Tengen, Germany
Tengen is a town in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated near the border with Switzerland, north of Schaffhausen.
Verenahof
Verenahof was a German exclave in Switzerland, administratively part of the German town of Wiechs am Randen. Geographically, it was separated from Wiechs am Randen by a 200–300-metre wide strip of Swiss territory.By 1964 a treaty was concluded between Germany and Switzerland, which entered into force on 4 October 1967. The 43-hectare territory, containing three houses and eleven West German citizens, became part of Switzerland.
Mayors
- 1973–2015: Helmut Groß
- 2015–2023: Marian Schreier
- since 2023: Selcuk Gök
Education
Tengen has a primary school and a library/school library.Sons and daughters of the town
- Leutnant Hermann Pfeiffer was a World War I flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories
- Otto Sauter, piccolo trumpeter, especially in baroque music