Konstanz

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Land of the Federal Republic:	Baden-Wuerttemberg
governmental district:	Freiburg
region:	High Rhine Bodensee
district:	Konstanz
kind of municipality:	Large district town
geographical situation:	Coordinates: 47° 40 ' N, 09° 11 ' O 47° 40 ' N, 09° 11 ' O
height:	402 m and. NN
surface:	54.10 km ² in D +1.54 km ² in CH
inhabitant:	81.919 (31. December 2005)
Population density:	1,497 inhabitants km ²
foreigner portion:	14.2%
postal zip codes:	78401-78467 (old: 7750)
Preselections:	07531 (partly. 07533)
Kfz characteristic:	KN
municipality key:	08 3 35 043
city arrangement:	Old part of town and 14 further quarters
address of the city administration:	Kanzleistr. 13/15 78459 Konstanz
Website:	www.konstanz.de
mayor:	Refuge franc (the Green)

Konstanz is the largest city at the Bodensee and Kreisstadt of the district Konstanz. Since 1. April 1956 is Konstanz a large district town and forms an upper center within the region high Rhine Bodensee of the governmental district Freiburg of the Land of the Federal Republic Baden-Wuerttemberg. The city possesses a university and a professional school. The law is represented by a district court, a regional court, a public prosecutor's office and a social court.

Table of contents 1 general 2 Geografie 2,1 neighbour municipalities 2,2 city arrangement 2,3 area planning 3 History 3,1 early period the 3,2 Middle Ages 3,3 modern times 3,4 19. Century 3,5 20. Century of 3,6 quarters 3,7 religions 3,8 incorporations 3,9 inhabitant development 4 politics 4,1 local council of 4,2 mayors 4,3 coats of arms 4,4 partnerships between cities 5 culture and objects of interest of 5,1 theatres 5,2 museums 5.3 Music of 5,4 buildings of 5,5 Naturdenkmäler 5,6 regular meetings 6 economics and infrastructure 6,1 traffic 6,2 residents enterprise 6,3 authorities and courts 6,4 media 6,5 education 7 personalities of 7,1 sons and daughters of the city of 7,2 carriers of the honour ring of the city Konstanz 7.3 other ones in Konstanz active personalities 8 other 9 literature 10 Web on the left of

general

Konstanz, Rhine gate tower

Hussenstrasse in the southern old part of town

in the Niederburg

Konstanz was formerly seat of the bishop of the largest diocese of the Roman-catholic church beyond thatAlps. The diocese Konstanz was probably created 585 by transfer by Vindonissa (Windisch) and 1821 of Pope Pius VII. dissolved, since it was one much liberals and enlightened Diözese. Nevertheless far parts of the diocese Konstanz remained decaying; todayform they still for heartland of the oldcatholic and Christian-catholic church.

Konstanz is place of birth of Ferdinand count von Zeppelin, the pioneer that airship - construction. Its family possessed itself at that time the former Dominikanerkloster, in that today the island hotelfinds.

The old part of town of Konstanz is better received than in most other cities of Germany, because it was damaged neither in the dreissigjährigen war nor in the Second World War. The oldest part, called Niederburg, extends between Münster andthe Rhine.

The Konschtanzer, like it calls itself (according to the correct discussion of the place name), is proud on its city, its university and the special situation of the city.

The station of Konstanz is the terminator point of the Schwarzwald railway and hasa direct connection into the Eisenbahnnetz of Switzerland. The city belongs to the traffic group preserving outer Bodensee .

Geografie

Konstanz is at the Bodensee, because of the discharge of the Rhine from the upper sea-part directly at the border to Switzerland. Swiss neighbour city Kreuzlingen with Konstanz grew together, so that the state border runs in the middle between individual houses through. The old part of town of Konstanz is on the left (southern) Rhine side, thosenewer quarters on the right (northern) on the peninsula Bodanrück between the Untersee and the Überlinger lake. The Konstanzer old part of town is the only area of the Federal Republic of Germany, which south the high Rhine, on which “Swiss” side lies.

The dye Konstanz Kreuzlingencover 110,531 inhabitants (2000). Many Konstanzer have their acquisition in Swiss neighbour city or in its environment. Turned around the Kreuzlinger procures its daily need frequently in Konstanz. Kreuzlingen and Konstanz co-operate with some causes, so for example with the sea-eight-celebrationand with the common building of the ice-skating hall. Likewise there are a partial common bus traffic and common supply installations (electricity mains, gas supply, waste water net).

The city has 34 km Uferlinie and covers 1.31 km ² water surface. Deepest point is the sea-mirror with 395 m and. NN(Central water level), the highest point with 570 m and. NN lies with raw houses the yard in Dettingen.

neighbour municipalities

neighbour municipalities, thus directly to the city of Konstanz bordering municipalities, are the island municipality Reichenau and all brook in the district Konstanz as well as Kreuzlingen, Tägerwilen and God love in the canton Thurgau (Switzerland).

city arrangement

the city of Konstanz is divided into 15 quarters. It partly concerns formerly independent municipalities, which were integrated after Konstanz, on the other hand also around quarters, of themDesignations designated themselves in the course of the land development to have resulted in or after a special point of reference.

linksrheinisch old part of town (with the Niederburg and barn yards) Paradies

rechtsrheinisch Peter living west Peter living east building of kings all man village Staad (Konstanz admits Meersburg by the car ferry) prince mountain Wollmatingen (with Eichbühl) industrial area Egg Litzelstetten (with the island Mainau) DIN gel village (with upper village) Dettingen barrier living

the quarters Dettingen, DIN gel village and Litzelstetten are at the same time localities in the sense of the Gemeindeordnung of Baden-Wuerttemberg with one locality advice ( see section local council) and a local administration each.

To some quarters partial further populated areas or living places with own name, so for instance to Burghof, belong Dobel, Mühlhalden, barrier living and brick yard to Dettingen, flow horn to DIN gel village or pc. Katharina to Litzelstetten.

In addition the Gemarkung Tägermoos belongs, however on thatTerritory of Switzerland lies, to Konstanz.

area planning

Konstanz is proven after the land development plan for Baden-Wuerttemberg as upper center. This takes over the tasks of the central range for the municipalities all brook and Reichenau also. Beyond that it gives to entwinementsthe canton Thurgau in Switzerland.

history

early period

already end 2. Century v. Chr. the Celts , probably from the trunk of the Helvetier , settled within the range of the today'sNiederburg. Konstanz was at the later Roman time probably a smaller border attachment with a stone Ummauerung, whose traces were excavated in recent time, (underground) the inspection possible will shortly be (conditions: February 2006).

Konstanz is after the Roman emperor FlaviusValerius Constantius Chlorus (305/306) had designated, the victories over the Helvetier and Alemannen had achieved. First delivered mention as Constantia in the year 525 in the travel guide of the Ostgoten Anarid.

the Middle Ages

supposed around 585 pulled the bishop from thatin the people migration time somewhat jerky Vindonissa (today Windisch) into more protected lying Konstanz over and became city gentlemen.

Konstanz were because of the way of Germany over the Bündner of alpine passports to Italy, so thatit from ever more the blossoming remote trade in the Middle Ages profited. In the consequence the city was extended several times toward the south, and also the port was shifted several times with. Those increasingly autonomous citizen of the city fought for 1196 and 1213 thoseIndependence from past city gentlemen, the bishop, and finally received the status of a free city.

On the high point of its economic and political power the city at the port established in the year 1388 a “department store” as Warenlager and - to envelope center, the today's council building. By the development of the God hard passport the commercial stream in the future shifted increasingly on the route over Zurich - Basel, so that the development of the city in the later Middle Ages stagnated. Therefore the gothical built volumes of the city remained oflater transformation far going spares. Most important handels and export property was raw, bleached canvas, which admits was under the name Konstanzer canvas far away (tela di Costanza).

From 1414 to 1418 the council of Konstanz took place . The council building, in thatonly the Konklave of the Papal election took place, stands today still on the Bodensee bank, directly beside the Konstanzer port and station. The actual meeting room was the bishop cathedral, today's Münster. The choice of Martin V. at the 11. November 1417 was the only onePapal election north the alps.

To 6. July 1415 was burned on the occasion of the council the Czech Reformator January Hus as Ketzer, its ash was strewn into the Rhine. Gedenkstein at the assumed medieval arranging place (in today the road designated thereafter“To the Hussenstein”), a museum in the Hussenstrasse designated after Hus, as well as the “January Hus house” (student hostel) remind of it.

Konstanz would have itself in 15. Century gladly the confederation attached, which however the land places of today's Switzerland did not permit, because them a predominance thatCities feared. In the consequence Konstanz followed with a heavy heart the Swabian federation . If Konstanz would have become a Swiss federal city at that time, then it would be probably today in place of woman field capital of the Thurgaus, their natural southern hinterland. Strange consequence of itis the unique fact that the Gemarkung is to a small part on Swiss territory, which was contractually specified last in the year 1831.

modern times

1527 were reformed Konstanz, and joined in the consequence the schmalkaldischen federation.After the defeat in the schmalkaldischen war Konstanz 1548 lost the status as free city and into habsburgische front Austria was integrated and in the course of the Gegenreformation rekatholisiert. The city served the having citizens as bulwark against a further expansion of the confederationnorthward. For strengthening catholic consciousness with a papal one bull was created 1604 approximately resistances in the city a Jesuitenkolleg, as High School.

