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FRIEDRICHSHAFEN
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, on the See also:east See also:shore of the See also:Lake of See also:Constance, at the junction of See also:railways to See also:Bretten and See also:Lindau
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It consists of the former imperial town of Buchhorn and the monastery and See also:village of Hofen
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The See also:principal See also:building is the See also:palace, formerly the See also:residence of the provosts of Hofen, and now the summer residence of the royal See also:family
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To the palace is attached the Evangelical See also:parish See also: The monastery of Hofen was founded in 1050 as a See also:convent of See also:Benedictine nuns, but was changed in 1420 into a provostship of monks . It was suppressed in 1802 and in 18o5 came to Wurttemberg . King See also:Frederick I., who caused the See also:harbour to be made, amalgamated Buchhorn and Hofen under the new name of Friedrichshafen . |
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