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Engen
Town
Coat of arms of Engen
Coat of arms
Location of Engen within Konstanz district
Lake ConstanceBodenseekreisWaldshut (district)Schwarzwald-Baar-KreisTuttlingen (district)Sigmaringen (district)AachAllensbachBodman-LudwigshafenBüsingen am HochrheinStockachEigeltingenEngenGaienhofenGailingen am HochrheinGottmadingenHilzingenHohenfelsKonstanzMainauMoosMühlhausen-EhingenMühlingenÖhningenOrsingen-NenzingenRadolfzellReichenauReichenauReichenauReichenauRielasingen-WorblingenSingenSteißlingenStockachTengenVolkertshausenSwitzerland
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictKonstanz
Government
 • MayorJohannes Moser
Elevation
531 m (1,742 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total
11,355
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
78234
Dialling codes07733
Vehicle registrationKN
Websitewww.engen.de

Engen is a town in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 12 km northwest of Singen, and 15 km south of Tuttlingen.

  • Old Town
    Old Town
  • Town with the mountain Hohenhewen in the background
    Town with the mountain Hohenhewen in the background

City structure

Coat of arms City district Inhabitants
(date: 2007)		 Area
(date: 27. May 1970[2])
Engen Engen (city centre) 6.028[3] 1382 ha
Anselfingen Anselfingen 898[4] 837 ha
Bargen Bargen 253[5] 700 ha
Biesendorf Biesendorf 163[6] 569 ha
Bittelbrunn Bittelbrunn 323[7] 825 ha
Neuhausen Neuhausen 586[8] 485 ha
Stetten Stetten 244[9] 533 ha
Welschingen Welschingen 1.445[10] 981 ha
Zimmerholz Zimmerholz 332[11] 741 ha

History

Engen has been proved by documentary evidence in the 11th century for the first time, where it belonged to the Baron of Höwen (also Hewen). In the city area of Engen, there has been a medieval castle, the Burg Neuhausen, remaining unlocated however. In the 13th century, Engen received the city charter.

From 1639, the city belonged to the Count of Fürstenberg, and thus to the Principality of Fürstenberg. In 1640, the area has been devastaded by Swedes and French in the context of the Thirty Years' War.

During the War of the Second Coalition, on May 3rd, 1800, a battle between the Austrians, led by Paul Kray, and the French, commanded by Jean Victor Marie Moreau, took place, resulting in a retreat of the Austrian troops.

In 1806, Engen went to Grand Duchy of Baden. The city became a district authority in 1846, which however, has been centralized to the district authority of Konstanz during the period of Nazi Germany in 1936.[12]

Incorporations

As a consequence of the state-wide local government restructuring reforms in Baden-Württemberg during the early 1970s, the following hitherto independent municipalities have been incorporated into Engen:

  • 1971, July 1st: Bargen
  • 1971, December, 1st: Biesendorf and Bittelbrunn
  • 1975, January 1st: Anselfingen, Neuhausen, Stetten, Welschingen, Zimmerholz

Religion

Engen is the seat of the deanship Hegau of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg. A vast majority of the inhabitants are of Roman Catholic confession, which is reflected in many Roman Catholic churches in every city district. However, Protestants can attend masses in their own church in the city centre. Like everywhere in Europe, nowadays, Muslim immigrants from Balkan, Arabian and African countries add a further more or less larger confession group to the municipality.

Government

As a consequence of the local elections from May, 25th 2014 with a turnout of 49,1% (2009: 46,8%), the municipal council is made up as follows:[13][14]

Free voters 54,19 % : 10 seats
CDU 45,81 % : 8 seats

Coat of arms

Blazon: „A silvery five pointed star.“

Town twinning

Culture and monuments

Engen is situated on the holiday road Römerstraße Neckar-Alb-Aare and the Schwarzwald-Querweg Freiburg-Bodensee, a long-distance footpath. In the city area, there is the Old city park with the war memorial as well as the new city park with a little lake.

Museums

  • The Municipal Museum Engen + gallery possesses an archaeological collection, sacral and modern art as well as historic-cultural exhibitions.
  • The Ice Age park Engen, finished in spring 2003, is a reconstruction of a Stone Age camp, next to the Petersfels in the „Brudertal“. In order to visit the three hectare large area, a walk can be done by a 1,5 hour walk.

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy

From 1970, a variety of medium-sized companies established in Engen. For this purpose, the city provided a larger industrial area, the so-called Industriegebiet Grub. Newer developments show that the former area has been extended and a new industrial region has been created in the smaller city district Welschingen.

Traffic

Education

In 2006/07, the new founded Gymnasium Engen started with three class sizes of fifth grade. Furthermore, the training centre of the town centre contains of the Anne Frank-Realschule, a Werkrealschule and a Förderschule ("Hewenschule").[15] Additionally, there are two primary schools in Engen and Welschingen. The municipality has also seven kindergarten at its disposal.[16] Moreover, a youth seminar can be found in the town district Anselfingen.

Notable inhabitants and residents

Honorary citizen

  • 1862, September, 7th, (in Oensbach), Josef Weber, † January, 13th, 1937, town priest and dean, 1920 honorary citizen of Engen
  • 1882, March, 13th, (in Pforzheim), Viktor Kolb, † 1963, tailor, co-founder of the medical convoy (German Red Cross) in Engen, 1953 honorary citizen
  • 1883 (in Welschingen), prelate Prof. Dr. theol. Alfred Wikenhauser, † 1960 honorary citizen of Welschingen
  • 1884 (in Stockach), Emil Dreher, † 1974, town priest and dean, 1948 honorary citizen of Engen
  • 1890, January, 5th, (in Oberndorf), Mathilde Nied (Sister Lukana), devoted occipation in the hospital Engen, 1962 honorary citizen of Engen
  • 1911, Mai, 5h, (in Freiburg), Dr. Hans Ludwig Steffen, † June, 1st, 1994 (in Engen), head doctor of the hospital Engen, 1976 honorary citizen of Engen
  • 1912, October, 12th, Hermann Graf, † November, 4th, 1988 in Rastatt, fighter pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross, 1942 honorary citizen of Engen

Sons and daughters of the city

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Engen; accessed January, 2nd, 2012
  3. ^ Zahlen und Daten; accessed December, 13th, 2011
  4. ^ Anselfingen; accessed December, 13th, 2011
  5. ^ Bargen; accessed December, 13th, 2011
  6. ^ Biesendorf; accessed December, 13th, 2011
  7. ^ Bittelbrunn; accessed December, 13th, 2011
  8. ^ Neuhausen; accessed December, 13th, 2011
  9. ^ Stetten; accessed December, 13th, 2011
  10. ^ Welschingen; accessed December, 13th, 2011
  11. ^ Zimmerholz; accessed December, 13th, 2011
  12. ^ http://www.leo-bw.de/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/14322/Engen
  13. ^ http://www.statistik.baden-wuerttemberg.de/Wahlen/Kommunalwahlen_2014/Gem.asp?335022
  14. ^ http://www.engen.de/wahldat/335022g-2014.htm
  15. ^ http://engen.de/pb/engen,Lde/Startseite/Die+Stadt/Bildung.html
  16. ^ http://engen.de/pb/engen,Lde/Startseite/Die+Stadt/Kinderbetreuung.html


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