In the dreissigjährigen war Konstanz was besieged of Sweden 1633, but the town center was not taken.

Inthe future continued to sink meaning and number of inhabitants of the city slowly.

19. Century

1806 was incorporated Konstanz the again created Grand Duchy of bathing and the capital of the sea-circle.

In the March revolution of Baden started the Heckerzug with moderate resonance ofKonstanz out. Is to 12. April 1848 also the German republic proclaimed its, which is not mentioned however by all three in Konstanz residents newspapers, which reported on the appropriate speech.

1863 became Konstanz to the original route Mannheim - Basel - Konstanz of the state railways of Baden attached. This released - announced freedom of trade together with the 1862 in bathing - an economic upswing, the population grew strongly and one tore the medieval Stadtmauer to a large extent off. With the rubble becamethe railway embankment and the city park - city garden mentioned - to the lake filled up.

20. Century

in the First World War was partitioned the external border of the German Reich to Switzerland, so that the still lively relations of the city with theirtraditional hinterland Thurgau were strongly limited. The upswing since the period of promoterism was terminated thereby.

1935 became Konstanz urban area in the sense of the German Gemeindeordnung and four years later (1939) a circle-free city, by being separated from the district Konstanz.The city remained however seat of the district administration of the district Konstanz.

In the Second World War Konstanz remained differently than other cities at the Bodensee exempted from the allied bomber attacks. Since without a black-out of the linksrheinischen part of the city one did at night, bomber pilots could the Konstanzer part not from the Kreuzlinger part differentiate and from fear of diplomatic entangling from a bombardment “obviously” one refrained. To assume it is however rather that Konstanz remained spared, because the city in the wehrmachtlichen structure no special meaning awardedbecame (geographical location) and thus an allied bombardment without use would have been. Cities such as Friedrichshafen (industry) or even the Swiss work living (envelope station) were met and in the consequence as “mistakes” rated). Also the income 1945 by French troops took place quasiwithout only one shot.

After that 2. World war belonged to Konstanz to the country (south) bathing, which was formed by the French military administration. In the year 1952 Konstanz became by the combination of bathing, Württemberg and Hohenzollern a city in the new Land of the Federal Republic Baden-Wuerttemberg. It belonged then to the governmental district south bathing. 1953 were integrated it again into the district Konstanz and with the entry into force of the Gemeindeordnung of Baden-Wuerttemberg at the 1. April 1956 was explained it to strength of law as the large district town.

With the establishment of the university 1966 were introduced a new upswing of the city, that contrary to many other regions in Germany at the beginning 21. Century persists.

With the circle reform 1973 Konstanz seat of the increased district Konstanz, that became simultaneous the again established regional associationHigh Rhine Bodensee was assigned.

1978 took place in Konstanz the first homeland days Baden-Wuerttemberg .

quarters

also the quarters of Konstanz have a long history. They belonged predominantly to the island Reichenau and came along later to the German-medal-coming Mainau andthese 1805 at bathing. Here they belonged to the office Konstanz, from which 1939 the district Konstanz came out.

All man village was mentioned for the first time 722 as “Alamantiscurt”.

Dettingen was mentioned for the first time 811 as “Tettingen”. 839 the place came to the monastery Reichenau. In 12. To century Reichenauer Ministerialien in the place prevailed. It existed two castles, Altdettingen and Neudettingen, those at the latest since that 14. Century went off. The Reichenau had still to in 18. Century the high court over the place. The Niedergericht was subordinatesince that 15. Century the German-medal-coming Mainau.

DIN gel village was mentioned for the first time 947 as “Thingoltesdorf ” , barrier living 1187 as “mansion Walarhusin”.

Litzelstetten was mentioned for the first time 839 as “Luzzilonssteti”. In 14. Century the two places “upper village” and “Unterdorf” were differentiated.

Paradies became 1324as “Paradyse” for the first time mentioned and was to in 14. Century still another independent village municipality, which was then integrated however as suburb after Konstanz. Into the urban Ummauerung Paradies became however only in 17. Century integrates. Peter-live probably developed together withthe monastery of the same name and likewise its own village municipality, which however already integrates 1417 as suburb into the city Konstanz, was in 15. Century was included into the Stadtummauerung and administered by a captain. The associated realm monastery was waived 1802.

