Konstanz

File:Konstanz Imperia 01.jpg statue at the Lake Constance harbour of Konstanz is the city's famous landmark]]

The city is located in the state of Baden-Württemberg and situated at the banks of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German). The river Rhine, which starts in the Swiss Alps, passes through Lake Constance and leaves it, considerably larger, by flowing under a bridge connecting the two parts of the city. North of the river lies the larger part of the city with residential areas, industrial estates, and the University of Konstanz; while south of the river is the old town, which houses the administrative centre and shopping facilities in addition to the Hochschule or the University of Applied Sciences. Car ferries provide access across Lake Constance to Meersburg, and the Katamaran provides a shuttle service for pedestrians to Friedrichshafen. The Germany–Switzerland border runs along the southwestern and southern edge of the city, demarcating it from the Swiss town of Kreuzlingen.

Konstanz is subdivided into 15 wards or districts (Stadtteile). The island of Mainau belonged to the ward of Litzelstetten, a separate municipality, until its incorporation into Konstanz on 1 December 1971.

File:Konstanz Stadtteile mehrfarbig.png

File:Konstanz Schnetztor asv2022-10.jpg.]]

{{see also|Bishopric of Constance}}

File:Monument to Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.jpg

The first traces of civilization in Konstanz date back to the late Stone Age.

During the reign of Augustus, the Celts living south of the Danube were conquered by the Romans. Around 40 AD, the first Romans settled on the site. This small town on the left bank of the Rhine was probably first called Drusomagus and belonged to the Roman province of Raetia. Its later name, originally Constantia, comes either from the Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus, who fought the Alemanni in the region and built a strong fortress around 300 AD, or from his grandson Constantius II, who visited the region in 354. The remains of the late Roman fortress Constantia were discovered in 2003.

Around 585 the first bishop took up residence in Konstanz and this marked the beginning of the city's importance as a spiritual center. By the late Middle Ages, about one quarter of Konstanz's 6,000 inhabitants were exempt from taxation on account of clerical rights.

Trade thrived during the Middle Ages. Konstanz owned the only bridge in the region, which crossed the Rhine, making it a strategic location in the Duchy of Swabia. Its linen production had made an international name for the city and it was prosperous. In 1192, Konstanz gained the status of Imperial City so it was henceforth subject only to the Holy Roman Emperor.

In 1414 to 1418, the Council of Constance took place, during which, on 6 July 1415, Jan Hus (Czech religious thinker, philosopher and reformer), who was seen as a threat to Christianity by the Roman Catholic Church, was burned at the stake. It was here that the Papal Schism was ended and Pope Martin V was elected during the only conclave ever held north of the Alps. Ulrich von Richental's illustrated chronicle of the Council of Constance testifies to all the major happenings during the council as well as showing the everyday life of medieval Konstanz. The Konzilgebäude where the conclave was held can still be seen standing by the harbour. Close by stands the Imperia, a statue that was erected in 1993 to satirically commemorate the council.

In 1460, the Swiss Confederacy conquered Thurgau, Konstanz's natural hinterland. Konstanz then made an attempt to get admitted to the Swiss Confederacy, but the forest cantons voted against its entry, fearing overbearing city states; Konstanz then joined the Swabian League instead. In the Swabian War of 1499, Konstanz lost its last privileges over Thurgau to the Confederation.

The Protestant Reformation took hold in Konstanz in the 1520s, headed by Ambrosius Blarer. Soon the city declared itself officially Protestant, pictures were removed from the churches, and the bishop temporarily moved to Meersburg, a small town across the lake. The city first followed the Tetrapolitan Confession, and then the Augsburg Confession. However, in 1548 Emperor Charles V imposed the Imperial Ban on Konstanz and it had to surrender to Habsburg Austria which had suddenly attacked. Thus Konstanz lost its status as an imperial city.

The new Habsburg rulers were eager to re-Catholicise the town and in 1604 a Jesuit College was opened. Its accompanying theatre, built in 1610, is the oldest theatre in Germany still performing regularly.

The city became part of the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806. In 1821, the Bishopric of Constance was dissolved and became part of the Archdiocese of Freiburg. Konstanz became part of the German Empire in 1871 during the unification of Germany. After World War I it was included within the Republic of Baden.

