Konstanz

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State:	Baden-Württemberg
Capital:	Konstanz
Adm. region:	Freiburg
Area:	817.95 km²
Inhabitants:	269,660 (2002)
pop. density:	330 inh./km²
Car identification:	KN and BÜS
Homepage:	http://www.landkreis-konstanz.de
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Konstanz (also sometimes in English Constance) is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Schwarzwald-Baar, Tuttlingen, Sigmaringen and the Bodenseekreis. To the south it borders the Swiss canton Thurgau and Schaffhausen. The municipality Büsingen is an exclave located inside the Kanton Schaffhausen. Germany is a federal republic made up of 16 states, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Konstanz (English traditionally Constance) is a small university town of around 80,000 people on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Freiburg is one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the south-west of the country. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Map of Baden-Württemberg highlighting the district Constance Based on the templates at Wikipedia:WikiProject German districts/Maptemplates File links The following pages link to this file: Konstanz (district) Categories: GFDL images ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Schwarzwald-Baar is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Tuttlingen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Sigmaringen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Bodenseekreis is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Thurgau (Thurgovia) is a canton of Switzerland. ... The Canton of Schaffhausen is a canton of Switzerland. ... D is Bs exclave, but is not an enclave. ...

History

The district dates back to the Bezirksamt Konstanz, which was created in 1806 when the area became part of Württemberg (since 1810 Baden). After some changes in its outline it was changed into the district in 1936, including part of the dissolved Bezirksamt Engen. 1939 the city Constance became district-free, but was reintegrated into the district in 1953. 1973 it was merged with the neighboring district Stockach and some municipalities from the districts Sigmaringen and Donaueschingen. 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Württemberg (often spelled Wurttemberg in English) refers to an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in south-western Germany. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Baden (disambiguation). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Geography

The district is located at the north-western shore of the Lake Constance, in a landscape called Hegau. The world heritage island Reichenau with its old monastery as well as the flower island Mainau are part of the district. Also located in the district is the Aachtopf near the city Aach, the biggest spring in Germany by water volume. The spring actually contains water from the Danube which moves through karst caves underneath the European watershed. Map of the Bodensee; Schweiz is Switzerland, Deutschland is Germany, and Osterreich is Austria. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... 15th-century towers on the Romanesque church of Sts Peter and Paul in Reichenau-Niederzell Reichenau Island lies in Lake Constance in southern Germany, at approximately 47°42′N 9°4′E. It lies between the Gnadensee and the Untersee, almost due west of the city of Constance. ... Mainau is an island in Lake Constance. ... The Aachtopf is Germanys biggest spring in terms of production, 8,500 liters per second on average. ... The Danube (Donau in German; Dunaj in Slovak; Duna in Hungarian; Dunav in Croatian; Дунав/Dunav in Serbian; Дунав in Bulgarian; Dunăre in Romanian; Дунай (Dunay) in Ukrainian; Danuvius in Latin) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... Karst topography occurs when a landscape is marked by underground drainage patterns. ... A watershed is a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, ocean or wetland. ...

Coat of arms

The coat of arms show a fish both in top left as well as the bottom right, representing the fishing industry in the Lake Constance. The cross in the top right is the symbol of the monastery of Konstanz. The deer antlers in the bottom left were added after the district was merged with the district Stockach. These were taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Veringen-Nellenbach, and were present in the coat of arms of the district Stockach, as well as the city Stockach.

Coat of arms of the Constance district File links The following pages link to this file: Konstanz (district) Categories: Public domain images ...

Towns and municipalities

Aach is a small town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. ... Engen (延元) was a Japanese era of the Southern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Kemmu and before Kōkoku, lasting from 1336 to 1340. ... Konstanz (English traditionally Constance) is a small university town of around 80,000 people on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. ... Radolfzell am Bodensee is a town in Germany at the western end of Lake Constance. ... Singen (Hohentwiel) is a city in the very south of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Stockach is a town in Germany. ... Büsingen am Hochrhein is a German town entirely surrounded by the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen. ... 15th-century towers on the Romanesque church of Sts Peter and Paul in Reichenau-Niederzell Reichenau Island lies in Lake Constance in southern Germany, at approximately 47°42′N 9°4′E. It lies between the Gnadensee and the Untersee, almost due west of the city of Constance. ... An Amt (plural Ämter) is an administrative unit, which is unique to the German Bundesländer (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. ...

External link

• Official website (German)

	Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Cities Image File history File links Flag_of_Baden-Württemberg. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ...	Baden-Baden | Freiburg | Heidelberg | Heilbronn | Karlsruhe | Mannheim | Pforzheim | Stuttgart | Ulm Map of Germany showing Baden-Baden Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Freiburg city from Schlossberg Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region, on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) with about 214,000 inhabitants. ... Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Coat of Arms of Heilbronn Map of Germany showing Heilbronn Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Stuttgart. ... Map of Germany showing Karlsruhe Coat of Arms of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe castle at night Karlsruhe (population 282,595 in December 2003) is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border. ... Basic information Country: Germany Federal state: Land Baden-Württemberg Regions: Rhein-Neckar District: Independent municipality Population: 324,787 (Mai 2005) Additional information Area: 144. ... Pforzheim is a town of 119,000 inhabitants in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-west Germany at the gate to the Black Forest. ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... Ulm is a city in the German Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg (about 100 km south-east of Stuttgart). ...
Rural districts	Alb-Donau | Biberach | Bodenseekreis | Böblingen | Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | Calw | Konstanz (Constance) Emmendingen | Enzkreis | Esslingen | Freudenstadt | Göppingen | Heidenheim | Heilbronn | Hohenlohekreis Karlsruhe | Lörrach | Ludwigsburg | Main-Tauber-Kreis | Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis | Ortenaukreis | Ostalbkreis Rastatt | Ravensburg | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Reutlingen | Rhein-Neckar-Kreis | Rottweil | Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Schwäbisch Hall | Sigmaringen | Tuttlingen | Tübingen | Waldshut | Zollernalbkreis Alb-Donau is a district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Biberach is a district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Bodenseekreis is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Böblingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Breisgau_Hochschwarzwald is a Kreis (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Calw is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Konstanz (also sometimes in English Constance) is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Emmendingen is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Enzkreis is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Esslingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Freudenstadt is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Göppingen is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Heidenheim is a district (Kreis) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Heilbronn is a district (Kreis) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Hohenlohekreis is a district (Kreis) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Karlsruhe is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Lörrach is a Kreis (district) in the south-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Ludwigsburg is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Main-Tauber is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Ortenaukreis is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Ostalbkreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Rastatt is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Ravensburg is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Rems-Murr is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Reutlingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Rhein-Neckar is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Rottweil is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Schwarzwald-Baar is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Schwäbisch-Hall is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Sigmaringen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Tuttlingen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Tübingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Waldshut is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Zollernalbkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...