Tettnang () is a town in the Bodensee district in the Swabia region of southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
It lies 7 kilometres from Lake Constance. The region produces significant quantities of Tettnang hops, an ingredient in beer, and ships them to breweries throughout the world.
History Tettinang or Tettinac was first mentioned in 882 in a document of the Abbey of St. Gall. At the beginning of the 10th century the castle of the Counts of Montfort was built near the town. The town privileges were granted in 1294 by King Adolf of Nassau. The reign of the Counts of Montfort ended in 1780 when they sold the county to Austria, along with Tettnang Castle to pay debts. The county became part of Further Austria under the house of Habsburg. In the Peace of Pressburg of 1805 it became Bavarian property which gave it to Württemberg five years later. With the merging of Baden, Hohenzollern and Württemberg in 1952 it became part of the newly formed state of Baden-Württemberg. Until 1973 it was the capital of the district Tettnang, which was merged with parts of the district of Überlingen to form the Bodenseekreis.
Population development Year 1450 1848 1960 1990 2000 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2015 20202021202220232024 Inhabitants ~ 650 ~ 1,400 7,115 16,251 17,432 18,323 18,213 18,467 18,571 18,806 18,97519,99620,13420,45220,68220,843
Trivia The second release of the Linux operating system Fedora was named "Tettnang" because of the hops grown in Tettnang used in making beer. The release was preceded by the beer-related name "Yarrow" (an early substitute for hops) and followed by "Heidelberg" (a German city and the name of a distributor of beer).Fedora release names
The anti-virus software vendor Avira, a company with around 100 million customers and 500 employees all over the world, has its headquarters in Tettnang. Based near Lake Constance, the security specialist is one of the region's biggest entrepreneurs.
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Notable people Juliane Banse (born 1969), soprano Winfried Brugger (1950–2010), legal scientist Antje von Dewitz (born 1972), business woman Giulia Gwinn (born 1999), footballer Marco Mathis (born 1994), cyclist Sascha Rösler (born 1977), footballer Thiemo Storz (born 1991), racing car driver Gregor Traber (born 1992), athlete
External links Official City Homepage Tettnang Hop Growers, Germany
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