Öhningen
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Öhningen | |
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Location of Öhningen within Konstanz district | |
Coordinates: 47°39′41″N 8°53′19″E / 47.66139°N 8.88861°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Freiburg |
District | Konstanz |
Government | |
• Mayor (2022–30) | Andreas Schmid[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 28.20 km2 (10.89 sq mi) |
Elevation | 499 m (1,637 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,690 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 78337 |
Dialling codes | 07735 |
Vehicle registration | KN |
Website | www.oehningen.de |
Öhningen is a municipality on the western edge of Lake Constance where it forms the border between Switzerland and the district of Konstanz (or Constance) in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
World Heritage Site
It is home to one or more prehistoric
Palaeontology
The discovery of the fossil George Cuvier after he hacked gently away at the specimen to reveal the limbs.
The site at Öhningen has also yielded a rich material of other fossils including many Miocene insects, of which the pioneer student was Oswald Heer.
Twin towns
Öhningen is
twinned
with:
- Mérinchal, France, since 1984
Notable people
- Florian Schneider, (1947–2020) co-founder of electronic band Kraftwerk [4]
References
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Öhningen 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
- ^ "Florian Schneider obituary". 7 May 2020.