Bodanrück () is the wide
peninsula
A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is only connected to land on one side. Peninsulas exist on each continent. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula.
Etymology
The word ''peninsula'' derives , . T ...
that divides
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (, ) refers to three 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 (). These ...
() into ''
Überlinger See'' (part of ''
Obersee'') and ''
Gnadensee'', which is part of ''
Untersee''. At its southern end, it reaches the ''
Seerhein'', which links ''Obersee'' with Untersee.
It is bordered by the island of
Mainau to the east and
Triboldingerbohl and
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 o ...
s to the west. The ''
Markelfinger Winkel'' separates it from the
Mettnau peninsula. The nature reserve
Wollmatinger Ried lies at the southern shore of Bodanrück. ''
Mindelsee
The Mindelsee is a Proglacial lake in Radolfzell, Baden-Württemberg Germany. Its current area is approximately with an average depth of . it extends approximately in a northwest-southeast direction with a width of around .
The lake is locate ...
'' is a small lake located on the peninsula.
Bodanrück lies entirely within the
Konstanz district in the south of the
German state
The Federal Republic of Germany is a federation and consists of sixteen partly sovereign ''states''. Of the sixteen states, thirteen are so-called area-states ('Flächenländer'); in these, below the level of the state government, there is a ...
of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...
. It was historically part of the
Hegau region in the
Duchy of Swabia
The Duchy of Swabia (; ) was one of the five stem duchy, stem duchies of the medieval Kingdom of Germany, German Kingdom. It arose in the 10th century in the southwestern area that had been settled by Alemanni tribes in Late Antiquity.
While th ...
. The northern part of the city of
Konstanz
Konstanz ( , , , ), traditionally known as Constance in English, is a college town, university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the Baden-Württemberg state of south Germany. The city ho ...
,
Radolfzell
Radolfzell am Bodensee (, ) is a town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located at the western end ( Zeller Lake) of Lake Constance, approximately northwest of the city of Konstanz (Constance). It is the third largest town, after Ko ...
(Markelfingen) and
Allensbach are located on the peninsula. The settlements on the western shore are connected with station via the
High Rhine Railway line.
References
External links
Konstanz.de/Tourismus
Landforms of Baden-Württemberg
Peninsulas of Germany
Geography of Lake Constance
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