Constance (german Konstanz) is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Schwarzwald-Baar, Tuttlingen, Sigmaringen and the Bodenseekreis. To the south it borders the Swiss canton Thurgau[?] and Schaffhausen[?]. The municipality Büsingen is an exclave located inside the Kanton Schaffhausen.
The district dates back to the
Bezirksamt Konstanz, which was created in
1806 when the area became part of
Württemberg (since
1810 Baden). After some changes in its outline it was changed into the district in
1936, including part of the dissolved
Bezirksamt Engen.
1939 the city Constanze became district-free, but was reintegrated into the district in
1953.
1973 it was merged with the neighboring district Stockach and some municipalities from the districts Sigmaringen and Donaueschingen.
The district is located at the north-western shore of the
Lake Constance, in a landscape called
Hegau. The
world heritage island
Reichenau with its old monasteries as well as the flower island
Mainau are part of the district.
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The coat of arms show a fish both in top left as well as the bottom right, representing the fishing industry in the Lake Constance. The cross in the top right is the symbol of the monastery of Constance. The deer antlers in the bottom left were added after the district was merged with the district Stockach. These were taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Veringen-Nellenbach, and were present in the coat of arms of the district Stockach, as well as the ciyt Stockach.
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