Wollmatingen 724 as “Vvalamotinga”, 811 as “Walmütingen” for the first time mentioned

religions

Konstanz became end 6. Century seat of a diocese (diocese Konstanz), which belonged to the ore diocese Mainz. The city was seat of a Archidiakonats. Starting from 1522 the reformation found first some trailers. The advice closed even 1526 several monasteries and 1528 catholic services was forbidden. But Konstanz had to return to the transition at Austria 1548 again to the old faith. The Protestanten went by the majority into Switzerland.A small minority however still remained in the city. Konstanz remained then to in 19 nevertheless. Century predominantly catholic. 1785 were created again a Protestant municipality by immigrants from Switzerland, dissolved 1796 however again. 1820 developed then again oneProtestant municipality.

The catholic inhabitants belonged until 1821 to the diocese Konstanz and came then to the again established ore diocese Freiburg. Here Konstanz became seat of a Dekanats. Beside the Münsterpfarrei developed in the course of history several catholic municipalities, the partialdecrease/go back even on earlier monasteries. Today there is the among other things following catholic Pfarreien in the city and/or. Municipalities: The Münsterpfarrei forms with the Pfarrei pc. Stephan and the Pfarrei Hl. Dreifaltigkeit the Seelsorgeeinheit Konstanz old part of town. The Pfarrei pc. Gebhard Peter living forms alsothe Pfarreien pc. Suso and brother Klaus the Seelsorgeeinheit Konstanz Peter living. The municipalities pc. Peter and Paul Litzelstetten, St. Verena Dettingen (with pc. Leonhard barrier living) and pc. Nikolaus DIN gel village (with Hl. ) Likewise a common Seelsorgeeinheit (Bodanrück) forms cross upper village. These municipalitiesand/or. Churches have partly a very old tradition. The church pc. Stephan is already mentioned for the first time 615. At that time it probably lay outside of the city and was possibly. Cemetery church. In 10. Century became it parish church of the citizen municipality. The Pfeilerbasilika became 1770baroque transforms. The Dreifaltigkeitskirche was the church of a Augustinereremitenklosters, which was dissolved 1797. Then the church belonged to the hospital. 1813 became the Pfarrei with pc. Jodok and Paul combine. At that time the church received a small tower. The earlier Jesuitenkirchebetween Münster and the city theatre the parish church of the 1873 created old-catholic municipality is since 1904 as Christ church.

Recent date are the catholic church pc. Gebhard, which was built for 1928 /30 north the former monastery of the same name, but already 1920 ownPfarrei was, the church pc. Suso, 1937 /38 delighted and 1957 to the Pfarrei raised (1975 new building of the church), the brother Klaus church, 1955 as the first church after that 2. World war in Konstanz builds and 1962 to the Pfarrei pc. Nikolaus of Flüeraised, the church Maria-help, 1967 build (since 1970 Pfarrei) as well as the church pc. Gallus, 1971 builds.

In the quarters of Konstanz there are further catholic church municipalities, which likewise belong to the Dekanat Konstanz. The municipality pc. Martin Wollmatingen has a church,the 1960 were converted. It has still gothical elements. To Wollmatingen in former times also all man village belonged. The there church pc. George, our love Fau, Peter and Paul, Pankratius and Martin became however probably in 16. Century to the Pfarrei raised. The catholicChurch pc. Verena Dettingen was first branch of DIN gel village and 1740 to the Pfarrei was raised. The lategothical church was baroque transformed 1779. The chapel pc. belonging to to the Pfarrei. Leonhard barrier living was built 1714. The catholic church pc. Nikolaus DIN gel village is a lategothical hall church and later put on west tower. The catholic church pc. Peter and Paul Litzelstetten were first branch of DIN gel village and 1826 to the Pfarrei were likewise raised. The lategothical church became in 18. Century baroque transforms, the ship however 1978torn off and afterwards again developed. The Mariae Ascension Day church on that formerly politically to Litzelstetten island belonging to Mainau was built 1732 to 1739.

Furthermore there are further smaller churches and chapels, under it the Scot chapel on the cemetery (1697 build in place of oneBuilding of predecessors) and the chapel pc. Martin in the Paradies (1922 build). Probably in 13. Century builds chapel pc. Lorenz at the upper market was converted later to the advice chapel and 1839 were profaniert. To the numerous monasteries and/or. Monastery plants see. the section of buildings.

The 1820 created Protestant municipality Konstanz designated itself after Martin Luther. The municipality celebrated first in the former Kapuzinerkirche, then into the former Jesuitenkirche its services, before 1873 the Luther church was established. 1918 developed the Pauluspfarrei. Of the Lutherpfarrei splititself 1947 the Ambrosius Blarer Pfarrei off. From the three Pfarreien further Pfarreien developed.

