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Constance

city in Germany
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Summary

Constance is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Constance ranks in the top 0.86% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,821 views/month, #11 of 1,277).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: European City of the Reformation[3]
  • Member of: Climate Alliance[4], Zweckverband 4IT[5], International Lake Constance conference[6], Mayors for Peace[7]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Konstanz VVG[8], Konstanz[9], Bezirksamt Konstanz[10]
  • Country: Germany[11]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Lake Constance[12], Rhine[13]
  • Head of government: Uli Burchardt[14]
  • Instance of: college town[15], border city[16], district capital[17], Greater district town in Baden-Württemberg[18], major regional center[19]
  • Official language: German[20]
  • Shares border with: Allensbach[21], Reichenau[22], Kreuzlingen[23]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Paradies[24], Litzelstetten[25], Wollmatingen[26], Staad[27], Allmannsdorf[28], Petershausen[29]
  • Twinned administrative body: Fontainebleau[30], London Borough of Richmond upon Thames[31], Lodi[32], Tábor[33], Suzhou[34]
  • Legislative body: city council of Constance[35]
  • Postal code: 78462–78467[36]
  • Commons category: Konstanz[37]
  • Licence plate code: KN[38]
  • Local dialing code: 7533[39], 7531[40]
  • Has part(s): Allmannsdorf[41]
  • Coordinate location: 47.663333333333, 9.1752777777778[42]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Lake Constance[43]
  • Official website: http://www.konstanz.de/[44]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Konstanz[45]
  • Commons gallery: Konstanz[46]
  • Described at URL: https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/11040074[47], https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/14430/Konstanz[48], https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/14442/Konstanz+-+Altgemeinde~Teilort[49]
  • Population: 55,478[50], 57,365[51], 58,849[52], 60,363[53], 61,831[54], 63,174[55], 63,657[56], 65,243[57], 67,161[58], 66,479[59], 68,775[60], 70,355[61]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Constance include Lake Constance[62], an area not part of a municipality of Switzerland[63], in Switzerland[64] and 405207 Konstanz[65], an asteroid[66].

Why It Matters

Constance has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] Constance is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]

Entities named for Constance include Lake Constance[62], an area not part of a municipality of Switzerland[63], in Switzerland[64] and 405207 Konstanz[65], an asteroid[66].

FAQs

What awards did Constance receive?

Honors received include European City of the Reformation[3].

Related Entities

Byk Gulden Christian Bizer Christoph Lampert Fach Geschichte Ferdinand von Zeppelin Fontainebleau Germany Guillaume Henri Dufour Henry Suso Ian Murdock International Max Planck Research School for Organismal Biology Jan Hus J. M. W. Turner Johann Martin Schleyer Juniorprofessur für Globale Wirtschaftsgeschichte [Universität Konstanz] Klaus Fischer Lodi Manuel Chrysoloras Peter Pagé Pogno Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark Rainer Kuhlen Ralf Dahrendorf Universität Konstanz Limnologisches Institut Veronika Thost Zukunftskolleg

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [62] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  1. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [67] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [68] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+55478'}, {'amount': '+57365'}, {'amount': '+58849'} +58
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    Population → {'amount': '+55478'}, {'amount': '+57365'}, {'amount': '+58849'} +58
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  6. 19w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legislative body → city council of Constance
    Shares border with → Allensbach, Reichenau, Kreuzlingen
    Capital of → Konstanz
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