File:Konstanz-bahnhofstraße-ecke-sigismundstraße-deportierte-konstanzer-juden-monolith.JPG of Konstanz]]

On 22 October 1940, 110 of the last Jewish residents were deported to Gurs internment camp in France. Most of those who were still alive in August 1942 were murdered in either Sobibór or Auschwitz.

Because it almost lies within Switzerland, directly adjacent to the Swiss border, Konstanz was not bombed by the Allied Forces during World War II. After the war, Konstanz was included first in South Baden and then in the new state of Baden-Württemberg.

The Altstadt (Old Town), which is large considering the small size of modern Konstanz, has many old buildings and twisting alleys. The city skyline is dominated by Konstanz Cathedral, several other churches and three towers left over from the city wall, one of which marks the place of the former medieval bridge over the Rhine.

The University of Konstanz was established close to the town in 1966. It houses a library with approximately two million books, all freely accessible 24 hours a day, as well as a botanical garden (the Botanischer Garten der Universität Konstanz). Especially since 2007, the university, being one of the nine German universities most successful in the German Universities Excellence Initiative, has gained considerable reputation as a so-called "elite university".

Konstanz was the birthplace of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, constructor of the famous Zeppelin airships.

In the late 2010s, Konstanz has become a popular destination for Einkaufstourismus, or cross-border shopping by Swiss due to lower prices on basic items in Germany, a favorable exchange rate between the Swiss franc and the euro, and a generous German VAT refund for non-European Union residents. Retail chains such as H&M and dm have built large new stores near the town's central square to cater to this trade, and some Konstanz residents feel the city is losing its historic character in the process; many of them avoid the area on Saturdays. This has led to friction with officials from Kreuzlingen as their city has seen no economic benefit from this trade, and they have been requesting that their national government bring up the issue of the VAT refund with Germany.{{cite news|last=Gagnon|first=Milan|title=The Swiss Invasion|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/roads/2017/03/kostanz_the_german_border_town_under_siege_by_rapacious_swiss_bargain_hunters.html|newspaper=Slate|date=March 6, 2017|access-date=March 6, 2017}} Subsequently, Germany has introduced a minimum spend amount of €50.01 per receipt for the German VAT to be refunded. Customs clearance centres are conveniently located near shopping centres.

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Its location in south-west Germany gives Konstanz a degraded oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb) with warm and humid summers (moderated by the lake) as well as cold and snowy winters.

{{Weather box

| location = Konstanz (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1961–2021)

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan record high C = 16.3

|Feb record high C = 19.4

|Mar record high C = 24.4

|Apr record high C = 30.7

|May record high C = 33.1

|Jun record high C = 36.3

|Jul record high C = 36.9

|Aug record high C = 36.5

|Sep record high C = 30.9

|Oct record high C = 27.5

|Nov record high C = 22.0

|Dec record high C = 17.0

|year record high C =

|Jan record low C = -21.8

|Feb record low C = -21.5

|Mar record low C = -17.5

|Apr record low C = -6.2

|May record low C = -4.4

|Jun record low C = 0.2

|Jul record low C = 3.7

|Aug record low C = 4.0

|Sep record low C = -0.5

|Oct record low C = -4.0

|Nov record low C = -9.5

|Dec record low C = -14.0

|year record low C =

|Jan high C = 3.9

|Feb high C = 5.8

|Mar high C = 11.1

|Apr high C = 16.0

|May high C = 20.3

|Jun high C = 23.9

|Jul high C = 25.7

|Aug high C = 25.3

|Sep high C = 20.3

|Oct high C = 14.6

|Nov high C = 8.2

|Dec high C = 4.5

| year high C = 15

|Jan mean C = 1.2

|Feb mean C = 2.1

|Mar mean C = 6.0

|Apr mean C = 10.2

|May mean C = 14.5

|Jun mean C = 18.1

|Jul mean C = 19.9

|Aug mean C = 19.5

|Sep mean C = 15.0

|Oct mean C = 10.3

|Nov mean C = 5.2

|Dec mean C = 2.0

|year mean C = 10.3

|Jan low C = -1.0

|Feb low C = -0.9

|Mar low C = 2.0

|Apr low C = 5.2

|May low C = 9.5

|Jun low C = 13.2

|Jul low C = 15.0

|Aug low C = 14.8

|Sep low C = 11.1

|Oct low C = 7.3

|Nov low C = 2.9

|Dec low C = -0.1

| year low C = 6.6

| precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 45.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 44.8

