Lake of Constancy
The lake of Constancy ( German Bodensee in ) is a Lac on the the Rhine.
Its Surface is of 536 km ². It was recomputed in 2004, the preceding number was of 571 km ².
It is at the border of the Germany in north, the Austria in the east and the Suisse in the south; to note the enclave of the German city of Constancy on Swiss bank. It bathes the German Länder of Bade-Wurtemberg and Bavaria, and the Swiss Cantons of Thurgovie and Saint-Gall. " Lacus Brigantinus" is, until the XVIIIe century, on the Swiss charts, the old name of the lake of Constancy. Pline Old the used this denomination of " Lacus Brigantinus " according to the Roman city of Brigantium (today Bregenz). Perhaps this toponymy has a bond with the people Celte and Breton of the Brigantes.
Health
It is one of the classified zones at the risk for the Avian flu.
External bonds
- Lake of Constancy: images
See too
- Crash landing close to the lake of Constancy
Simple: Lake Constancy
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