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Untersee (Lake Constance)
The Untersee (German for ''Lower Lake''), also known as Lower Lake Constance, is the smaller of the two lakes that together form Lake Constance and forms part of the boundary between Switzerland and Germany. Geography The Lower Lake Constance measures and is situated about lower than the Obersee. The Romans called it ''Lacus Acronius''. In the Middle Ages, the Upper Lake was called ''Bodamicus Lacus'', or ''Bodensee'' in German. At some point in time, this term began to include the Lower Lake, and a new term "Upper Lake" (in German: '' Obersee''), was introduced for the larger lake. The main tributaries are the Seerhein and Radolfzeller Aach. The landscape surrounding the Untersee is very diverse. The Untersee contains two islands: Reichenau and Werd (near the transition to the High Rhine). In the northeast is found the peninsula Bodanrück; in the northwest, the Hegau lowlands with the peninsula Mettnau; in the west, the peninsula Höri, with a mountain called Schiener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rickenbach TG
Rickenbach is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Rickenbach is first mentioned in 754 as ''Richinbach''. The Abbey of St. Gall acquired land in Rickenbach during the 8th century. Then, in 1471, the Abbey acquired the pledged bailiwick of Rickenbach from Balthasar von Hohenlandenberg. Between 1483 and 1798 the village was the center of the court of Rickenbach, which also included Wilen, and after 1506, Busswil. The court was administered from Wilen. and was managed by the Office Wiler. The village church was built in 838. It was administered by the Abbey of St. Gall. Though, between 1350 and 1422 it was a filial church of the church of Kirchberg. From 1529 until 1531 the parish switched temporarily to the Reformed faith. The present church of St. Verena, was established in 1644. After the end of the three-field system in the 19th century, livestock and dairy farming became the major sources of income. A mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein, Lake Rhine (''Seerhein''). These waterbodies lie within the Lake Constance Basin () in the Alpine Foreland through which the Rhine flows. The lake is situated where Germany, Switzerland, and Austria meet. Its shorelines lie in the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, the Swiss cantons of Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Canton of Thurgau, Thurgau, and Canton of Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The actual location of the border Lake_Constance#International_borders, is disputed. The Alpine Rhine forms in its original course the Austro-Swiss border and flows into the lake from the south. The High Rhine flows westbound out of the lake and forms (with the exception of the Canton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermatingen
Ermatingen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen (district), Kreuzlingen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History The Stone Age Westerfeld and Büge shoreline settlements were discovered in 1861 and studied extensively 1981-83, with finds from the Pfyn culture, Pfyn, Horgen culture, Horgen and Corded Ware cultures (4000-2500 BC.) An Alamanni graveyard has also been found outside the Early Middle Ages, early medieval village. The village of Ermatingen is first mentioned in 724 as ''Erfmotingas''. It was part of the land owned by the monastery of Reichenau Island, Reichenau, and the abbot was the landlord, judge and appointed the priest for the village. The High, middle and low justice, low court in the village was administered by a monastery appointed ''Meierhof, Meier''. The position of ''Meier'' and the associated bailiwick were often used as security for a loan, for example in 1446 to the Lords of Klin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottlieben
Gottlieben is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Gottlieben is first mentioned around the end of the 10th century as ''Gotiliubon''. It was originally part of the land owned by the Bishop of Constance. 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. The court included Engwilen, Siegershausen and Tägerwilen as well as Gottlieben and made up the Bishop's bailiwick of Gottlieben. In 1808 the castle became private property. In 1837 it was renovated in a neo-gothic style. Originally Gottlieben was in the parish of Tägerwilen. During the Protestant Reformation (1529) the population converted to the new faith. In 1734-35, the church was built and the Swiss Reformed Church parish of Gottlieben was formed. Since 1912, this parish has been combine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlingen TG
Berlingen is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is located on the ''Untersee'', the west tip of Lake Constance. History Berlingen is first mentioned in 894 as ''Berenwanc''. In 1267 it was mentioned as ''Bernanch'' and until the 18th Century it was known as ''Bernang''. Geography Berlingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 30.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 58.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.0% and tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seerücken
The Seerücken is a hill range of the northern Swiss Plateau, located in the canton of Thurgau. On its north side it overlooks the Untersee branch of Lake Constance. The summit area of the Seerücken consists of a 700-metre-high plateau, where are the hamlets of Reutenen and Salen. The culminating point (721 m) is located at Büürer Holz, south of Reutenen. See also *List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ... References Mountains of Thurgau Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Switzerland under 1000 metres {{Thurgau-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schiener Berg
