Bodman-Ludwigshafen Explained

Image Coa:DEU Bodman-Ludwigshafen COA.svg
Coordinates:47.8178°N 9.0578°W
Image Plan:Bodman-Ludwigshafen in KN.svg
State:Baden-Württemberg
Region:Freiburg
District:Konstanz
Elevation:410
Area:28.04
Postal Code:78351
Area Code:07773
Licence:KN
Gemeindeschlüssel:08 3 35 098
Website:www.bodman-ludwigshafen.de
Mayor:Christoph Stolz[1]
Leader Term:2023 - 31

Bodman-Ludwigshafen is a municipality in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, located on the most western shore of Lake Überlingen, the north-western part of the Upper Lake of Lake Constance (German: Bodensee). The municipality consist of the two separate villages Bodman and Ludwigshafen on each side of Lake Überlingen. In 1975, the former municipalities Ludwigshafen am Bodensee and Bodman united to the current administrative situation. The German term for Lake Constance, Bodensee, derives from Bodman.

The Agnus Dei sect is based at the old Frauenberg Monastery (Burg Frauenberg) near Bodman-Ludwigshafen.

World heritage site

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.[2]

Twin towns

Bodman-Ludwigshafen is twinned with:

People

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Notes and References

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