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Daisendorf Town hall
DaisendorfLocation of Daisendorf within Bodenseekreis district
Coordinates 47.7102°N 9.2724°E / 47.7102°N 9.2724°ECoordinates: 47.7102°N 9.2724°E / 47.7102°N 9.2724°E Administration Country Germany State Baden-Württemberg Admin. region Tübingen District Bodenseekreis Municipal assoc. Meersburg Mayor Helmut Keser (Ind.) Basic statistics Area 2.44 km2 (0.94 sq mi) Elevation 497 m (1631 ft) Population 1,576 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 646 /km2 (1,673 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate FN Postal code 88718 Area code 07532 Website www.daisendorf.de Daisendorf is a village and a commune with about 1600 inhabitants in south-western Germany. It is part of the Bodensee district, which is part of the Land Baden-Württemberg.
Daisendorf is situated on a hill about 2 km north of Meersburg. It lies above Lake Constance.
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History
Daisendorf was first mentioned in the 8th century.
Economy
Daisendorf is a popular tourist destination in the Lake of Constance region, featuring nice views of the Swiss Alps (Säntisregion) and the lake, as well as the charming flair of a diverse rural community.
Culture and sights
Edifices
Saint Martin Chapel in Daisendorf.
The village has an ancient chapel St. Martin, which was built in 1508 and holds unique fresques of the renaissance age.
Regular events
This is the fools tree (in allemannic: "Narrebom") with a green wreath and a child climbing the treeDaisendorf features several yearly happenings.
- Carnival season (in South Germany: "Fastnacht", in allemanic idiom "Fasnet" when a tree is planted in the middle of the village ("Narrenbaum")
- Village festivities in July
- Well festivities of carpenter's guild
- Wine festivities at the third weekend of august: this popular Weinfest takes place as a celebration and tasting of harvest of the regional wineries.
Beauty of nature
The little pond "Neuweiher" in springtimeIn the east of the village lies pond Neuweiher. This is a hidden water supply in the middle of a lonely wood. According to an old document in the archives of the town of Meersburg ("Meersburger Stadtarchiv") this water storage was built in the year 1445. In medieval times it was used to flood the town moat of Meersburg. The pond has a surface of about 570 m² and a maximal depth of 4,1 m. The pond contents are about 101 Mio. liter water. Nowadays the pond and its surroundings are used for recreation purposes. It is also used as static water storage for fire extinction in case of forest fire. It is not allowed to swim in the pond or go boating on it.[2]
- Karel Liška (1914–1987): This Czech painter was teacher in the nearby town of Meersburg in the secondary school "Aufbau-Gymnasium". He painted in a natural style various landscapes around Lake Constance and sights of Daisendorf, Meersburg and Prague.
Sources
- ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf.
- ^ Information about the pond "Neuweiher" on webpage www.seenprogramm.de
External links
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Categories:- Geography articles needing translation from German Wikipedia
- Municipalities in Baden-Württemberg
- Populated places on Lake Constance
- Bodensee district
- Tübingen region geography stubs
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