The Schiener Berg, also called the Schienerberg, is a hill ridge between Horn in the county of Constance in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and Stein am Rhein in the district of Stein, in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen. It is up to and part of the Lake Constance peninsula of Höri in the Southwest Hegau Uplands. The name is derived from the settlement of Schienen which is roughly in the centre of the region Schienen. – von der namensgebenden Ortschaft Schienen (auf ca. 600 m Höhe gelegen) aus im Uhrzeigersinn beginnend im Nordwesten betrachtet und die '' naturräumliche Lage'' mit einbezogen – Geography Location The Schiener Berg lies west of the Untersee, the smaller of the two lakes forming Lake Constance between these settlements (viewed clockwise around Schienen, 600 m, beginning in the northwest): Arlen to the northwest, Worblingen to the north-northwest, Bohlingen to the north, Bankholzen, Bettnang, Weiler and Iznang to the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Höri (Bodensee)
Höri is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). History Höri is first mentioned in as ''Hoerein''. Geography Höri has an area of . Of this area, 59.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (10%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality straddles the Glatt river with the communities of Ober- and Niederhöri on the western side and Endhöri (earlier known as Ennethöri) on the east. Demographics Höri has a population (as of ) of . , 30.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (76.6%), with Italian being second most common (9.4%) and Albanian being third ( 5.1%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mettnau
Mettnau is a peninsula, located east of the town of Radolfzell in the western part of Lake Constance. It lies between the '' Markelfingen corner'' in the north and the '' Zeller See'' in the south and has a length of 3.5 kilometers and a width of up to 800 meters, a size of 140 hectares.NABU Mettnau. A large part of the peninsula is a nature reserve. The Nature Reserve Mettnau includes a small island name Love Island. It is managed by Naturschutzbund Deutschland on behalf of the Regierungsbezirk of Freiburg. A spa is located on the island, and a field station of the Bird observatory Radolfzell. Nature Reserve The nature reserve of Mettnau was established in 1926 by the town of Radolfzell, but only expanded to its current size of 140 hetctaresin 1984. A pond was accidentally created when the peninsula was used as a landfill. The pond is independent of fluctuations in the water of Lake Constance, making it an attractive place for hatching Hatching (french: hachure) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hegau
The Hegau is an extinct volcanic landscape in southern Germany extending around the industrial city of Singen (Hohentwiel), between Lake Constance in the east, the Rhine River in the south, the Danube River in the north and the Randen—as the southwestern mountains of the Swabian Jura are called—in the west. It was first mentioned in A.D. 787 in the Latinised form ''in pago Egauinsse''.Albert Krieger: Topographisches Wörterbuch des Großherzogtums Baden, Vol. 1, p. 882 (1904)' The most famous sight of the Hegau is the Hohentwiel Hohentwiel is an extinct volcano in the Hegau region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany The mountain is west of the city of Singen and 20 miles (30 km) from Lake Constance. Hohentwiel began forming, along with the chain of vol ..., a volcanic stub. On top of the mountain lies Hohentwiel fortress. The Hohentwiel is the southernmost of a row of volcanic stubs in the Hegau, including the Hohenkrähen, the Hohenstoffeln, and the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodanrück
The Bodanrück is the peninsula that divides Lake Constance into Überlinger See and Gnadensee, which is part of Untersee. The cities of Konstanz Konstanz (, , locally: ; also written as Constance in English) is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany. The city houses the University of Konstanz and was th ..., Radolfzell and Allensbach are located there. External links Konstanz.de/Tourismus Landforms of Baden-Württemberg Peninsulas of Germany Geography of Lake Constance {{BadenWurttemberg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichenau Island
Reichenau Island () is an island in Lake Constance in Southern Germany. It lies almost due west of the city of Konstanz, between the Gnadensee and the Untersee, two parts of Lake Constance. With a total land surface of and a circumference of , the island is long and wide at its greatest extent. The highest point, the Hochwart, stands some above the lake surface and above mean sea level. Reichenau is connected to the mainland by a causeway, completed in 1838, which is intersected between the ruins of Schopflen Castle and the eastern end of Reichenau Island by a -wide and long waterway, the Bruckgraben. A low road bridge allows the passage of ordinary boats but not of sailing-boats. In 724, the first monastery was built on the island by the bishop Pirmin, and Reichenau quickly developed into an influential religious, cultural, and intellectual center. During the Early and High Middle Ages, the Reichenau Abbey was one of the significant monasteries across the Frankish Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