|Mar precipitation mm = 50.6

|Apr precipitation mm = 56.5

|May precipitation mm = 89.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 99.7

|Jul precipitation mm = 96.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 97.7

|Sep precipitation mm = 69.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 62.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 57.5

|Dec precipitation mm = 63.2

| year precipitation mm = 833.7

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 14.1

|Feb precipitation days = 12.8

|Mar precipitation days = 14.1

|Apr precipitation days = 13.1

|May precipitation days = 15.0

|Jun precipitation days = 15.5

|Jul precipitation days = 15.2

|Aug precipitation days = 14.8

|Sep precipitation days = 13.3

|Oct precipitation days = 14.0

|Nov precipitation days = 14.2

|Dec precipitation days = 15.8

|year precipitation days = 171.9

|Jan sun = 49.1

|Feb sun = 75.4

|Mar sun = 129.8

|Apr sun = 205.2

|May sun = 239.7

|Jun sun = 239.6

|Jul sun = 234.2

|Aug sun = 214.4

|Sep sun = 161.5

|Oct sun = 116.0

|Nov sun = 52.0

|Dec sun = 37.7

|year sun = 1824.1

|Jan humidity = 85.9

|Feb humidity = 80.8

|Mar humidity = 73.8

|Apr humidity = 68.8

|May humidity = 70.3

|Jun humidity = 70.2

|Jul humidity = 70.1

|Aug humidity = 73.5

|Sep humidity = 79.7

|Oct humidity = 85.5

|Nov humidity = 87.6

|Dec humidity = 87.6

|unit snow days = 1.0 cm

|Jan snow days = 7.0

|Feb snow days = 7.2

|Mar snow days = 2.1

|Apr snow days = 0.2

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0.1

|Nov snow days = 1.7

|Dec snow days = 5.3

|year snow days =

| source 1 = NCEI,{{cite web

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| archive-date = 12 October 2023

| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Konstanz_10929.csv

| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020: Konstanz

| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = 12 October 2023}} (extremes for the 1961-1990 period)

|source 2 = Data derived from Deutscher Wetterdienst{{Cite web|url=https://www.dwd.de/DE/klimaumwelt/cdc/cdc_node.html|title=Wetter und Klima - Deutscher Wetterdienst - CDC (Climate Data Center)|website=www.dwd.de}}

|date=14 September 2022

}}

{{Weather box

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|location = Konstanz, 2015-2020 normals

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|

|Jan high C = 4.3

|Feb high C = 5.8

|Mar high C = 11.8

|Apr high C = 16.7

|May high C = 20.1

|Jun high C = 25.5

|Jul high C = 27.5

|Aug high C = 26.7

|Sep high C = 21.3

|Oct high C = 15.4

|Nov high C = 9.1

|Dec high C = 5.4

|year high C = 15.8

|Jan low C = -0.1

|Feb low C = 0.0

|Mar low C = 2.7

|Apr low C = 6.0

|May low C = 10.0

|Jun low C = 14.7

|Jul low C = 16.5

|Aug low C = 16.0

|Sep low C = 11.9

|Oct low C = 8.0

|Nov low C = 4.2

|Dec low C = 1.2

|year low C = 7.6

|

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 57.2

|Feb precipitation mm = 37.5

|Mar precipitation mm = 38.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 60.6

|May precipitation mm = 99.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 85.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 74.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 89.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 44.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 52.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 47.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 30.4

