Stockach

Stockach
Stockach
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Konstanz
Town subdivisions 10
Mayor Rainer Stolz
Basic statistics
Area 69.75 km2 (26.93 sq mi)
Elevation 491 m  (1611 ft)
Population 16,679 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 239 /km2 (619 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate KN
Postal code 78333
Area code 07771
Website www.stockach.de

Stockach is a town in the district of Konstanz, in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Location

It is situated in the Hegau region, about 5 km northwest of Lake Constance, 13 km north of Radolfzell and 25 km northwest of Konstanz.

Stockach includes the central city and 10 villages:

  • Espasingen
  • Hindelwangen
  • Hoppetenzell
  • Mahlspüren im Hegau
  • Mahlspüren im Tal
  • Seelfingen
  • Raithhaslach
  • Wahlwies
  • Winterspüren
  • Zizenhausen

History

The Counts of Nellenburg founded Stockach in the 13th century, the town receiving town privileges in 1283. In 1401 to the Landgraviate of Nellenburg owned the towns of Engen, Tengen, Radolfzell, Stockach, 125 villages, 9 abbeys and 4 mailing stations.

The Counts of Nellenburg became extinct in 1422 and their estates were acquired by the House of Habsburg in 1465; hence Stockach was a part of Further Austria until 1805. In the Swabian War of 1499 the troops of the Three Leagues besieged the town but failed to capture it.

in the course the War of the Spanish Succession, Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria set fire to Stockach. During the French Revolutionary Wars of the Second Coalition two battles were fought here between the French First Republic and the Habsburg Monarchy in 1799 and 1800. In 1810 Stockach finally fell to the Grand Duchy of Baden.


Politics

Parties in the Ratshaus

Party Percentage Seats Source
Christian Democratic Union 34.30% 11 [2]
Free Voters 33.38 10
Social Democratic Party 15.89 5
Green Party 9.40 3
Free Democratic Party 7.03 2

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 20 July 2011. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf. 
  2. ^ "Endgültiges Wahlergebnis". City of Stockach. http://www.stockach.de/Daten/wahldat/335079g.htm. Retrieved 20 April 2011. 

External links

Towns and municipalities in Konstanz