Radolfzell

Radolfzell
Centre of the town

Coat of arms
Radolfzell
Location of Radolfzell within Konstanz district
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Coordinates: 47°44′0″N 8°58′0″E / 47.73333°N 8.96667°E / 47.73333; 8.96667Coordinates: 47°44′0″N 8°58′0″E / 47.73333°N 8.96667°E / 47.73333; 8.96667
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Konstanz
Government
 • Mayor Jörg Schmidt (SPD)
Area
 • Total 58.58 km2 (22.62 sq mi)
Elevation 398 m (1,306 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 31,064
 • Density 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 78301-78315
Dialling codes 07732
Vehicle registration KN
Website radolfzell.de

Radolfzell am Bodensee is a town in Germany at the western end of Lake Constance approximately 18 km northwest of Konstanz. It is the third largest town, after Constance and Singen, in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg.

Radolfzell is a well known health care city (Mettnau) and an important railway junction of the Upper Rhine Railway and the Hegau-Ablach Valley Railway (leading to the Bodenseegürtel Railway). In 1990 Radolfzell was named the Federal Environment Capital City of Germany.

History

This town developed out of a monastery founded in 826 AD as a "cell" under Bishop Radolf of Verona. The town belonged to the Abbey of Reichenau, then to the house of Habsburg for a long time, and for 40 years was a Free Imperial City. In the centre is the gothic Cathedral of our Dear Lady, dating from the 15th century and decorated in the baroque style in the 18th. One particularly beautiful feature is the Rosary altar by the Zürn brothers and the Master of the House's Altar (1750) which contains the relics of the local Radolfzell saints Theopont, Senesius and Zeno. The "Hausherrenfest" is celebrated in their honour every year on the third Sunday in July, and the next day a famous Water Procession is held, as it has been every year since 1797. The citizens of the nearby village of Moos make a pilgrimage to Radolfzell in picturesquely decorated boats to fulfil an ancient oath. Also, there is the Austrian mansion in the market square, built in stages from the 17th to the 19th century, the knightly hall dating from 1626, and various historical patrician houses.

Radolfzell was the birthplace of the cartographer Martin Waldseemüller's mother.

Cathedral Unserer lieben Frau
Radolfzell View from Höri

Mayors

(Lord Mayor since 1975)

  • Before 1700 Baltasar Feldkirch
  • 1793–1808: Anton Leibes
  • 1808–1814: Josef Hermanuz
  • 1815–1816: Max Frey
  • 1817–1822: Peter Mayer
  • 1823–1825: Josef Grüner
  • 1825–1838: Anton Spachholz
  • 1838–1851: Johann Baptist Mohr
  • 1851–1852: Josef Spachholz
  • 1852–1864: Johann Häusler
  • 1864–1865: Johann Drescher
  • 1866–1867: Dominik Noppel (1836-1914)
  • 1867–1880: Josef Anton Vogt
  • 1880–1891: Konstantin Noppel
  • 1891–1894: August Sommer
  • 1894–1902: Franz Mattes
  • 1902–1911: Heinrich Riedlinger
  • 1911–1934: Otto Blesch
  • 1934–1935: Eugen Speer
  • 1935–1942: Josef Jöhle
  • 1942–1945: August Kratt, temporary assistant
  • 1945: Otto Blesch
  • 1945–1955: Wilhelm Gohl
  • 1955–1968: Hermann Albrecht
  • 1968–1976: Fritz Riester
  • 1976–2000: Günter Neurohr (1935-2011)
  • 2000–2013: Jörg Schmidt (SPD), (born 1960)
  • seit 2013: Martin Staab (born 1964)

Twin towns

Radolfzell is twinned with:

Sons and daughters of the town

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2017". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). 2018.
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