In all man village 1957 its own Pfarrei developed. Before the Protestanten were cared for by the Pauluspfarrei Konstanz. 1958 received its own church (cross church) to all man village. Of the Pauluspfarrei splititself for the quarter Peter living west into the 1960er (?) Years the Petruspfarrei off, for which its own church with community center beside the main cemetery was established. Also the Protestanten in Wollmatingen were cared for first of the Pauluspfarrei.1935 developed its own church municipality,after 1934 the own church had been built. The municipality is divided into the Christuspfarrei and into the 1976 of their separate Johannespfarrei. Also Litzelstetten was supplied by Wollmatingen with, but received the place 1969 /70 its own church (Auferstehungskirche),to the 1971 an own Pfarrei one established. The Protestanten of Dettingen and DIN gel village are cared for by the neighbour municipality all brook. All Evangelist church municipalities mentioned in the Konstanzer city belong to the Dekanat Konstanz of the Evangelist regional church in bathing.

Beside the twothere are large churches in Konstanz also municipalities, which belong to free churches, among them a Adventistengemeinde and a Baptistengemeinde, a Evangelist-freechurch municipality (Methodist) and an independent Evangelical-Lutheran municipality (Markusgemeinde). Furthermore the witnesses are Jehovas, the Neuapostoli church and those Church Jesu Christi of the holy ones of the last days in Konstanz represent.

incorporations

year	municipality	inhabitant
1915	all man men (with Egg, hard, Hinterhausen, Sierenmoos, Sonnenbühl and Staad)	approx. 1.600
1. August 1934	Wollmatingen	approx. 3.600
1. December 1971	Litzelstetten	approx. 4.600
1. January 1975	DIN gel village
22. April 1975	Dettingen

inhabitant development

numbers of inhabitants after the respective area conditions. The numbers are census results (¹) or official updating of the respective statistic offices (only main domiciles).

Year inhabitant 1413 approx. 600 1418 approx. 5.000 1610 5,446 1763 3,714 1806 4,419 1815 4,516 1833 5,089 1852 7,556 1867 9,260 1. December 1871 11,909 1. December 1880 ¹ 15,311 1. December 1890 ¹ 18,417 1. December 1900 ¹ 24,062 1. December 1910 ¹ 31.671

Year inhabitant 16. June 1925 ¹ 34,251 16. June 1933 ¹ 36,259 17. May 1939 ¹ 37,700 13. September 1950 ¹ 42,934 6. June 1961 ¹ 52,651 27. May 1970 ¹ 61,160 31. December 1975 70,152 31. December 1980 68.305 27. May 1987 ¹ 71,132 31. December 1990 75,089 31. December 1995 76,000 31. December 2000 78,504 30. June 2005 80,980

¹ census result

politics

Konstanz actual as liberal in south bathing usually - traditionally politically conservatively -aligned. By the establishment of the university 1966 a strong social liberal impact was added, which was replaced around 1990 by a more strongly green adjustment (see also the current composition of the local council). 1996 were selected in Konstanz the first green mayor of Germany.

local council

the local council consists except the mayor of further 40 local councils of following parties/lists (results of the choice from June 2004):

• CDU: 11 (26.8%)
• free the Green list: 10 (22.8%)
• SPD: 7 (17.9%)
• FWG:6 (15.1%)
• FDP: 3 (7.7%)
• new line Konstanz: 2 (6.1%)
• Party of Democratic Socialism/left list: 1 (3.5%)

in addition gives it locality advice for the local parts

• to Litzelstetten (FWG: 4, CDU: 3, SPD: 3)
• Dettingen/Wallhausen (CDU: 6, SPD: 4, FWG: 4)
• DIN gel village (SLWD: 4, CDU: 4, FWG: 2)

The localities have in each case a local chief and a local administration.

mayors

in the Middle Ages were court and advice in Konstanz in a hand under presidencythe Vogtes. After the transition at Austria 1548 the Stadtvogt led the office business. This partly took over also the tasks of the city captain. The city court consisted of a judge, that by the small advice was selected and 12 assessors from thatsmall and large advice.1785 replaced the city government to Austria by municipal authorities with a mayor and five paid advice.

After the connection at bathing 1805 the judicial affairs turned into on the state. At the point of the city stood thenthe mayor, who was full-time active starting from 1818, an town councillor and a 32-köpfiger citizen committee. Starting from 1870 mayors and advice were selected directly. 1874 were selected the mayor by the citizen committee, that consisted of 96 city delegates. It had a 9-jährige term of office. Ita mayor and an town councillor from 14 members stood to the side. Starting from 1933 mayors, mayors, assigning to and town councillor by the realm governor were appointed. After that 2. World war was used several mayors into consequence by French crew power. 1946 selected the populationfor the first time again an town councillor, who selected the mayor.

