Whilst driving through Bavaria on our way to Austria, we came across a beautiful lake in an extremely peaceful setting. It was the Bodensee also known as Lake Constance. It is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps and consists of three bodies of water: the Obersee ("upper lake"), the Untersee ("lower lake"), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.
The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps. Specifically, its shorelines lie in the German federal-states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, the Austrian federal-state of Vorarlberg, and the Swiss cantons of Thurgau and St. Gallen. The Rhine flows into it from the south following the Austro-Swiss frontier.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Some facts:
The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps. Specifically, its shorelines lie in the German federal-states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, the Austrian federal-state of Vorarlberg, and the Swiss cantons of Thurgau and St. Gallen. The Rhine flows into it from the south following the Austro-Swiss frontier.
(Source: Wikipedia)
- Lake Constance was first mentioned by the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela about AD 43.
- The freshwater lake sits at 395 m above sea level and is Central Europe's third largest, after Lake Balaton and Lake Geneva.
- It is 63 km long, and at its widest point, nearly 14 km.
- Lake Constance was formed by the Rhine Glacier during the ice age.
- The Lake Constance trout (Salmo trutta) was almost extinct in the 1980s due to pollution, but thanks to protective measures has made a significant return.
- The lake itself is an important drinking water source for southwestern Germany.
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