|year precipitation mm = 714.9

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days =9.5

| Feb precipitation days =8.5

| Mar precipitation days =10.7

| Apr precipitation days =10.4

| May precipitation days =11.3

| Jun precipitation days =11.9

| Jul precipitation days =11.5

| Aug precipitation days =10.8

| Sep precipitation days =9.5

| Oct precipitation days =9.1

| Nov precipitation days =9.7

| Dec precipitation days =10.7

| Jan humidity =84

| Feb humidity =80

| Mar humidity =75

| Apr humidity =72

| May humidity =73

| Jun humidity =74

| Jul humidity =74

| Aug humidity =77

| Sep humidity =81

| Oct humidity =85

| Nov humidity =86

| Dec humidity =85

|Jan sun = 54

|Feb sun = 83

|Mar sun = 157

|Apr sun = 207

|May sun = 208

|Jun sun = 252

|Jul sun = 280

|Aug sun = 246

|Sep sun = 189

|Oct sun = 121

|Nov sun = 60

|Dec sun = 53

|year sun = 1910

|source = DWD{{cite web

|url=http://www.dwd.de/bvbw/appmanager/bvbw/dwdwwwDesktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=_dwdwww_klima_umwelt_klimadaten_deutschland&T82002gsbDocumentPath=Navigation%2FOeffentlichkeit%2FKlima__Umwelt%2FKlimadaten%2Fkldaten__kostenfrei%2Fausgabe__monatswerte__node.html%3F__nnn%3Dtrue

|title=Ausgabe der Klimadaten: Monatswerte

}} and [https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/files/kd/climsheet/de/GUT_norm8110.pdf MeteoSchweiz] (unavailable)

|date=January 2013

|source 2 = weather-online{{cite web

|title=Kostanz (442m)

|work=weatheronline.co.nz

|url=https://www.weatheronline.co.nz/weather/maps/city?LANG=nz&PLZ=_____&PLZN=_____&WMO=10929&CONT=euro&R=0&LEVEL=162®ION=0001&LAND=DL&MOD=tab&ART=SOS&NOREGION=1&FMM=1&FYY=2015&LMM=1&LYY=2020}}

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| open =

| metric first = y

| single line = y

| location = Konstanz (Mainau Forest), elevation: 447 m, 1961-1990 normals and extremes

| Jan mean C =0.0

| Feb mean C =1.3

| Mar mean C =4.7

| Apr mean C =8.7

| May mean C =13.1

| Jun mean C =16.3

| Jul mean C =18.5

| Aug mean C =17.7

| Sep mean C =14.7

| Oct mean C =9.7

| Nov mean C =4.3

| Dec mean C =1.0

| Jan high C =2.4

| Feb high C =4.6

| Mar high C =9.5

| Apr high C =14.0

| May high C =18.6

| Jun high C =21.8

| Jul high C =24.1

| Aug high C =23.3

| Sep high C =20.1

| Oct high C =13.8

| Nov high C =7.2

| Dec high C =3.3

| Jan record high C =14.2

| Feb record high C =17.4

| Mar record high C =24.4

| Apr record high C =28.0

| May record high C =33.1

| Jun record high C =33.7

| Jul record high C =36.0

| Aug record high C =33.5

| Sep record high C =30.5

| Oct record high C =27.5

| Nov record high C =22.0

| Dec record high C =17.0

| Jan low C =-2.2

| Feb low C =-1.4

| Mar low C =1.1

| Apr low C =4.2

| May low C =8.2

| Jun low C =11.6

| Jul low C =13.6

| Aug low C =13.4

| Sep low C =10.7

| Oct low C =6.8

| Nov low C =2.0

| Dec low C =-1.0

| Jan record low C =-21.8

| Feb record low C =-21.5

| Mar record low C =-17.5

| Apr record low C =-6.2

| May record low C =-4.4

| Jun record low C =0.2

| Jul record low C =3.7

| Aug record low C =4.0

| Sep record low C =-0.5

| Oct record low C =-4.0

| Nov record low C =-9.5

| Dec record low C =-14.0

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm =52.0

| Feb precipitation mm =51.0

| Mar precipitation mm =51.0

| Apr precipitation mm =68.0

| May precipitation mm =85.0

| Jun precipitation mm =105.0

| Jul precipitation mm =102.0

| Aug precipitation mm =88.0

| Sep precipitation mm =71.0

| Oct precipitation mm =54.0

| Nov precipitation mm =65.0

| Dec precipitation mm =57.0

| Jan sun =43.0

| Feb sun =73.4

| Mar sun =124.9

| Apr sun =161.7

| May sun =198.6

| Jun sun =218.1

| Jul sun =244.6

| Aug sun =215.3

| Sep sun =171.1

| Oct sun =99.8

| Nov sun =52.6

| Dec sun =37.0

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days =10.0

| Feb precipitation days =9.0

| Mar precipitation days =10.0

| Apr precipitation days =11.0

| May precipitation days =13.0

| Jun precipitation days =12.0

| Jul precipitation days =12.0

| Aug precipitation days =12.0

| Sep precipitation days =8.0

| Oct precipitation days =8.0

| Nov precipitation days =10.0

| Dec precipitation days =10.0

| source = NOAA{{Cite FTP | url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_VI/DL/10929.TXT

