CONSTANCE (Ger. Konstanz or Costnitz)  , a town in the grand-duchy of Baden . It is built, at a height of 1303 ft. above the sea, on the S. or left 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 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. shore of the lake from Rorschach (S.E.) . In 1905 it numbered 24,818 inhabitants, mostly German-speaking and Romanists . A fine 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 medieval buildings . The former cathedral church was mainly built Io69–1089, but was later gothicized; near the west end of the nave a plate in the floor marks the spot where Huss stood when condemned to death, while in the midst of the choir is the brass which covered the grave of Robert Hallam, bishop of Salisbury, who died herein 1417, during the council .