Teningen

Teningen is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen, in the state Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated on the river Elz, 15 km north of Freiburg.GeographyLocationTeningen is set on the edge of the Black Forest mountain range.GeologyThe geological subsoil consists of sandstone and limestone and is covered by loess layers of different thickness. The Elz river created alluvial gravel and sand sediments that had been used as pastures but were adapted for agriculture in many cases.Municipal subdivisionsThe municipality Teningen comprises four districts: The main town Teningen and the formerly independent towns Heimbach, Köndringen and Nimburg.MayorsFriedrich Engler (SPD): 1945-1946Wilhelm Höfflin (parteilos): 1946–1956Josef Schmidt (SPD): 1957–1972Willy Bolz (independent): 1972–1980Hermann Jäger (SPD): 1980–2009Heinz-Rudolf Hagenacker (CDU): since 2009Twin towns La Ravoire, France, since 1984 Zeithain, Germany, since 1990Sons and daughters of the place 1603: Johann Conrad Dannhauer, Protestant theologian, professor of eloquence / rhetoric, hermeneutician and poet; † 1666 in Strasbourg 1807: Wilhelm Theophor Dittenberger, Protestant theologian; † 1871 in Weimar 1899: Otto Krayer, pharmacologist, opponent against national socialist racism, since 1957 honorary citizen of Köndringen; † 1982 in Tucson / Arizona