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Friedrichshafen

city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Summary

Friedrichshafen is a district capital[1]. Friedrichshafen ranks in the top 9% of district capital entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,137 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Climate Alliance[3], Zweckverband 4IT[4], Mayors for Peace[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Friedrichshafen VVG[6]
  • Country: Germany[7]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Lake Constance[8]
  • Head of government: Simon Blümcke[9]
  • Instance of: college town[10], urban municipality in Germany[11], Greater district town in Baden-Württemberg[12], major regional center[13]
  • Shares border with: Immenstaad am Bodensee[14], Markdorf[15], Oberteuringen[16], Ravensburg District[17], Meckenbeuren[18], Eriskirch[19]
  • Named after: Frederick I of Württemberg[20]
  • Twinned administrative body: Delitzsch[21], Peoria[22], Polatsk[23], Saint-Dié-des-Vosges[24], Sarajevo[25], Tsuchiura[26], Imperia[27]
  • Postal code: 88045–88048[28]
  • Commons category: Friedrichshafen[29]
  • Licence plate code: FN[30]
  • Local dialing code: 7541[31], 7544[32], 7546[33]
  • Inception: 1811[34]
  • Coordinate location: 47.654166666667, 9.4791666666667[35]
  • Official website: https://www.friedrichshafen.de/[36]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Friedrichshafen[37]
  • Commons gallery: Friedrichshafen[38]
  • Described at URL: https://www.leo-bw.de/en-GB/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/17846/Friedrichshafen[39], https://www.leo-bw.de/en-GB/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/17863/Friedrichshafen+-+Altgemeinde%7ETeilort[40]
  • Population: 42,473[41], 44,464[42], 45,008[43], 45,786[44], 47,457[45], 47,744[46], 47,559[47], 49,023[48], 50,662[49], 51,220[50], 52,268[51], 52,920[52], 52,200[53], 51,930[54]

Why It Matters

Friedrichshafen has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Friedrichshafen is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Related Entities

Akhalkalaki Alberto Ascari Dornier Eckhard Kruse Frederick I of Württemberg Germany Harald Wertz Imperia Joachim Buhmann Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Sarajevo Sundhouse Thomas J. Böhme Thomas Teufel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+42473'}, {'amount': '+44464'}, {'amount': '+45008'} +60
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51891|batch #51891]]: einwohnerzahlen2025"
  2. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 89075
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 89075, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Bodenseekreis, Friedrichshafen VVG, Tettnang
    Country → Germany
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Bodenseekreis, Friedrichshafen VVG, Tettnang
    Population → {'amount': '+42473'}, {'amount': '+44464'}, {'amount': '+45008'} +60
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39115|batch #39115]]: einwohnerzahlen2024"
  4. 15w ago · Сидик из ПТУ · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Bodenseekreis, Friedrichshafen VVG, Tettnang
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Capital of: Friedrichshafen VVG"
  5. 18w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Lake Constance
    Located in → —
    Capital of → Bodenseekreis, Friedrichshafen VVG, Tettnang
    Member of → Kommunale Informationsverarbeitung Reutlingen-Ulm (KIRU), Climate Alliance, Zweckverband 4IT +1
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36128|batch #36128]]"
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