avira Operations GmbH is a German multinational computer security software company mainly known for their Avira Free Security antivirus software. Avira was founded in 2006, but the antivirus application has been under active development since ...

, a company with around 100 million customers and 500 employees all over the world has its headquarters in Tettnang. Based near Lake Constance, the security specialist is one of the biggest regional entrepreneurs.

Gallery

File:Tettnang Georgskapelle innen.jpg, Altar of

Saint George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldie ...

's church, Tettnang File:Tettnang4.jpg, The new castle File:Tettnang5.jpg, Gate Castle File:Torschloss Tettnang.JPG, Gate Castle with Coats of arms

Notable people

Antje von Dewitz Antje von Dewitz (born 18 September 1972 in Ebingen) is a German entrepreneur. She is the managing director of the company VAUDE, a producer of mountain sports equipment based in Tettnang. She holds 46% of the company's shares. Family and early ...

(born 1972), business woman *

Juliane Banse Juliane Banse (born 10 July 1969 in Tettnang, Germany) is a German opera soprano and noted singer. Banse received her vocal training at the Zürich Opera, and with Brigitte Fassbaender in Munich. She won first prize in the singing competition o ...

(born 1969), soprano *

Winfried Brugger Winfried Brugger (26 February 1950 in Tettnang, Germany – 13 November 2010 in Heidelberg) was Professor of Public Law, Philosophy of Law and Theory of State at Heidelberg University. Brugger studied law, philosophy and sociology at the Unive ...

(1950-2010), legal scientist *

Marco Mathis Marco Mathis (born 7 April 1994) is a German cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam . In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;2012 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de la région de Łódź ;2015 : 1s ...

(born 1994), cyclist *

Sascha Rösler Sascha Rösler (born 28 October 1977) is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Youth Born in Tettnang, Rösler first played football in 1982 for TSV Meckenbeuren. Via VfB Friedrichshafen, for which he played from 1990, h ...

(born 1977), footballer *

Thiemo Storz Thiemo Storz (born 12 October 1991 in Tettnang) is a racing driver from Germany. Career Formula Renault 2.0 After ten years in karting, Storz stepped up to single-seaters in 2008, making his debut in the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Cup. ...

(born 1991), racing car driver * Gregor Traber (born 1992), athlete

Other personalities associated with Tettnang

* Eduard Adorno (1920-2000), landowner and politician (CDU) * Ivan Shekov (born 1942), composer and concert pianist * Thom Barth (born 1951), painter, graphic artist and installation artist

External links

Official City Homepage

References

{{Authority control Bodenseekreis History of Vorarlberg