Rammetshofen
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Rammetshofen is a village located 1 mile south of Oberteuringen
Oberteuringen
Oberteuringen is a town in the district of Bodensee in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.It is located approximately 8 kilometers north of the Bodensee and south-east of the Gehrenberg mountain...

 in the Bodenseekreis
Bodenseekreis
Bodenseekreis is a district in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Konstanz, Sigmaringen, Ravensburg and Lindau...

 of the federal state of Baden Wuerttemberg in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It lies approximately 7.5 kilometers north of the Bodensee.

History

In 1464, Joerg Count of Werdenberg and Heiligenberg, leased the Ramrachs Farm (an estate at Rammetshofen) to Ytelhans Huntpis, a citizen of Ravensburg
Ravensburg
Ravensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an important trading centre...

. After Huntpis' death, the estate is again mentioned in a certificate dated 1538. In the early 19th century Rammetshofen had 58 inhabitants, which were explicitly labelled as "catholic" in a description by the relevant municipal authority in Tettnang
Tettnang
Tettnang is a town in the Bodensee district in southern Baden-Württemberg in a region of Germany known as Swabia.It lies 7 kilometers from Lake Constance. The region produces significant quantities of hops, an ingredient of beer, and ships them to breweries throughout the world.-History:Tettinang...

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