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Überlingen
Ueberlingen promenade viewed from a departing ship.jpg
Coat of arms of Überlingen
Coat of arms
Überlingen   is located in Germany
Überlingen
Überlingen
Coordinates: 47°46′0″N 9°9′30″E / 47.76667°N 9.15833°E / 47.76667; 9.15833Coordinates: 47°46′0″N 9°9′30″E / 47.76667°N 9.15833°E / 47.76667; 9.15833
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Bodenseekreis
Government
 • Mayor Jan Zeitler (SPD)
Area
 • Total 58.67 km2 (22.65 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 22,408
 • Density 380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 88662
Dialling codes 07551
Vehicle registration FN
Website www.ueberlingen.de
Free Imperial City of Überlingen
Reichsstadt Überlingen
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
1268–1803
Überlingen 1640–50, Engraving by Mathäus Merian
Capital Überlingen
Government Republic
Historical era
 •  Gained city rights 1211
 •  Gained Imp. immediacy 1268
 •  Occupied by Sweden in Thirty Years' War 1643–48
 •  Mediatised to Electorate of Baden 1803
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Swabia
Electorate of Baden

Überlingen is a German city on the northern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee). After the city of Friedrichshafen, it is the second largest city in the Bodenseekreis (district), and a central point for the outlying communities. Since January 1, 1993, Überlingen has been categorized as a large district city (Große Kreisstadt).

Überlingen lies on the so-called Überlinger Lake portion of Lake Constance, an important watersource for southwestern Germany. The countryside is a hilly moraine, formed in the last Ice Age.

The city is 103 kilometres (64 miles) from Zürich (Switzerland), approximate 1.25 hours; 40 km (25 mi) from Constance, or approximately 40 minutes, 233 km (145 mi) to Munich, approximately 2.5 hours. The closest airport is 32 km (20 mi) away, at Friedrichshafen, and the closest airport with international/transoceanic flights is Zürich. The city is also connected by rail to major hubs at Singen and Radolfzell (direct connection), the German station in Basel, Friedrichshafen, Ulm (direct connection), and Constance. In late spring through early fall, regular water transportation links Überlingen with Lindau, Constance, Meersburg, and the islands of Mainau and Reichenau in Germany, Bregenz in Austria, and St. Gallen and Rorschach in Switzerland.

The following cities and communities border the city of Überlingen. Clockwise from the west, they are: Bodman-Ludwigshafen and , which belong to the County of Constance, and Sipplingen, Bodman, Ludwigshafen, Owingen, Frickingen, Salem and Uhldingen-Mühlhofen. The city exercises legal jurisdiction over the neighboring communities of Owingen and Sipplingen.


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