title: Tengen, Germany
text: # Tengen, Germany
  
  Tengen is a town in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated near the border with Switzerland, 14 kilometres (9 miles) north of Schaffhausen.
  
  ## Verenahof
  
  Verenahof (also known as Büttenharter Hof or Verenahöfe) was a German exclave in Switzerland, administratively part of the German town of Wiechs am Randen (which is now part of the town of Tengen). Geographically, it was separated from Wiechs am Randen by a 200–300-metre wide strip of Swiss territory.
  
  By 1964 a treaty was concluded between Germany and Switzerland, which entered into force on 4 October 1967. The 43-hectare territory, containing three houses and eleven West German citizens, became part of Switzerland.
  
  ## Mayors
  
  From 1973 to 2015 Helmut Groß was the mayor of Tengen. His successor is Marian Schreier.
  
  * 1973–2015: Helmut Groß (born 1948 in Crailsheim)
  * since May 2015: Marian Schreier (born 1990 in Stuttgart; SPD)
  
  ## Education
  
  Tengen has a primary school (Grund- u. Werkrealschule Tengen) and a library/school library.
  
  ## Sons and daughters of the town
  
  * Leutnant Hermann Pfeiffer (1890 in Tengen – 1917 in France) was a World War I flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories
  * Otto Sauter (born 1961), piccolo trumpeter, especially in baroque music
  