The Obersee (German for "Upper Lake"), also known as Upper Lake Constance, is the much larger of the two parts of Lake Constance, the other part being the Untersee ("Lower Lake").
Obersee
View at dusk of the Winterstaude on Lake Constance's Obersee
The distinctive, northwestern arm and 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi)-large Lake Überlingen (Standard German of Germany: Überlinger See) is part of the Upper Lake Constance, as well as the Bay of Bregenz, and the Constance Hopper.
The countries that border the lake are Switzerland, with its cantons of Thurgau and St. Gallen, Austria, with its federal state Vorarlberg, and Germany, with its federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. The border between the riparian states on the south-eastern main part of the Obersee have never been jointly agreed (see Lake Constance); only the smaller northwestern water of Lake Überlingen is completely German territory.
Origin of the nameedit
The Romans called it Lacus Venetus, Lacus Brigantinus and Lacus Constantinus. In the Middle Ages the dominant term was Lacus Bodamicus, or in German Bodensee.[citation needed] Gradually, this name began to include the Lower Lake (Lacus Acronius), so the term "Upper Lake" was introduced for the larger lake.[dubious – discuss]
^ abDokumentation von Zustand und Entwicklung der wichtigsten Seen Deutschlands: Teil 10 Baden-Württemberg (pdf; 411 KB)
^ abcdeGestalt und Funktionen des Bodensees und seines Einzugsgebietes. In: Internationale Gewässerschutzkommission für den Bodensee (publishers): Der Bodensee: Zustand - Fakten - Perspektiven. 1st edition. Bregenz, 2004, ISBN3-902290-04-8, pp. 8-11 (pdf; 1.1 MB).
External linksedit
International Bodensee Conference
Bodensee-data of the International Lake Constance Conference
January 01, 1970
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