Stockach

Stockach is a town in the district of Konstanz, in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Stockach
Town
Coat of arms of Stockach
Coat of arms
Location of Stockach within Konstanz district
Stockach is located in Germany
Stockach
Stockach
Stockach is located in Baden-Württemberg
Stockach
Stockach
Coordinates: 47°51′5″N 9°0′41″E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictKonstanz
Subdivisions10
Government
 • Mayor (2017–25) Rainer Stolz[1]
Area
 • Total69.75 km2 (26.93 sq mi)
Elevation
491 m (1,611 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total17,118
 • Density250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
78333
Dialling codes07771
Vehicle registrationKN
Websitewww.stockach.de

Location

It is situated in the Hegau region, about 5 km northwest of Lake Constance, 13 km north of Radolfzell and 25 km northwest of Konstanz.

Stockach includes the central city and 10 villages:

  • Espasingen
  • Hindelwangen
  • Hoppetenzell
  • Mahlspüren im Hegau
  • Mahlspüren im Tal
  • Seelfingen
  • Raithaslach
  • Wahlwies
  • Winterspüren
  • Zizenhausen

History
Arms of the Counts of Nellenburg (extinct 1422)
See also: County of Nellenburg

The Counts of Nellenburg founded Stockach in the 13th century, the town receiving town privileges in 1283. In 1401 to the Landgraviate of Nellenburg owned the towns of Engen, Tengen, Radolfzell, Stockach, 125 villages, 9 abbeys and 4 mailing stations.

The Counts of Nellenburg became extinct in 1422 and their estates were acquired by the House of Habsburg in 1465; hence Stockach was a part of Further Austria until 1805. In the Swabian War of 1499 the troops of the Three Leagues besieged the town but failed to capture it.

During the War of the Spanish Succession, Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria set fire to Stockach. During the French Revolutionary Wars of the Second Coalition two battles were fought here between the French First Republic and the Habsburg monarchy in 1799 and 1800. In 1810 Stockach finally fell to the Grand Duchy of Baden.

Court of fools in Stockach
Aerial view

Politics

Parties in the Ratshaus
PartyPercentageSeatsSource
Christian Democratic Union34.30%11[3]
Free Voters33.3810
Social Democratic Party15.895
Green Party9.403
Free Democratic Party7.032

Twin towns

Stockach is twinned with:

Notable personalities
  • Rudolf von Buol-Berenberg (1842–1902), German politician, president of German Reichstag (German Empire)
  • 1993 Franz Ziwey (born 1932), 24 years mayor of Stockach [4]
  • Marc Dumitru (born 1986), actor and performer in House of Anubis[5]

References
  1. Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
  3. "Endgültiges Wahlergebnis". City of Stockach. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. Jörg Braun (jöb): "Nur kein großes Aufheben". In: Südkurier 16 December 2002.
  5. Marc Dumitru. Website der AnubisPedia. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
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