| server = NOAA

| title = Konstanz (10929) - WMO Weather Station

| access-date = February 5, 2019

}}

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• Archaeological Museum
• Imperia, a 9 m-tall sculpture
• Jan Hus Museum
• Konstanz Cathedral
• Konzil edifice, dating to the 15th century
• Niederburg (Lower Castle)
• Petershausen Abbey
• Remains of a Roman fortress, near the Cathedral
• Schnetztor, fortified gate of the former city walls

Konstanz was also home to a large synagogue, destroyed by the Nazi government in 1938.

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}

Konstanz is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften|url=https://www.konstanz.de/leben+in+konstanz/stadtportraet/staedtepartnerschaften|website=konstanz.de|publisher=Konstanz|language=de|access-date=2021-02-16}}

• {{flagicon|FRA}} Fontainebleau, France (1960)
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Richmond upon Thames, England, United Kingdom (1983)
• {{flagicon|CZE}} Tábor, Czech Republic (1984)
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Lodi, Italy (1986)
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Suzhou, China (2007)

Konstanz station is the eastern terminus of the High Rhine Railway line, running westwards to {{stn|Singen}}, with connections to all parts of Germany and the Swiss cities of Schaffhausen and Basel. There are three other stations in Konstanz along this line: {{stn|Konstanz-Fürstenberg}}, {{stn|Konstanz-Petershausen}} and {{stn|Konstanz-Wollmatingen}}. In addition, Konstanz station is linked via two connectors (in both directions) to the Lake Line, which runs along the Swiss shore of Lake Constance and the High Rhine. It is indirectly also linked to the Wil–Kreuzlingen railway line to {{rws|Weinfelden}}, with connections to long-distance trains in Switzerland. Services are provided by the Deutsche Bahn AG and also the Swiss Federal Railways and its subsidiaries Thurbo and SBB GmbH.

The nearest airport is at Friedrichshafen, which can be reached by a fast ferry service on the lake, which also connects Konstanz to other lakeside towns. The airport mainly hosts domestic flights, but flights to Austria and Turkey are available. The nearest international airports are in Stuttgart, in Basel, and Zurich, which has a direct train from Konstanz. Bus services within the city are provided by Stadtwerke Konstanz GmbH.

Additionally Konstanz and Friedrichshafen have been connected by the two (since 2008, three) catamarans Constance and Fridolin since 2005. Konstanz is also served by URh boat lines to Kreuzlingen and Schaffhausen.

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.{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363/|title=Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps|first=UNESCO World Heritage|last=Centre|website=whc.unesco.org}}

File:Portret van Ulrich Zasius Huldrichus Zasius Constantiensis (titel op object), RP-P-OB-31.459.jpg]]

File:Guillaume Henri Dufour (Irminger).png]]