Today the mayor is selected directly by the voters for one term of office of 8 years. He is a chairman of the local council. Its general deputy is the 1. and the 2. Assigned to one, in each case alsothe office designation mayor.

The present mayor refuge franc (the GREEN) became last to 25. July 2004 in the second ballot for a second eight-year old term of office red-elect. The assigning to are Claus Boldt (CDU) and briefly Werner (non-party, offFebruary 2006), before peoples Fouquet (SPD).

Mayor of Konstanz

• 1810 - 1832: Dr. Burkart
• 1832 - 1849: Karl Hüetlin
• 1866: Max Stromeyer
• 1888 - 1914: Dr. Franz weber
• 1914 - 1919: HermannDietrich
• 1919 - 1934: Dr. Otto Moerike
• 1933 - 1945: Albert Herrmann
• 1945: Josef Benz, Vinzenz Kerrle, Hans's cutter, kommissarische mayors
• 1946: Fritz Arnold, kommissarisch
• 1946 - 1957: Dr. Franz scarce (CDU)
• 1957- 1959: Alfred these brook WHETHER
• 1959 - 1980: Dr. Bruno Helmle (CDU)
• 1980 - 1996: Dr. Refuge Eickmeyer (FWG)
• 1996 - today: Refuge franc (the GREEN)

coat of arms

the coat of arms ofKonstanz shows a continuous black cross on white reason, and in addition at the top margin a red volume. The black cross is derived from the red bishop cross (original city gentlemen). The red volume (Zagel) at the top margin is in such a way specifiedBlood volume, which symbolizes the blood jurisdiction of the former free realm city.

partnerships between cities

Konstanz maintains with the following cities partnerships between cities:

• Fontainebleau (France) since 1960
• smelling moon upon Thames (Great Britain) since 1983
• Tábor (Tschechien) since 1984
• Lodi (Italy) since 1986

in addition exists a city connection with the Chinese Suzhou in the province Jiangsu.

culture and objects of interest

theatre

the 1610 as Jesuitengymnasium established city theatre Konstanzis considered as the oldest firm stage of Germany. In addition that associates local art and cultural center K9.

museums

• archaeological federal state museum Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Hus - museum
• Rosgartenmuseum
• whose mountain gallery
• Sea would run Centre
• Bodensee nature museum at the SeaLife Centre

music

In Konstanz several man choirs, man singing associations, a woman Mrs., a senior choir, a singer association, a Sinfonieorchester, a chamber choir, a Oratorienchor (today “sinfonischer choir”) exist, a Shanty choir, the South West German Philharmonic Concert Hall, “boy the chamber orchestra Konstanz”, two of bending volume, several blowing music associations as well as a stifling-lesbian choir. Since approx.20 years in August the “chamber opera is specified annually in the city hall yard”.

buildings

see for this: Objects of interest in Konstanz

of Naturdenkmäler

with Konstanz is the protected area Wollmatinger Ried, which as one the most important racing andWintering places to migratory birds applies. A second monument is the devil table, a rock needle under the water surface of the Überlinger of lake, which is pre-aged to the steep wall before barrier living.

regular meetings

annual in the spring is the Fastnacht (Fasnet) with the Schmotzigen Dunschtig (seealemannisch for “schmalziger, greasy Thursday”) as high point. The large removal on Fasnet Sunday with annually up to 75 participating groups over approx. 2 hours is attraction for young and old in the whole region with toto 10,000 visitors. In the summer neighbour Kreuzlingen the sea-eight-celebration (in Kreuzlingen “Fantastical”) becomes contemporaneous to 2 with Swiss. August weekend organizes. Its high point is the common sea-fireworks.

Besides the wine celebration takes place, at the end of of Septembers and Anfang Octobers in Julythe Octoberfest, the open air festival skirt at the lake as well as many quarter celebrations in the summer half-year and in the December of the Weihnachtsmarkt.

economics and infrastructure

traffic

is traffic technical Konstanz due to its layer an important junction. Those Federal highway 33 connects Konstanz with Radolfzell. Over a driving connection Konstanz is connected with Meersburg. Following the B33 Swiss motorway A7 direction woman field as well as the main street 13 direction Rorschach , pc. lead. Gallen and work living. In additionZurich with its airport lies within the 40-Minuten-Erreichbarkeitsradius.

In the city and in the region a outstanding removed cycle track net exists.

