Constance: Some facts

Constance has about 82.000 inhabitants and it's swiss neighbour town Kreuzlingen about 18.000. Until 2006 the two towns were seperated by a fence.

Constance is the biggest town at Lake Constance. The river Rhein flows through Constance. Lake Constance is situated 395 meters above sea level, the highest point of Constance is 570 Meter, near the subburb Dettingen, at the "Ronhauser Hof".

Especially during the warm time of the year, many tourists visit Constance. For most of them the beauty of nature in the region of Lake Constance is the main reason for coming here. Then, Constance has an interesting historical center which was not destroyed during the Second World War.

Constance has a university, which was founded in 1966 and since 2007 it is one of Germany's "elite-universities". The university, with 9400 students, is situated outside the city center, near the suburb Egg, on the "Gießberg". Thus, the students are less present in the city center than in towns with old universities, like Freiburg. Another small university, the former "Fachhoschule", the "HTWG" is situated more close to the city center and has about 3200 students.

A lot of new shops have opened in Constance in the past ten years. Many people from Switzerland come here for shopping. Tweet