Tettnang () is a town in the

Bodensee Lake Constance (, ) refers to three Body of water, 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 Seerhei ...

district in southern

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...

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region of

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. It lies 7 kilometres from

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. The region produces significant quantities of Tettnang hop, an ingredient of beer, and ships them to

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throughout the world.

History

Tettinang or Tettinac was first mentioned in 882 in a document of the Abbey of St. Gall. In the beginning of the 10th century the castle of the

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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 to pay debts. The county became part of

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under the house of

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. In the Peace of Pressburg of 1805 it became

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n property which gave it to

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five years later. With the merge of

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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 German-Swiss border, border with Switzerland. After the city of Friedrichshafen, it is the second-largest city in the Bodenseek ...

to form the

Bodenseekreis Bodenseekreis ("Lake Constance district") is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west, clockwise) Konstanz, Sigmaringen and Ravensburg, and in Bavaria, Lindau district. ...

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

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, 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 (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...

'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 (born 1972), business woman * Juliane Banse (born 1969), soprano *

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

(1950-2010), legal scientist * Marco Mathis (born 1994), cyclist * Sascha Rösler (born 1977), footballer * Thiemo Storz (born 1991), racing car driver * Gregor Traber (born 1992), athlete * Giulia Gwinn (born 1999), fußballerin

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 Further Austria