Meckenbeuren
{{Infobox German location
|image_photo = Meckenbeuren-Kirche1-Bubo.JPG
|image_caption = Church of St. Mary
|image_coa = Wappen Meckenbeuren.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|47|42|00|N|09|33|45|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Meckenbeuren in FN.svg
|state = Baden-Württemberg
|region = Tübingen
|district = Bodenseekreis
|elevation = 435
|area = 31.90
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08435035
|postal_code = 88074
|area_code = 07542
|licence = FN
|website = [https://www.meckenbeuren.de/ www.meckenbeuren.de]
|mayor = Georg Schellinger[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-meckenbeuren-2022/ Bürgermeisterwahl Meckenbeuren 2022], Staatsanzeiger.
|leader_term = 2022–30
}}
Meckenbeuren is a municipality in the Bodensee district, in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. It is located {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=off}} south of Ravensburg, and {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=off}} 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
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|1990 |11,182 |
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|2001 |12,939 |
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|2011 |13,109 |
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|2021 |13,651 |
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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
= Gallery =
Meckenbeuren Liebenau Ravensburger Spieleland Eingang.jpg|Ravensburger Spieleland (amusement park)
Humpisschloss Brochenzell.jpg|Humpisschloss in the Brochenzell district
Meckenbeuren Stiftung Liebenau Schloss.jpg|Schloss Liebenau (Liebenau Castle; since 1870, a Catholic nursing home and a school for nurses)
Twin cities
- {{flagicon|GER}} Hohwald, Germany, since 1991
- {{flagicon|LUX}} Kehlen, Luxembourg, since 1993
{{Commons|Meckenbeuren}}
References
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{{Cities and towns in Bodensee (district)}}
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