Tettnang

{{Infobox German location

|type = Stadt

|image_coa = DEU Tettnang COA.svg

|image_photo = Tettnang3.jpg

|image_caption = Town Hall (Old Castle)

|coordinates = {{coord|47|40|15|N|09|35|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Tettnang in FN.svg

|state = Baden-Württemberg

|region = Tübingen

|district = Bodenseekreis

|elevation = 466

|area = 71.22

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08435057

|postal_code = 88069

|area_code = 07542

|licence = TT, FN

|website = [http://www.tettnang.de www.tettnang.de]

|mayor = Regine Rist[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-tettnang-2023/ Bürgermeisterwahl Tettnang 2023], Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.[https://www.tettnang.de/de/unser-tettnang/politik/buergermeisterin/ Bürgermeisterin]

|leader_term = 2023–31

|party =

}}

Tettnang ({{IPA|de|ˈtɛtnaŋ|-|De-Tettnang.ogg}}) is a town in the Bodensee district in southern Baden-Württemberg in Swabia region of Germany.

It lies 7 kilometres from Lake Constance. The region produces significant quantities of Tettnang hop, 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. In the beginning of the 10th century the castle of the Counts of Montfort 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 Further Austria under the house of Habsburg. In the Peace of Pressburg of 1805 it became Bavarian property which gave it to Württemberg five years later. With the merge of Baden, Hohenzollern and Württemberg in 1952 it became part of the new formed state Baden-Württemberg. Until 1973 it was capital of the district Tettnang which was merged with parts of district of Überlingen to form the Bodenseekreis.

Population development

class="wikitable"

Year

1450

1848

1960

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

2009

2010

2015

|2020

|2021

|2022

|2023

|2024

Inhabitants

~ 650

~ 1,400

7,115

16,251

17,432

18,323

18,213

18,467

18,571

18,806

18,975

|19,996

|20,134

|20,452

|20,682

|20,843

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).[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Names Fedora release names]

The anti-virus software vendor Avira, a company with around 100 million customers and 500 employees all over the world, has its headquarters in Tettnang.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} Based near Lake Constance, the security specialist is one of the biggest regional entrepreneurs.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Gallery

File:Tettnang Georgskapelle innen.jpg|Altar of Saint George'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 (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

[http://www.tettnang.de/tt/en/tettnang-at-a-glance/tettnand-at-a-glance.php Official City Homepage]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20040402102005/http://www.tettnanger-hopfen.de/indexen.html Tettnang Hop Growers, Germany]

References

Category:Bodenseekreis

Category:History of Vorarlberg

Category:Further Austria