Radolfzell

{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=February 2009|Radolfzell am Bodensee}}

{{Infobox German place

|name = Radolfzell

|type = Town

|image_photo = Obertor.jpg

|image_caption = Centre of the town

|name_local =

|image_coa = DEU Radolfzell am Bodensee COA.svg

|state = Baden-Württemberg

|regbzk = Freiburg

|district = Konstanz

|population = 30092

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08335063

|area = 58.55

|elevation = 398

|coordinates = {{coord|47|44|N|8|58|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Radolfzell am Bodensee in KN.svg

|postal_code = 78301-78315

|area_code = 07732

|licence = KN

|mayor = Simon Gröger[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/oberbuergermeisterwahl-radolfzell-am-bodensee-2021/ Bürgermeisterwahl 2021], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 3 February 2022.

|leader_term = 2021–29

|Bürgermeistertitel = Lord Mayor

|party = independent

|website = {{URL|https://www.radolfzell.de/}}

}}

Radolfzell am Bodensee ({{IPA|de|ˌʁaːdɔlfˈtsɛl ʔam ˈboːdn̩zeː}}, {{lit|Radolfzell on the Lake Constance}}) is a town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located at the western end (Zeller Lake) of Lake Constance, approximately {{cvt|18|km}} northwest of the city of Konstanz (Constance). It is the third largest town, after Konstanz and Singen, in the district of Konstanz.

It is situated in the Hegau region. The mouth of the river Radolfzeller Aach is located west of Radolfzell.

It is a well-known health care town ({{lang|de|Mettnau-Kur}}).{{Cite web |url=https://www.mettnau.com/en/accomodation/werner-messmer-klinik |title=Werner-Messmer-Klinik |access-date=2024-06-26}} In 1990, Radolfzell was named the Federal Environment Capital City of Germany.

History

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This town developed out of a monastery founded in 826 AD as a "cell" under Bishop Radolf of Verona. The town belonged to the Abbey of Reichenau, then for a long time to the House of Habsburg, and for 40 years it was a Free Imperial City.

In the centre is the Gothic Cathedral {{lang|de|Unserer lieben Frau}} ({{lit|Of our Dear Lady}}), dating from the 15th century and decorated in the Baroque style in the 18th. One particularly beautiful feature is the Rosary altar by the Zürn brothers and the Master of the House's Altar (1750) which contains the relics of the local Radolfzell saints Theopont, Senesius and Zeno. The {{lang|de|Hausherrenfest}} is celebrated in their honour every year on the third Sunday in July, and the next day a famous Water Procession is held, as it has been every year since 1797. The citizens of the nearby village of Moos make a pilgrimage to Radolfzell in picturesquely decorated boats to fulfil an ancient oath.

A notable structure in the town is the Austrian mansion in the market square, built in stages from the 17th to the 19th century, the knightly hall dating from 1626. Also of note are a number of historical Patrician houses.

Radolfzell was the birthplace of cartographer Martin Waldseemüller's mother.

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Mayors

(Lord Mayor{{explain|date=April 2018}} since 1975)

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Before 1700 Baltasar Feldkirch
1793–1808: Anton Leibes
1808–1814: Josef Hermanuz
1815–1816: Max Frey
1817–1822: Peter Mayer
1823–1825: Josef Grüner
1825–1838: Anton Spachholz
1838–1851: Johann Baptist Mohr
1851–1852: Josef Spachholz
1852–1864: Johann Häusler
1864–1865: Johann Drescher
1866–1867: Dominik Noppel
1867–1880: Josef Anton Vogt
1880–1891: Konstantin Noppel
1891–1894: August Sommer
1894–1902: Franz Mattes
1902–1911: Heinrich Riedlinger
1911–1934: Otto Blesch
1934–1935: Eugen Speer
1935–1942: Josef Jöhle
1942–1945: August Kratt, temp assistant
1945: Otto Blesch
1945–1955: Wilhelm Gohl
1955–1968: Hermann Albrecht
1968–1976: Fritz Riester
1976–2000: Günter Neurohr (1935-2011)
2000–2013: Jörg Schmidt, (born 1960)
2013–2021: Martin Staab (born 1964)
2021– : Simon Gröger

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Twin towns – sister cities

Radolfzell am Bodensee is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Partnerstädte|url=https://www.radolfzell.de/partnerstaedte|website=radolfzell.de|publisher=Radolfzell am Bodensee|language=de|access-date=2021-03-05}}

{{flagicon|FRA}} Istres, France (1974)
{{flagicon|SUI}} Amriswil, Switzerland (1999)

Notable people

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Marcus Teggingeri (1540–1600), Roman Catholic prelate
Matthias Rauchmiller (1645-1686), painter, sculptor and ivory carver
Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826–1886) poet and novelist, retired in Radolfzell.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Scheffel, Joseph Viktor |volume= 24 | pages = 315–316 |short= 1}}
Emil Joseph Diemer (1908–1990), chess player
Hans Peter Haller (1929–2006), composer and pioneer of electroacoustic music.
Wolfgang Ruf (born 1941), musicologist and academic
Werner Bodendorff (born 1958), musicologist and writer
Jörg Baberowski (born 1961), historian

= Sport =

Josef Eichkorn (born 1956), football coach
Patrick Baur (born 1965), tennis player
Sabine Auer (born 1966), tennis player
Pit Beirer (born 1972), motocross rider
Markus Knackmuß (born 1974), footballer, played over 380 games
Kristof Wilke (born 1985), belt rower, team gold medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Anna-Lena Forster (born 1995), para-alpine skier