• Ulrich Zasius (1461–1536), jurist {{cite Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle= Ulric Zasius |volume= 15 |short=x}}
• Ernst Vögelin (1529–1589), pioneer book printer
• Wacker von Wackenfels (1550–1619), diplomat, scholar and author
• Johann Friedrich Cotta (1764–1832) a publisher, industrial pioneer and politician; in 1825 he started steamboats on Lake Constance.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Cotta (family) |volume= 7 | pages = 250–251; page 251 |quote= his youngest son, Johann Friedrich, Freiherr Cotta von Cottendorf (1764–1832).... In 1825 he started steamboats, for the first time, on Lake Constance, and introduced them in the following year on the Rhine. |short= 1}}
• Johann Leonhard Hug (1765–1846) a Catholic theologian, orientalist and biblical scholar.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Hug, Johann Leonhard |volume= 13 | page=856 |short= 1}}
• Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787–1875) a Swiss military officer, structural engineer and topographer.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Dufour, Wilhelm Heinrich |volume= 8 | page = 646 |short= 1}}
• Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), a German general and inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships.{{Cite EB1922 |wstitle= Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von |volume = 32 |page= 1128|short=1}}
• Josef Albert Amann (junior) (1866–1919), gynecologist
• Conrad Grober (1872–1948), priest and archbishop, teacher and pastor in Konstanz
• Friedrich Flick (1883–1972), entrepreneur and convicted Nazi war criminal
• {{ill|Michaela von Neipperg|de|Michaela von Neipperg}} (1885–1957), countess and Benedictine nun, religious superior at the Municipal Women's Clinic Konstanz
• Siegfried Adolf Handloser (1885–1954), doctor of the German Armed Forces Medical Services
• {{ill|Melanie Risch|de}} (1887–1944), victim of Nazism
• Werner Berger (1901–1964), SS-Oberscharführer, member of commando 99 in Buchenwald concentration camp
• {{ill|Julius Federer|de}} (1911–1984), jurist
• Egon Mayer (1917–1944), fighter ace in the Luftwaffe during World War II
• Werner Maihofer (1918–2009), politician (FDP), member of Bundestag, minister of the interior (1974–1978)
• Theo Sommer (1930–2022), newspaper editor at Die Zeit since 1958, rising to editor-in-chief and publisher
• Berthold Keller (1927–2012), trade unionist
• Rolf Böhme (1934–2019), Staatssekretär (1978–1982), mayor of Freiburg (1982–2002)
• {{ill|Horst Frank (politician)|de|Horst Frank (Politiker)|lt=Horst Frank}} (b. 1949), jurist, Lord Mayor of Konstanz 1996–2012
• Ian Murdock (1973–2015), American software engineer, founder of the Debian project
• Larissa Vassilian (born 1976), German-Armenian journalist

File:Marie Ellenrieder Selbstbildnis 1819.jpg, self-portrait, 1819]]

• Tobias Pock (1609–1683), Austrian Baroque painter of Swabian descent, a pioneer of sacral art
• Marie Ellenrieder (1791–1863), painter
• Ida Maier-Müller (1821–1904) landscape painter and self-portraitist
• {{ill|Jacob Picard|de}} (1883–1967), writer
• Anne Winterer (1894–1938), photographer
• François Stahly (1911–2006), French sculptor
• {{ill|Hans Maria Wingler|de}} (1920–1984), art historian and founder of Bauhaus-Archive
• {{ill|Rosemarie Banholzer|de}} (born 1925), dialect author
• Martin Gotthard Schneider (1930–2017), church musician, songwriter and theologian
• Uli Trepte (1941–2009), musician
• {{ill|Carola Zwick|de}} (born 1966), product designer

Konstanz RoemerTurm.jpg|The late Roman fortress Constantia at the Münsterplatz

Konstanz Konzil.jpg|The Konzilgebäude in Konstanz

MPano 07 3.jpg|Konstanz Cathedral

Konstanz Marktstätte.jpg|Konstanz Marktstätte, the main square in the old town

• Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium
• Cathedral of Konstanz
• Hochschule Konstanz (University of Applied Sciences)
• University of Konstanz
• Tägermoos

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• {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Constance | volume= 6 |last= Coolidge |first= William Augustus Brevoort |author-link= W. A. B. Coolidge| pages = 984–985 |short= 1}}
• [http://www.konstanz.de/ Official website]
• {{in lang|de}} [https://www.alemannische-seiten.de/deutschland/konstanz.php Konstanz: history and images at "alemannische-seiten.de"]
• [http://www.uni-konstanz.de/ University of Konstanz]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090330230120/http://www.pictures-germany.com/konstanz/ Pictures Konstanz]
• [http://english.konstanz-magazin.de/ Online journal about Constance]
• [http://www.fh-konstanz.de/ University of Applied Sciences]
• [http://www.konstanzerfasnacht.de/ Photos of the Carnival (~Shrovetide, ~Mardi Grass) in Constance]
• [http://www.suedkurier.de/konstanz Südkurier] (Südkurier) Local newspaper for Konstanz

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