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BODENSEEMAGAZINE ENGLISH EDITION Germany/Austria € 5,– Switzerland CHF 6.50 GERMANY | SWITZERLAND | AUSTRIA | PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN 10001 4 197329 305001 TRIPS & SIGHTS, CULTURE & HISTORY, FOOD & WINE BÜNDNER ALPEN GLARNER ALPEN URNER ALPEN BERNER ALPEN SÄNTIS A LTMANN 2502 m 2436 m A LVIER DREI SCHWESTERN 2343 m 2052 m CHURFIRSTEN 2306 m RIGI MYTHEN SPEER 1699 m Zürich HOHER KASTEN M ATTSTOCK 1899 m 1795 m Ebenalp 1936 m 1950 m 1644 m TANZBODEN Chur KRONBERG 1443 m 1663 m Schwägalp V ierwaldstätter LIECHTENSTEIN Buchs 1278 m Neßlau See LUZERN VADUZ W asserauen Ebnat 868 m Montafon/Arlberg FÄHNERNSPITZ Zugersee Gonten W attwil H 1506 m W eißbad U r näsch Z ü C Lichtensteig r i c h ZÜRICH FELDKIRCH s e I W aldstatt G r e Hundwil e i f Pfäffiker e n s Appenzell e e E Rankweil See GMBH, www.teamwerk-neubert.de © TEAMWERK NEUBERT Oberriet USTER Hegnau KARREN R HERISAU KLOTEN 976 m Gais WIL Götzis A 13 Teufen T h u r Münchwilen R Altstätten GOSSAU Diepoldsau Speicher Wängi Hohenems Widnau BÜLACH S T. GALLEN E WINTER THUR Bödele Bischofszell Tobel T Heiden Wittenbach W alzenhausen DORNBIRN LUSTENAU A 1 Kradolf St. Margr ethen W olfhalden Zihlschlacht FRAUENFELD S RORSCHACH Berg Sulgen A 14 S Thal A 4 i n Rheineck C Amlikon Z h e Staad Hor n Felben R Höchst Steinach H I Andelfingen Erlen W E A l t Hagenwil ÖBregenzer W ald Fußach Gaissau e r ARBON W einfelden Kleinandelfingen R Pfyn T h u r Bizau h e Märstetten i Altenrhein Frasnacht Amriswil Ossingen Rheinau W olfurt n Neukir ch Berg Dettighofen Marthalen Lauterach R h e i n Egnach A 7 Lipperswil Pfänder Har d Herr enhof 1064 m Hörhausen Mammer n Kaltenbach B ROMANSHORN Stein am Diessen- R Rhein hofen Rheinfall E Uttwil O N R n Neuhausen D Kesswil Öhningen h e i P F Ä N Güttingen Hemishofen E Gailingen SCHAFFHAUSEN BREGENZ K W angen Büsingen D Altnau S C Steckbor n E E R Ü Münsterlingen Schienen E Scherzingen Hemmenhofen Ber- K r euzlingen Tägerwilen Erma- lingen Gaienhofen Lochau tingen N e Gott- Mannen- LINDAU bach e Ramsen Bad Schachen Nonnenhorn S lieben S s Hor n C R G KONSTANZ r H I E B E K r essbr onn Langenargen E t e N E R Bietingen W asser- U n Gundholzen E Thayngen burg Wollmatingen Gottmadingen Z W eiler Bankholzen e Bohlingen Hörbranz Insel l Iznang Staad G l Rielasingen n REICHENAU e a r B 31 Ober dorf d e S Moos HOHENTWIEL Immenstaad n e 686 m Hagnau s e Eriskir ch Hegne e n FRIEDRICHSHAFEN e SINGEN Riedheim e Insel Überlingen s B 31 Allensbach Mettnau a. 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Contents ........................................... ......................................... ........................................... ................................... ................................. ............................. .............................. | Bodensee Magazine ....................... .............. ........... ......... ......... ...... 20 49 48 46 43 40 39 38 36 34 33 32 30 28 27 27 26 24 23 22 21 18 16 14 12 10 7 6 4 2 8 1 Largest towns on the lake Fruit and winegrowing Germany: Constance 85,000, Friedrichshafen 61,000 The vast body of water stores heat, which it releases over the course The big picture Austria: Bregenz 30,000 of the year, leading to very mild winters. This has a favourable impact Switzerland: St.Gallen 76,000 not only on fruit growing, but also on wine cultivation. Around one third of German apples are grown around Lake A part of Europe Without borders Sailing and motorboats Constance. The canton of Thurgau in Switzerland produces most of While there is a recognized demarcation between Germany and Lake Constance has its own sailing and motorboat permit, called the the country’s fruit. Lake Constance is the third largest freshwater lake in Central Eu- Switzerland in the Lower Lake, the neighbouring states on the Upper “Bodenseeschifferpatent”. Amateur sailors can apply for categories A rope and borders onto to Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Lake Lake never mutually determined a border. It is managed as a so-called and D as well as short-term guest permits. The reference level of the Fish in the lake Constance is actually two lakes connected by a narrow stretch condominium, in which all three states simultaneously have joint lake is measured in Constance. The maximum speed for boats on the Lake Constance is home to more than 30 different species of of water called the “Seerhein” near Constance: The Upper Lake sovereignty. lake is 40 km/h. fish. Typical fish from Lake Constance include whitefish, above (Obersee) in the east between Bregenz and Constance, including all European whitefish, also known as ciscoes. Whitefish are the Lake Überlingen (Überlinger See) in the north-western corner; and The Rhine Walking on ice bread-and-butter fish for fishermen around Lake Constance. Another the Lower Lake (Untersee) in the south-west. Lake Constance was created in its present form around 12,000 years It is a rare occurrence for Lake Constance to freeze over entirely important fish is perch, called “Kretzer” on Lake Constance, or “Egli” ago by the last ice age and above all the immense Rhine Glacier. Even so that it is possible to cross it at any point by foot. This is called on the Swiss shores. The largest fish in Lake Constance is the catfish, • Altitude above sea level 395 m today, the Alpine Rhine is still