Illmensee
{{Short description|German municipality}}
{{Infobox German location
|image_photo = Ruschweiler 022.jpg
|image_caption = Sunset on the {{ill|Ruschweiler Lake|de|Ruschweiler See}}
|image_coa = Wappen Illmensee.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|47|51|40|N|9|22|23|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Karte Illmensee.png
|state = Baden-Württemberg
|region = Tübingen
|district = Sigmaringen
|elevation = 692
|area = 24.92
|postal_code = 88636
|area_code = 07558
|licence = SIG
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 4 37 056
|website = {{URL|http://www.illmensee.de/}}
}}
Illmensee is a municipality of the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
Illmensee was mediatized to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1803, whose government assigned the township to the district of Pfullendorf. It was reassigned in 1843 to the district of Heiligenberg, which was dissolved in 1938 into the district of Überlingen. Illmensee expanded dramatically after World War II, particularly in the 1960s, when the municipality industrialized. In 1973, as part of {{ill|1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform|de|Kreisreform Baden-Württemberg 1973|lt=that year's reform of Baden-Württemberg's administrative structure}}, the district of Überlingen was merged into a new one based at Sigmaringen.{{cite web|title=Illmensee|url=https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/21100/Illmensee|website=LEO-BW|publisher=Baden-Württemberg|language=de|accessdate=25 July 2020}}
Geography
The municipality (Gemeinde) of Illmensee is situated at the southeastern corner of the district of Sigmaringen, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Illmensee lies along Sigmaringen's border with the district of Ravensburg to the east and the Bodensee district to the south. The municipality is physically located in a depression formed by the Würm glaciation in the {{ill|Upper Swabian hill country|de|Oberschwäbisches Hügelland}}. The municipality's three lakes, the Illmensee itself, {{ill|Ruschweiler Lake|de|Ruschweiler See|lt=Ruschweiler}}, and the {{ill|Volzer Lake|de|Volzer See|lt=Volzer}} lakes, are glacial lakes that were also formed by the Würm glaciation. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of {{convert|833|m|sp=us}} Normalnull (NN) to a low of {{convert|667|m|sp=us}} NN.
The Federally-protected {{ill|Ruschweiler and Volzer Lakes|de|Ruschweiler und Volzer See}} nature reserve is located in Illmensee's municipal area.
Politics
=Coat of arms=
Illmensee's coat of arms depicts a white fish leaping over a yellow, three-pointed hill upon a field of red. The coat of arms was taken from the House of Irmensee, a noble family that went extinct in Switzerland in 1591.
Transport
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}} (in German)
{{Cities and towns in Sigmaringen (district)}}
{{Authority control}}