Bodman-Ludwigshafen is a municipality in the district of
Konstanz in
Baden-Württemberg in
Germany, located on the most western shore of
Lake Überlingen, the north-western part of the
Upper Lake of
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, ca ...
(german: Bodensee). The municipality consist of the two separate villages Bodman and Ludwigshafen on each side of Lake Überlingen. In 1975, the former municipalities ''Ludwigshafen am Bodensee'' and ''Bodman'' united to the current administrative situation. The German term for Lake Constance, Bodensee, derives from Bodman.
World heritage site
It is home to one or more prehistoric
pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.
[UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps]
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Twin towns
Bodman-Ludwigshafen is twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
* Mügeln
Mügeln is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is located 9 km southwest of Oschatz and 14 km northwest of Döbeln. The town has a population of approximately 4700 people.
Geography
Mügeln lies almost equi ...
, Germany, since 2000
References
External links
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Bodman-Ludwigshafen: History & Information
Konstanz (district)
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