Gaienhofen
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Gaienhofen | |
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Gaienhofen seen from Switzerland | |
Location of Gaienhofen within Konstanz district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 47°40′59″N 8°58′56″E / 47.68306°N 8.98222°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Freiburg |
District | Konstanz |
Government | |
• Mayor (2022–30) | Jürgen Maas[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 12.55 km2 (4.85 sq mi) |
Elevation | 425 m (1,394 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,400 |
• Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 78343 |
Dialling codes | 07735 |
Vehicle registration | KN |
Website | www.gaienhofen.de |
Gaienhofen is a municipality in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is located at the border with Switzerland.
Since 1974, Gaienhofen consists of four villages: Gaienhofen, Gundholzen, Hemmenhofen and Horn. Attractions, apart from the Lake of Constance, include the Hermann-Hesse-Höri-Museum and the Museum Haus Dix.
World heritage site
[edit]It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3]
Twin towns
[edit]Gaienhofen is twinned with:
Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, France
Balatonföldvár, Hungary
See also
[edit]Gallery
[edit]- Stone Age housings (reconstructed) in Unteruhldingen
- Chapel in Gaienhofen-Hemmenhofen
- First house of Hermann Hesse and his first wife Maria Bernoulli (Mia)
References
[edit]- ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Gaienhofen 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
External links
[edit] Media related to Gaienhofen at Wikimedia Commons