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See also:CONSTANCE (Ger. Konstanz or Costnitz)
, a See also:town in the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Baden
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It is built, at a height of 1303 ft. above the See also:sea, on the S. or See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Rhine, just as it issues from the See also:Lake of See also:Constance to See also:form the Untersee
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The town communicates by steamer with all the places situated on the shores of the Lake of Constance, while by See also:rail it is 30 or 31 M. by one or other bank of the Rhine from See also:Schaffhausen (on the W.) and 22i M. along the S.W. See also:shore of the lake from See also:Rorschach (S.E.)
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In 1905 it numbered 24,818 inhabitants, mostly See also:German-speaking and Romanists
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A See also:fine See also:bridge leads See also:north over the Rhine to one suburb, Petershausen, while to the See also:south the town gradually merges into the Swiss suburb of Kreuzlingen
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It is a picturesque little town, with several noteworthy See also:medieval buildings
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The former See also:cathedral See also: |
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