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Markdorf
Town
Coat of arms of Markdorf
Coat of arms
Location of Markdorf within Bodenseekreis district
Lake ConstanceAustriaSwitzerlandBavariaBermatingenDaisendorfDeggenhausertalEriskirchFrickingenFriedrichshafenHagnau am BodenseeHeiligenbergImmenstaad am BodenseeKressbronn am BodenseeLangenargenMarkdorfMeckenbeurenMeersburgNeukirchOberteuringenOwingenSalemSipplingenStettenTettnangÜberlingenÜberlingenUhldingen-MühlhofenKonstanz (district)Konstanz (district)Ravensburg (district)Sigmaringen (district)
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionTübingen
DistrictBodenseekreis
Government
 • MayorGeorg Riedmann
Area
 • Total40.92 km2 (15.80 sq mi)
Elevation
453 m (1,486 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total14,356
 • Density350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
88677
Dialling codes07544
Vehicle registrationFN
Websitewww.markdorf.de

Markdorf is a town in the Bodensee district, in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. It is situated near Lake Constance, 10 km northwest of Friedrichshafen. Georg Riedmann is the mayor of Markdorf and was elected in 2013.

The little city was founded in 1225 and was host to the church council before it was moved to constance. With its historic downtown it is a beautiful tourist attraction. If you have enough from the city the beautiful landscape invites you to climb the "gehrenberg", that is the little glacier endhill of the last ice age. On the top of the little mountain there is a 30m high tower fro which's top you can enjoy a beautiful view over the biggest german lake, the swiss, austrian and german alps.


On 22 December 1939 the location was host to one of the three major train accidents on German history which occasioned the death of ca. 100 people.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
  2. ^ http://buergerwiki.net/Zugungl%C3%BCck


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