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 Map of Baden-Württemberg highlighting the district of Konstanz |
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| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Adm. region | Freiburg |
| Region | Hochrhein-Bodensee |
| District seat | Konstanz |
| Area | 817. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government 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 Konstanz (in English formerly known as Constance) is a university town of around 80000 inhabitants at the western end of Lake Constance 95 km² |
| Population | 269,660 (2002) |
| Pop. density | 330 /km² |
| Licence plate code | KN and BÜS |
| Web page | http://www.landkreis-konstanz.de |
Konstanz (also sometimes in English Constance) is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Schwarzwald-Baar, Tuttlingen, Sigmaringen and the Bodensee. Schwarzwald-Baar is a district ( Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Tuttlingen is a county ( Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Sigmaringen is a district ( Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. To the south it borders the Swiss canton Thurgau and Schaffhausen. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the states of the Federal state of Switzerland. Thurgau (German, anglicized as Thurgovia) is a northeast canton of Switzerland. The Canton of is a canton of Switzerland. The principal city and capital of the canton is Schaffhausen. The municipality of Büsingen is an exclave located inside the Kanton Schaffhausen. Büsingen am Hochrhein is a German town (762 km² entirely surrounded by the Swiss Canton of Schaffhausen and south across the Rhine by
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History
The district dates back to the Bezirksamt Konstanz, which was created in 1806 when the area became part of Württemberg (since 1810 Baden). Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Württemberg, formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in southwestern Germany. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine. After some changes in its outline it was changed into the district in 1936, including part of the dissolved Bezirksamt Engen. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1939 the city Constance became district-free, but was reintegrated into the district in 1953. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1973 it was merged with the neighboring district Stockach and some municipalities from the districts Sigmaringen and Donaueschingen. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.
Geography
The district is located at the north-western shore of the Lake Constance, in a landscape called Hegau. Under the designation Lake Constance or Lake of Constance ( German Bodensee) one summarizes the three independent bodies of water Obersee The world heritage island Reichenau with its old monastery as well as the flower island Mainau are part of the district. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Reichenau Island lies in Lake Constance in southern Germany, at approximately. Mainau is an Island in Lake Constance (on the south shore of the Überlinger See near the city of Konstanz) Also located in the district is the Aachtopf near the city Aach, the biggest spring in Germany by water volume. The Aachtopf is Germany 's biggest natural spring, producing an average of 8500 liters per second The spring actually contains water from the Danube which moves through karst caves underneath the European watershed. The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj Karst topography is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble Bedrock, usually Carbonate rock such as Limestone A drainage divide, water divide, divide or (outside North America) watershed is the line separating neighbouring Drainage basins
Coat of arms
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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. |
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External links
- Official website (German)
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