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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 See also:town in the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Baden . 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 . 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.) . In 1905 it numbered 24,818 inhabitants, mostly See also:German-speaking and Romanists . 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 . It is a picturesque little town, with several noteworthy See also:medieval buildings . The former See also:cathedral See also:church was mainly built Io69–1089, but was later gothicized; near the See also:west end of the See also:nave a See also:plate in the See also:floor marks the spot where See also:Huss stood when condemned to See also:death, while in the midst of the See also:choir is the See also:brass which covered the See also:grave of See also:Robert See also:Hallam, See also:bishop of See also:Salisbury, who died herein 1417, during the See also:council .

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