In the rail suburban traffic the Seehas connects Konstanz with singing and confining. On Swiss side insists over Kreuzlingen connection after Weinfelden. In long-distance traffic there are hourly relations from Konstanz toward open castle and Biel/Bienne. By transferring in Kreuzlingen and/or in singing many further cities can be achieved.

Several times weekday high-speed bus lines exist to Friedrichshafen (center and airport) and Ravensburg.

all-season drives Katamaranschiffe to Friedrichshafen, the car ferry from Konstanz Staad to Meersburg as well as ships from barrier living to Überlingen. In the summer exist further ship connections, which predominantly serve the tourism. These connectKonstanz with Lindau, Bregenz, Überlingen, work living, Radolfzell, Kreuzlingen as well as with the island Mainau.

Konstanz belongs to the traffic group preserving outer Bodensee .

Konstanz has a traffic landing strip. The next passenger airports are the Swiss airport Zurich Kloten (75 km) andthe German airport Friedrichshafen (30 km).

resident enterprise

Konstanz offers approximately 33,000 working places. In the producing trade there are 10,000 persons employed, while there is in the service range about 23,500.

The emphasis of the Konstanzer economics lies in communicationand information technology, in chemistry, among them pharmacy and biotechnology, in mechanical engineering, with the media and in the pressure as well as with the regenerativ energies. An important restaurant factor is also the tourism as well as conferences and congresses.

authorities and courts

Konstanzseat of the district is Konstanz, the Chamber of Commerce and industrie and the chamber of trade high Rhine Bodensee. Furthermore the city has a district court, a regional court, a social court, a notary's office, an agency for work and a tax office. The city is also seat of the Dekanats Konstanz of the ore diocese Freiburg and the church district Konstanz of the Evangelist regional church in bathing.

media

in Konstanz the south courier with several expenditures for restaurant appears as daily paper.

education

Konstanz has 1966 created university, as well as a professional school. This university for technology, economics and organization was transferred 1906 as private one “higher one technical institute” based , 1961 by the country Baden-Wuerttemberg than “state technical school”, and transferred 1971 to the today's professional school. Since the year 2006it carries officially the title “university for technology, economics and organization” (HTWG).

In Konstanz are 43 child daily mechanisms, under what one understands kindergartens, - daily places, - houses, - strongholds or - cribs. For the education the city maintains sieved primary schools (all man village, DIN gel village, primary school in the Haidelmoos,Primary school in the barrier property, Litzelstetten, Wollmatingen and sun waste dump primary school), four reason and hauptschule (Berchenschule Wollmatingen, Gebhard reason and hauptschule, reason and hauptschule at the step Hans place and reason and hauptschule with work six-form high school Dettingen), a main and a six-form high school (girl main and six-form high school Zoffingen), a further six-form high school (Theodor Heuss six-form high school)and the 1976 created brothers and sisters Scholl school, a kind comprehensive school, which contains however the school types hauptschule, six-form high school and High School as school courses. The three school courses co-ordinate partially instruction contents. Also a change between the courses is in the first yearsif necessary. possible. Furthermore there is still another promotion school (Comenius school) and as well as the 1859 Maria Ellenrieder High School established three High Schools, the created Heinrich Suso High School, the Alexander of Humboldt High School, based 1830 , to 1604. Beyond that there is still another school of music.

The district Konstanzcarrier of the whose mountain school is - commercial school (with vocational school, Technical High School, Berufskolleg, BVJ and restaurant economics) and the Zeppelin vocational school (with vocational schools, Technical High Schools, technical schools and technical High School) as well as the rainbow school for body and mental-obstructed, the school for patient and the school child gardenfor languageobstructed Konstanz.

Several Privatschulen round the school offer off in Konstanz. Thus it gives an evening six-form high school, an old person care school of the occupation advanced training work and the workers' welfare institution, the bio Kosmetikschule to Dr. Gümbel Konstanz Meersburg, the free one active school for alive learning (primary school), the Inlingua Sprachschule,the art school academy for diagram and Design, the school for Physiotherapie Konstanz GmbH, a special pre-school for handicapped persons, the Säntis school for educating assistance and the schools for ill and child nursing for the sick at the clinical center Konstanz.

