Allensbach Explained

Image Coa:DEU Allensbach COA.svg
Coordinates:47.7153°N 9.0714°W
Image Plan:Allensbach in KN.svg
State:Baden-Württemberg
Region:Freiburg
District:Konstanz
Elevation:400
Area:26.53
Postal Code:78476
Area Code:07533
Licence:KN
Gemeindeschlüssel:08 3 35 002
Divisions:4
Website:www.allensbach.de
Mayor:Stefan Friedrich[1]
Leader Term:2023 - 31

Allensbach is a municipality in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Allensbach is located between Konstanz and Radolfzell on Lake Constance.

Notable institution

Allensbach is known for being the home of the Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach (also known as Allensbach Institute), one of the best known opinion-polling organizations in Germany.

World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the, added in 2011, Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-allensbach-2023/ Bürgermeisterwahl Allensbach 2023
  2. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363/ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps