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The Lake Constance trout (Salmo trutta) was almost extinct in the 1980s due to pollution, but thanks to protective measures they have made a significant return. Lake Constance is the home of the critically endangered species of trout Salvelinus profundus, [79] and formerly also the now extinct Lake Constance whitefish (Coregonus gutturosus). [80]
Arbon is a historic town and a municipality and district capital of the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.. Arbon is located on the southern shore of Lake Constance, on a railway line between Konstanz/Romanshorn and Rorschach/Chur, or St. Gallen, respectively.
' Rhine of the lake(s) '), which is the Upper and Lower Lakes connecting segment of the river Rhine). It is called the Seerhein because the current of the river follows exactly this path through the lake to the effluent of Lower Lake Constance in the Swiss town of Stein am Rhein, where the High Rhine starts.
Bregenz (German: [ˈbʁeːɡɛnts] ⓘ; Vorarlbergian: Breagaz [ˈb̥rea̯ɡ̊ats]) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria.The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switzerland in the west and Germany in the northwest.
View of Untersee (Lake Constance) near Eschenz with the German shore beyond. Lake Constance and the river Rhine mark the northern border of the canton. To the north the canton is bound by the Lake Constance across which lies Germany (Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria) and Austria . The Rhine creates the border in the northwest.
There were 5,208 Swiss women (28.1%), and 4,194 (22.6%) non-Swiss women. [6] In 2008, there were 73 live births to Swiss citizens and 95 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 137 deaths of Swiss citizens and 29 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by ...
The Aach is a river in Arbon in Switzerland, formed by the confluence of two rivers, the Hegibach and the Feilebach, each about 9 kilometres (6 mi) long.It flows through the town of Arbon and after almost two kilometers flows into Lake Constance on the south of Arbon next to Steinach, shortly after it catches the Salbach.
Historic Rhine bridge between Diessenhofen (left) and Gailingen (right), completed in 1816 Customs facilities between Konstanz (Germany) and Kreuzlingen (Switzerland). The border between the modern states of Germany and Switzerland extends to 362 kilometres (225 mi), [1] mostly following Lake Constance and the High Rhine (Hochrhein), with territories to the north mostly belonging to Germany ...