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Lake Constance
May. 6th, 2024 02:08 pmThis past month, I spent a week at various places at Lake Constance, aka The Lake Between Three Countries (Germany, Switzerland and Austria), which despite some bad April weather in between the occasional sunshine is always breathtakingly beautiful to visit. Which means, naturally: a pics pam.
First, I made a brief stop in Bregenz, Austria. Featuring the famous built-into-the-lake opera stage featured in a James Bond movie, so international viewers might dimly recall it.
( Bregenz )
Next, I crossed the border to Switzerland and visited St. Gallen, home to one of the most beautiful preserved libraries of the world:
( St. Gallen )
The big monastery rival of St. Gallen in the early middle ages was the monastery on the island Reichenau, which is where I went next. (Crossing borders agian to the German part of the lake.) This island is celebrating its 1300th birthday this year, but it's worth visiting at any time, although, unlike St. Gallen, the Reichenau monastery had bad luck from the late middle ages onwards, and so its library disappeared and now the books reside elsewhere, having returned for the first time in centuries fo rthe big anniversary exhibition.
( Reichenau )
One great help for Lake Constance visitors is that there's a ferry for cars to use between Constance itself and Meersburg on the other side of the lake. Take it, and spare yourself 70 kilometres country road around the lake. Which is what I did when visiting Meersburg, that medieval delight with Germany's most famous female poet's final resting place.
( Meersburg )
Next, I visited Salem. No, not the one with the witches. Or the vampires. The other one. Behold:
( Salem )
Before returning to the other side of the lake again via ferry, I paid a visit to Unteruhldingen, where a century ago, Bronze age settlements were found and reconstructed:
( Unteruhldingen )
But what about Konstanz itself, you ask? The city that gave its name to the English version of the lake? (It's "Bodensee" in German.) The city that saw a Church synod, the depostion of not one, not two but three Popes at the same time, and the burning of Jan Hus?
( Constance )
Back to the opposite site of the church. One laketown that's frequented by people wanting to lose some weight is Überlingen. It has, however, also other attractions. Including another scandalous Statue by Peter Lenk.
( Überlingen )
On my day of departure, I finally lucked out with the weather and the sun was with me once more as I visited the one tiny Bavarian part of Lake Constance, to wit, Lindau. Most famous for its gorgeous harbour.
( Lindau )
And thus I took my leave of Lake Constance:
First, I made a brief stop in Bregenz, Austria. Featuring the famous built-into-the-lake opera stage featured in a James Bond movie, so international viewers might dimly recall it.
( Bregenz )
Next, I crossed the border to Switzerland and visited St. Gallen, home to one of the most beautiful preserved libraries of the world:
( St. Gallen )
The big monastery rival of St. Gallen in the early middle ages was the monastery on the island Reichenau, which is where I went next. (Crossing borders agian to the German part of the lake.) This island is celebrating its 1300th birthday this year, but it's worth visiting at any time, although, unlike St. Gallen, the Reichenau monastery had bad luck from the late middle ages onwards, and so its library disappeared and now the books reside elsewhere, having returned for the first time in centuries fo rthe big anniversary exhibition.
( Reichenau )
One great help for Lake Constance visitors is that there's a ferry for cars to use between Constance itself and Meersburg on the other side of the lake. Take it, and spare yourself 70 kilometres country road around the lake. Which is what I did when visiting Meersburg, that medieval delight with Germany's most famous female poet's final resting place.
( Meersburg )
Next, I visited Salem. No, not the one with the witches. Or the vampires. The other one. Behold:
( Salem )
Before returning to the other side of the lake again via ferry, I paid a visit to Unteruhldingen, where a century ago, Bronze age settlements were found and reconstructed:
( Unteruhldingen )
But what about Konstanz itself, you ask? The city that gave its name to the English version of the lake? (It's "Bodensee" in German.) The city that saw a Church synod, the depostion of not one, not two but three Popes at the same time, and the burning of Jan Hus?
( Constance )
Back to the opposite site of the church. One laketown that's frequented by people wanting to lose some weight is Überlingen. It has, however, also other attractions. Including another scandalous Statue by Peter Lenk.
( Überlingen )
On my day of departure, I finally lucked out with the weather and the sun was with me once more as I visited the one tiny Bavarian part of Lake Constance, to wit, Lindau. Most famous for its gorgeous harbour.
( Lindau )
And thus I took my leave of Lake Constance:
