Güttingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

The modern village of Güttingen is first mentioned in 799 as Cutaningin though this comes from a 9th Century copy of the earlier record.

Between 1159 and 1357 the Freiherr of Güttingen were mentioned as landlords and owner of Vogtei In 1359, it became part of the bailiwick of the Lords of Breitenlandenberg.

The bishop appointed a chief bailiff who ruled and held the low court for the village in the castle.

The right to appoint the church's priest was probably held by the Freiherr of Güttingen.

[3] Agriculture, shipping and fishing were traditionally the main economic activities in Güttingen.

In the 19th century cattle and dairy farming replaced some of the traditional agriculture.

In 1835, a Türkisch Rotgarn (an Alizarin red color) dye-works opened in the village.

In addition to large scale agriculture and a fruit trading company in the late 20th century, most of jobs in the village are in medium commercial and industrial businesses.

[4] The municipality is located in the Kreuzlingen district, about 1 km (0.62 mi) from Lake Constance.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (94.2%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.8%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Güttingen is; 155 children or 10.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 196 teenagers or 13.7% are between 10 and 19.

[12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.47% of the vote.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 425 or 32.5% were Roman Catholic, while 604 or 46.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month was June during which time Güttingen received an average of 110 mm (4.3 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year was February with an average of 53 mm (2.1 in) of precipitation over 8.7 days.

[20] Bise arises as soon as the air pressure in Güttingen is higher than in Geneva.