Editing Radolfzell

{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=February 2009|Radolfzell am Bodensee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox German place
|name              = Radolfzell
|type              = Town
|image_photo       = Obertor.jpg
|image_caption     = Centre of the town
|name_local        =
|image_coa         = DEU Radolfzell am Bodensee COA.svg
|state             = Baden-Württemberg
|regbzk            = Freiburg
|district          = Konstanz
|population        = 30092
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08335063
|area              = 58.55
|elevation         = 398
|coordinates       = {{coord|47|44|N|8|58|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan        = Radolfzell am Bodensee in KN.svg
|postal_code       = 78301-78315
|area_code         = 07732
|licence           = KN
|mayor             = Simon Gröger<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/oberbuergermeisterwahl-radolfzell-am-bodensee-2021/ Bürgermeisterwahl 2021], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 3 February 2022.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;29
|Bürgermeistertitel = Lord Mayor
|party             = independent
|website           = {{URL|https://www.radolfzell.de/}}
}}

'''Radolfzell am Bodensee''' ({{IPA|de|ˌʁaːdɔlfˈtsɛl ʔam ˈboːdn̩zeː}}, {{lit|Radolfzell on the Lake Constance}}) is a [[town]] in the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]], located at the western end  ([[Zeller See (Lake Constance)|Zeller Lake]]) of [[Lake Constance]], approximately {{cvt|18|km}} northwest of the city of [[Konstanz]] (Constance). It is the third largest town, after Konstanz and [[Singen]], in the [[Konstanz (district)|district of Konstanz]].

It is situated in the [[Hegau]] region. The [[mouth (river)|mouth]] of the river [[Radolfzeller Aach]] is located west of Radolfzell.

It is a well-known health care town ({{lang|de|Mettnau-Kur}}).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mettnau.com/en/accomodation/werner-messmer-klinik |title=Werner-Messmer-Klinik |access-date=2024-06-26}}</ref> In 1990, Radolfzell was named the Federal Environment Capital City of Germany.

==History==
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[[File:MünsterRadolfzell.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Cathedral ''Unserer lieben Frau'']]
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This town developed out of a monastery founded in 826 [[Anno Domini|AD]] as a "cell" under Bishop Radolf of [[Verona]]. The town belonged to the [[Abbey of Reichenau]], then for a long time to the [[House of Habsburg]], and for 40 years it was a [[Free Imperial City]].

In the centre is the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] Cathedral {{lang|de|Unserer lieben Frau}} ({{lit|Of our Dear Lady}}), dating from the 15th century and decorated in the [[Baroque style]] in the 18th. One particularly beautiful feature is the Rosary altar by the Zürn brothers and the Master of the House's Altar (1750) which contains the relics of the local Radolfzell saints Theopont, Senesius and Zeno. The {{lang|de|Hausherrenfest}} is celebrated in their honour every year on the third Sunday in July, and the next day a famous Water Procession is held, as it has been every year since 1797. The citizens of the nearby village of [[Moos, Baden-Württemberg|Moos]] make a pilgrimage to Radolfzell in picturesquely decorated boats to fulfil an ancient oath.

A notable structure in the town is the Austrian mansion in the market square, built in stages from the 17th to the 19th century, the knightly hall dating from 1626. Also of note are a number of historical [[Patrician (post-Roman Europe)|Patrician]] houses.

Radolfzell was the birthplace of [[cartographer]] [[Martin Waldseemüller]]'s mother.
[[File:Radolfzell Untersee.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Radolfzell View from [[Höri (Lake Constance)|Höri]] peninsula]]

==Mayors==
'''(Lord Mayor{{explain|date=April 2018}} since 1975)'''
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* Before 1700 Baltasar Feldkirch
* 1793–1808: Anton Leibes
* 1808–1814: Josef Hermanuz
* 1815–1816: Max Frey
* 1817–1822: Peter Mayer
* 1823–1825: Josef Grüner
* 1825–1838: Anton Spachholz
* 1838–1851: Johann Baptist Mohr
* 1851–1852: Josef Spachholz
* 1852–1864: Johann Häusler
* 1864–1865: Johann Drescher
* 1866–1867: Dominik Noppel
* 1867–1880: Josef Anton Vogt
* 1880–1891: Konstantin Noppel
* 1891–1894: August Sommer
* 1894–1902: Franz Mattes
* 1902–1911: Heinrich Riedlinger
* 1911–1934: Otto Blesch
* 1934–1935: Eugen Speer
* 1935–1942: Josef Jöhle
* 1942–1945: August Kratt, temp assistant
* 1945: Otto Blesch
* 1945–1955: Wilhelm Gohl
* 1955–1968: Hermann Albrecht
* 1968–1976: Fritz Riester
* 1976–2000: Günter Neurohr (1935-2011)
* 2000–2013: Jörg Schmidt, (born 1960)
* 2013–2021: Martin Staab (born 1964)
* 2021–    : Simon Gröger
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==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Radolfzell am Bodensee is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Partnerstädte|url=https://www.radolfzell.de/partnerstaedte|website=radolfzell.de|publisher=Radolfzell am Bodensee|language=de|access-date=2021-03-05}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Istres]], France (1974)
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Amriswil]], Switzerland (1999)

==Notable people==
[[File:Scheffel.jpg|thumb|140px|Joseph Victor von Scheffel]]
*[[Marcus Teggingeri]] (1540–1600), Roman Catholic prelate 
*[[Matthias Rauchmiller]] (1645-1686), painter, sculptor and ivory carver
*[[Joseph Victor von Scheffel]] (1826–1886) poet and novelist, retired in Radolfzell.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Scheffel, Joseph Viktor |volume= 24 | pages = 315&ndash;316 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Emil Joseph Diemer]] (1908–1990), chess player
*[[Hans Peter Haller]] (1929–2006), composer and pioneer of [[electroacoustic music]].
*[[Wolfgang Ruf]] (born 1941), musicologist and academic
*[[Werner Bodendorff]] (born 1958), musicologist and writer
*[[Jörg Baberowski]] (born 1961), historian

=== Sport ===
*[[Josef Eichkorn]] (born 1956), football coach
*[[Patrick Baur]] (born 1965), tennis player
*[[Sabine Auer]] (born 1966), tennis player
*[[Pit Beirer]] (born 1972), motocross rider
*[[Markus Knackmuß]] (born 1974), footballer, played over 380 games
*[[Kristof Wilke]] (born 1985), belt rower, team gold medallist at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Anna-Lena Forster]] (born 1995), [[Para-alpine skiing|para-alpine skier]]

==Transportation==
{{stn|Radolfzell}} railway station is an important [[junction station]] on the [[High Rhine Railway]] ([[Basel Badischer Bahnhof|Basel Bad Bf]]–{{stn|Konstanz}}) and the [[Hegau-Ablach Valley Railway]] (leading to the [[Stahringen–Friedrichshafen railway]] to {{stn|Friedrichshafen Stadt}}).

Radolfzell harbour is connected to [[Iznang]], [[Reichenau Island]] and Konstanz via shipping route.

==See also==
*[[Untersee (Lake Constance)|Lower Lake Constance]] ({{lang|de|Untersee}})
*[[Bodanrück|Bodanrück Peninsula]]
*[[Mettnau|Mettnau Peninsula]]
*[[Markelfinger Winkel]]

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