Stockach () is a town in the district of Konstanz, in southern

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Location

It is situated in the

Hegau Hegau () either refers to a region of the Duchy of Swabia or to only that part of said region which is presently located in the country of Germany. It is known for its extinct, partly eroded volcanoes, most of which are crowned with ruins of medi ...

region, about 5 km northwest of

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, 13 km north of

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and 25 km northwest of

Konstanz Konstanz ( , , , ), traditionally known as Constance in English, is a college town, university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the Baden-Württemberg state of south Germany. The city ho ...

. Stockach includes the central city and 10 villages:

History

The Counts of Nellenburg founded Stockach in the 13th century, the town receiving

town privileges Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditio ...

in 1283. In 1401 to the Landgraviate of Nellenburg owned the towns of

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, Tengen,

, Stockach, 125 villages, 9 abbeys and 4 mailing stations. The Counts of Nellenburg became extinct in 1422 and their estates were acquired by the

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in 1465; hence Stockach was a part of

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until 1805. In the

Swabian War The Swabian War of 1499 ( (spelling depending on dialect), called or ("Swiss War") in Germany and ("War of the Engadin" in Austria) was the last major armed conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Habsburg. What had begun ...

of 1499 the troops of the

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besieged the town but failed to capture it. During the

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, Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria set fire to Stockach. During the

French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars () were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted French First Republic, France against Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, Habsb ...

of the

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two battles were fought here between the

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and the

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy, also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm (), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities (composite monarchy) that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From the 18th century it is ...

1799 Events January–March * January 9 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound, to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the French Revolutionary Wars. * January ...

and

1800 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 16), ...

. In 1810 Stockach finally fell to the

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Politics

Parties in the Ratshaus

Twin towns

Stockach is twinned with: *

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, France, since 1972

Notable personalities

Rudolf von Buol-Berenberg Rudolf, Freiherr von Buol-Berenberg (24 May 1842 – 4 July 1902) was a German lawyer and politician of the Centre Party who served as President of the Reichstag from 1895 to 1898. Early life Buol-Berenberg was born on 24 May 1842 in Zizenhausen ...

(1842–1902), German politician, president of German Reichstag (German Empire) * 1993 Franz Ziwey (born 1932), 24 years mayor of Stockach * Marc Dumitru (born 1986), actor and performer in

House of Anubis ''House of Anubis'' is a mystery television series developed for Nickelodeon based on the Dutch–Belgian television series '' Het Huis Anubis''. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst and premiered on Nickelodeon on 1 Jan ...

''Marc Dumitru''
Website der AnubisPedia. Retrieved 13 March 2010.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Konstanz (district) Hegau Further Austria