Stockach

Stockach
Stockach
Location of the town of Stockach within Konstanz district
Coordinates	47°51′5″N 9°0′41″E / 47.85139°N 9.01139°E / 47.85139; 9.01139Coordinates: 47°51′5″N 9°0′41″E / 47.85139°N 9.01139°E / 47.85139; 9.01139
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.

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

Arms of the Counts of Nellenburg (extinct 1422)

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.

Court of fools in Stockach

Aerial view

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. 31 December 2009. 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

• Official website (German)