Lake Constance / Bodensee
Lake Constance refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps. The lake is situated where Germany, Switzerland, and Austria meet. The Bodensee and its shores are very beautiful in a quiet, cultivated way. The views are serene, not spectacular.
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Its shorelines lie in the German states of Baden – Württemberg and Bavaria, the Swiss cantons of St. Gallen, Thurgau, and Schaffhausen, and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.
While in English and the Romance languages, the lake is named after the city of Constance, the German name derives from the village of Bodman (municipality of Bodman-Ludwigshafen), in the northwesternmost corner of the lake.
⇒ Regions at Lake Constance • What to do • Brochures
If you want dramatic scenery, drive a couple of kilometers south into Switzerland or south-west to Upper Bavaria (Allgaeu) and Austria, (Vorarlberg) and visit the Alps. The area sits in a kind of bowl and tends to be very foggy in the winter months.
The most populous towns on the Upper Lake are Constance > Friedrichshafen (map), Bregenz (map), Lindau (map), Überlingen (map) and *Kreuzlingen (map). The largest town on the Lower Lake is Radolfzell am Bodensee (map).
In Lake Constance there are ten islands. By far the largest is the island of Reichenau (map) in the Untersee, which belongs to the municipality of Reichenau. The former abbey of Reichenau is a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its three early and highly medieval churches. The island is also known for its intensive cultivation of fruit and vegetables.
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⇒ Getting here (bodensee.eu) • Getting There & Around (austria.info)
bodensee-radweg.de – more information on cycling routes
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