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Gaienhofen

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Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Gaienhofen within Konstanz district

(2022–30) Jürgen Maas^[1]Area

• Total12.55 km² (4.85 sq mi)Elevation

425 m (1,394 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total3,400 • Density270/km² (700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

78343

Dialling codes07735Vehicle registrationKNWebsitewww.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

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

Gaienhofen is twinned with:

Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, France
Balatonföldvár, Hungary

Gallery

Stone Age housings (reconstructed) in Unteruhldingen
Chapel in Gaienhofen-Hemmenhofen
First house of Hermann Hesse and his first wife Maria Bernoulli (Mia)

References

^ 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