Meckenbeuren () is a municipality in the Bodensee district, in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. It is located south of Ravensburg, and 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 Population development:
YearInhabitants199011,182200112,939201113,109202113,651
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
Culture This rail station is mentioned in the Volkslied Auf de schwäbsche Eisebahne.
Gallery
Twin cities Hohwald, Germany, since 1991 Kehlen, Luxembourg, since 1993
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