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

In 1251, Eberhard von Waldburg built a castle that served as the residence of the Bishops.

After the Swabian War in 1499 the episcopal chief constable managed the village and the local low court from the castle until 1798.

In the 17th and 18th centuries the village witnessed an economic boom because of its convenient location for Rhine traffic.

After 1945, tourism developed into the main industry of the village, so that today only two boat yards and the famous restaurant Hüppenbäckerei remain.

In 2000 the Bodman-Haus, the former home of the poet Emanuel von Bodman (1874–1946), opened a memorial and cultural center.

[3] Gottlieben has an area, as of 2009[update], of 0.33 square kilometers (0.13 sq mi).

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (93.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Portuguese being third ( 1.3%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Gottlieben is; 24 children or 7.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 27 teenagers or 8.7% are between 10 and 19.

[12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.26% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 104 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.6%.

[13] The historical population is given in the following table:[3][14] The Gottlieben Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[7] Tägerwilen-Gottlieben is a railway station on the Lake Line, served by the S1 regional train of St. Gallen S-Bahn.

Between spring and autumn, the URh offers regular boat services on the High Rhine and Untersee between Schaffhausen and Kreuzlingen, via Konstanz.

From the 2000 census[update], 87 or 28.6% were Roman Catholic, while 161 or 53.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years.

In the upper primary level, there were 6 or 30.0% who were female, and 2 or 10.0% did not speak German natively.