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CONSTANCE (Ger. Konstanz or Costnitz)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 985 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONSTANCE (Ger. Konstanz or Costnitz)  , a
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town in the
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grand-duchy of Baden . It is built, at a height of 1303 ft. above the sea, on the S. or
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left
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bank of the Rhine, just as it issues from the Lake of Constance to form the Untersee . The town communicates by steamer with all the places situated on the shores of the Lake of Constance, while by
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rail it is 30 or 31 M. by one or other bank of the Rhine from Schaffhausen (on the W.) and 22i M. along the S.W.
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shore of the lake from
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Rorschach (S.E.) . In 1905 it numbered 24,818 inhabitants, mostly German-speaking and Romanists . A
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fine
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bridge leads north over the Rhine to one suburb, Petershausen, while to the south the town gradually merges into the Swiss suburb of Kreuzlingen . It is a picturesque little town, with several noteworthy
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medieval buildings . The former
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cathedral church was mainly built Io69–1089, but was later gothicized; near the west end of the
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nave a
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plate in the floor marks the spot where Huss stood when condemned to
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death, while in the midst of the choir is the brass which covered the
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grave of Robert Hallam, bishop of Salisbury, who died herein 1417, during the council .

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