Summary
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 (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.
Bodman-Ludwigshafen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bodman-Ludwigshafen within Konstanz district  | |
  Bodman-Ludwigshafen  Bodman-Ludwigshafen | |
| Coordinates: 47°49′04″N 09°03′28″E / 47.81778°N 9.05778°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Konstanz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015–23) | Matthias Weckbach[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.04 km2 (10.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 410 m (1,350 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,810 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 78351 |
| Dialling codes | 07773 |
| Vehicle registration | KN |
| Website | www.bodman-ludwigshafen.de |
The Agnus Dei sect is based at the old Frauenberg Monastery (Burg Frauenberg) near Bodman-Ludwigshafen.
World heritage site edit
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.[3]
Twin towns edit
Bodman-Ludwigshafen is twinned with:
Mügeln, Germany, since 2000
People edit
- Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman (1651-1691), Gernan Roman-catholic auxiliary bishop
- Franz von und zu Bodman (1835–1906), German politciian
- Sophie Ley (1849-1918), German painter
- Nikolaus Bodman (1903-1988), German nobleman, ornithologist and bird conservationist
References edit
- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
External links edit
- (in German) Official website
- (in German) Bodman-Ludwigshafen: History & Information