Öhningen

Coordinates: 47°39′41″N 8°53′19″E / 47.66139°N 8.88861°E / 47.66139; 8.88861
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Öhningen
Coat of arms of Öhningen
Location of Öhningen within Konstanz district
Lake ConstanceBodenseekreisWaldshut (district)Schwarzwald-Baar-KreisTuttlingen (district)Sigmaringen (district)AachAllensbachBodman-LudwigshafenBüsingen am HochrheinStockachEigeltingenEngenGaienhofenGailingen am HochrheinGottmadingenHilzingenHohenfelsKonstanzMainauMoosMühlhausen-EhingenMühlingenÖhningenOrsingen-NenzingenRadolfzellReichenauReichenauReichenauReichenauRielasingen-WorblingenSingenSteißlingenStockachTengenVolkertshausenSwitzerland
Öhningen is located in Germany
Öhningen
Öhningen
Öhningen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Öhningen
Öhningen
Coordinates: 47°39′41″N 8°53′19″E / 47.66139°N 8.88861°E / 47.66139; 8.88861
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictKonstanz
Government
 • Mayor (2022–30) Andreas Schmid[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total28.20 km2 (10.89 sq mi)
Elevation
499 m (1,637 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total3,690
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
78337
Dialling codes07735
Vehicle registrationKN
Websitewww.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

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3]

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:

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Öhningen 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg
    . June 2023.
  3. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
  4. ^ "Florian Schneider obituary". 7 May 2020.