personalities

of sons andDaughters of the city

• Heinrich Seuse also Heinrich Suso, * 21. March 1295, † 25. January 1366 in Ulm, Dominikaner Pater, Christian Mystiker, blessed
• Ulrich Zasius also Zäsy or Zäsi, * 1461, † 24. November 1535 in Freiburg in mash gau, human lawyer
• Ambrosius Blarer, * 4. April 1492, † 6. December 1564 in Winterthur, Reformator
• Johannes pinch, * around 1496, † 1542 in bishop cell (Thurgau), church song poets.
• Thomas Bla (u) rer, * 1499, † 1567 in curiosity mountain (Thurgau), church song poet, lawyer, 1536-1548 mayors.
• Guillaume Henri Dufour, * 15. September 1787, † 14. July 1875, Swiss human, general, politician, Kartograf and engineer, one of the establishment fathers of modern Switzerland
• Marie Ellenrieder, * 20. March 1791, † 5. June 1863, painter
• Ferdinand count von Zeppelin, * 8. July 1838, † 8. March 1917 in Berlin, pioneer of the building of airships
• Professor. Otto Lehmann, * 13. January 1855, † 17. June 1922 in Karlsruhe, physicist and “father” of the liquid crystal research.
• Ernst Sachs, * 22. November 1867,† 2. July 1932 in pig ford, inventor of the transmission hub with resignation brake at the bicycle and joint founder of the Fichtel & Sachs AG.
• Professor. Dr. med. Siegfried of handloose, * 25. March 1885, † 1954; 1942-1945 boss of the armed forces medical service, in the Nürnberger physician process condemn
• Franz Böhm, * 16. February 1895, † 26. September 1977 in skirt mountain, German politician (CDU), lawyer and economist, MdB.
• Wolfgang Kimmig, * 28. August 1910, † 24. May 2001 in Ludwigsburg, German Prähistoriker and full professor at the Eberhard Karl universityTübingen.
• Karl shoot, * 25. March 1914, † 8. September 1999 in Überlingen, lawyer, politician (CDU) and attorney
• Professor. Dr. Werner Maihofer, * 20. October 1918, politician (FDP) and university teacher, MdB, Federal Minister of the Interior
• Dr. Theo summer, * 10.June 1930, journalist; editor-in-chief of many years of the TIME (1973-1992)
• Dr. Rolf Böhme, * 6. August 1934, mayor of Freiburg in mash gau (1982 to 2002)
• the Dr. Friedhelm Repnik, * 26. October 1949, Social Minister of Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Hans Peter Repnik, * 27.May 1947, politician (CDU), MdB, parliamentary managing director
• Douglas Wolfsperger, * 25. December 1958, film director
• Barbara Auer, * 1. February 1959, German actress
• of olive Wnuk, * 28. January 1976, actor

carrier of theHonour ring of the city Konstanz

• Pietro Cremonesi
• Olaf Harder, rector of the HTWG Konstanz
• Lennart count Bernadotte af point-borrow (1909-2004), the “Mainau - count "
• Helmut Gloger, former SPD town councillor

other one in Konstanz active personalities

• list of the bishops ofKonstanz
• Friedrich William count von Bismarck, lieutenant general, military writer
• Peter Thumb, Baumeister Rococo
• of the Johann Martin Schleyer, inventor of the plan language Volapük
• Conrad rough, priest, archbishop
• Dr. Hans Constantin Paulssen, Industrieller and president of the Federal union of the GermansEmployers' associations (Federal Employers Association), establishment of the University of Konstanz.
• George Elser, Hitler - assassin (8. November 1939)
• Count Lennart Bernadotte, Swedish noble and owners of the island Mainau gest. 21. December 2004
• Professor. Dr. Ralph Dahrendorf; Sociology professor, MdB (FDP), parliamentary undersecretary of state inForeign Office and member of the European commission
• Professor. Dr. Stroke ore Markl, biology professor, vice-president of the German research council (DFG), president of the Max-Planck company (MPG)
• Dr. Zoran Djindjić, Serbian politician and writer

other

to Konstanz belongs also in Überlinger lake lying flower island Mainau. It is visited annually of approximately one million tourist.

literature

• Joseph Laible: History of the city Konstanz. Reproduction of the expenditure for original, Konstanz: Field man, 1896 - open brook at the Main: PHV, Phaleristi publishing house Autengruberand Hrdina, 2000, XXIII, 317 S. (In german type) ISBN 3-934743-17-X (Konstanz library; 1)
• Otto Feger: Small history of the city Konstanz. 3. , unveränd. Edition. Konstanz: Rosgarten publishing house, 1972. - 191 S., ISBN 3-87685-050-9
• Elmar B. Fet: The Konstanzer mayor Karl Hüetlin andits time (1832-1849). Konstanz: South courier, 1988, 200 S., ISBN 387799085
• Erich Bloch: History of the Jews of Konstanz in 19. and 20. Century. A documentation. 3. , unveränd. Edition. Konstanz: Stadler, 1996, 300 S., ISBN 3-7977-0355-4

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