Meckenbeuren

Meckenbeuren
Meckenbeuren
Municipality
	Church of St. Mary
	Coat of arms
	Location of Meckenbeuren within Bodenseekreis district
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	Coordinates: 47°42′00″N 09°33′45″E / 47.70000°N 9.56250°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Bodenseekreis
Government
• Mayor (2022–30)	Georg Schellinger
Area
• Total	31.90 km2 (12.32 sq mi)
Elevation	435 m (1,427 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	13,733
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	88074
Dialling codes	07542
Vehicle registration	FN
Website	www.meckenbeuren.de

Meckenbeuren is a municipality in Bodensee in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The current mayor of Meckenbeuren is Georg Schellinger since 2022.

Geography

Location

Meckenbeuren is about 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Friedrichshafen and 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Ravensburg in the lower Schussental valley near Lake Constance.

Districts

The municipality of Meckenbeuren includes the core town of Obermeckenbeuren (since 1810). The former municipalities were incorporated in 1937 and current 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). The village of Kehlen was incorporated in 1972 (with the villages of Kehlen and Reute, the hamlets of Buch, Gerbertshaus, Gunzenhaus, Holzreute, Lochbrücke, Sammletshofen, Sassen, Schürten, Schuppenwies, Sibratshaus and Siglishofen, the farms of Großbuch, Hechelfurt and Schindelhof as well as the houses Schübelbeer).

Main sights

Ravensburger Spieleland, a 25 hectare amusement park in Liebenau
Humpismuseum (Humpis Museum) in the Humpisschloss (Humpis Castle) in Brochenzell
Schloss Liebenau (Liebenau Castle)