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Konstanz Old Town – Paradies District

Konstanz Old Town – Paradies District

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Konstanz Old Town – Paradies District

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Location: Freiburg District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. View of Lake Constance – View of Stein am Rhein loop from Konstanz

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2. View of Lindau – Rhine Delta Cycle Path loop from Langenargen

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3. Lake Constance Cycle Path – Hotel Graf Zeppelin, Konstanz loop from Landschlacht

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der✨grombacher

July 11, 2022

Very beautiful and lively old town!
Source Wikipedia:
The paradise probably originated in the late Middle Ages as a settlement of fishermen and farmers. At that time it was called Eggenhusen. The district received its current name from a nunnery named claustrum Paradysi apud Constantiam, which settled there around 1186. The nuns practiced the Liturgy of the Hours and cared for the sick. As early as 1253, the nuns left their convent outside the gates of what was then the bishop's residence and moved to the area of Swiss Schaffhausen, to Schlatt in the canton of Thurgau, where they founded a new convent called Paradise.
Then the part was incorporated as a suburb to Constance. The original focal point is St. Martin's Chapel on a 14th-century foundation. In 1610 about 300 people lived in paradise. At that time, the Paradies farmers provided the residents of Constance with the yields from their fields in the area between today's B 33 (European route) and the Laube.

Paradise was integrated into the city walls in the 17th century. Around 1639, the suburb was included in the defense system of the trading city of Constance with the construction of an earth wall and a ditch (Saubach). The paradise also received two watchtowers.

Constance has not been fortified since 1733.[7] The Grießegg Tower at the end of Fischenzstrasse was the western corner of the defensive line. He stood at the end of the earth wall along the border stream. It was called Erker im Paradies, the Paradise Tower in the Rhine, became a residential building and is a listed building. Since the 19th century it has been referred to as the Paradise Palace.[8]

The outer Paradieser Tor was partly demolished at the beginning of the 19th century, partly a residential building. In 1818, this became the “Swiss Border” inn at Gottlieber Strasse 64 near Gottlieber Customs.[9] A worn 50 centimeter high stone of the Outer Paradise Gate is still preserved at the southern corner of the Schweizer border restaurant.[10]

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Roem

April 22, 2024

Simply wonderful, every visit is worthwhile.

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Chris

August 29, 2023

Many thanks @DerGrombacher for the good information!

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Location: Freiburg District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Konstanz Old Town – Paradies District

1. View of Lake Constance – View of Stein am Rhein loop from Konstanz

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3. Lake Constance Cycle Path – Hotel Graf Zeppelin, Konstanz loop from Landschlacht

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