Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen | |
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Kreuzlingen in April 2010 | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Kreuzlingen | |
Kreuzlingen Kreuzlingen | |
| Coordinates: 47°38′N 9°10′E / 47.633°N 9.167°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Thurgau |
| District | Kreuzlingen |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 5 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtammann (list) Thomas Niederberger (as of March 2018) |
| • Parliament | Gemeinderat with 40 members |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.5 km2 (4.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
| Population (December 2007) | |
• Total | 18,133 |
| • Density | 1,580/km2 (4,080/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8280 |
| SFOS number | 4671 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-TG |
| Localities | Emmishofen, Kurzrickenbach |
| Surrounded by | Bottighofen, Constance (Konstanz) (DE-BW), Kemmental, Lengwil, Tägerwilen |
| Twin towns | Wolfach (Germany), Cisternino (Italy) |
| Website | www.kreuzlingen.ch |
Kreuzlingen (Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈkrɔʏtslɪŋən]) is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second-largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of about 22,000. Together with the adjoining city of Konstanz just across the border in Germany, Kreuzlingen is part of the largest conurbation on Lake Constance with a population of almost 120,000.