Radolfzell

Radolfzell
Town
Centre of the town
Coat of arms
Location of Radolfzell within Konstanz district
Radolfzell Radolfzell
Coordinates: 47°44′N 8°58′E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Konstanz
Government
• Lord mayor (2021–29)	Simon Gröger (Ind.)
Area
• Total	58.58 km2 (22.62 sq mi)
Elevation	398 m (1,306 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	32,043
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	78301-78315
Dialling codes	07732
Vehicle registration	KN
Website	www.radolfzell.de

Radolfzell am Bodensee is a town in Germany at the western end of Lake Constance approximately 18 km northwest of Konstanz. It is the third largest town, after Constance and Singen, in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg.

Radolfzell is a well-known health care town (Mettnau) and an important railway junction of the High Rhine Railway and the Hegau-Ablach Valley Railway (leading to the Stahringen–Friedrichshafen railway). In 1990 Radolfzell was named the Federal Environment Capital City of Germany.

History

This town developed out of a monastery founded in 826 AD as a "cell" under Bishop Radolf of Verona. The town belonged to the Abbey of Reichenau, then to the house of Habsburg for a long time, and for 40 years was a Free Imperial City. In the centre is the gothic Cathedral 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 "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 make a pilgrimage to Radolfzell in picturesquely decorated boats to fulfil an ancient oath. Also, there is the Austrian mansion in the market square, built in stages from the 17th to the 19th century, the knightly hall dating from 1626, and various historical patrician houses.

Radolfzell was the birthplace of the cartographer Martin Waldseemüller's mother.

Cathedral Unserer lieben Frau

Radolfzell View from Höri

Mayors

(Lord Mayor since 1975)

• 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

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Radolfzell am Bodensee is twinned with:

• Istres, France (1974)
• Amriswil, Switzerland (1999)

Notable people

• Marcus Teggingeri (1540–1600), Roman Catholic prelate
• Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826–1886) poet and novelist, retired in Radolfzell.
• Emil Joseph Diemer (1908–1990), chess player
• Wolfgang Ruf (born 1941), musicologist and academic
• Werner Bodendorff (born 1958), musicologist and writer
• Josef Eichkorn (born 1956), football coach
• Jörg Baberowski (born 1961), historian
• Patrick Baur (born 1965), tennis player
• Sabine Auer (born 1966), tennis player
• Pit Beirer (born 1972), motocross rider
• Markus Knackmuß (born 1974), footballer
• Kristof Wilke (born 1985), belt rower
• Anna-Lena Forster (born 1995), para-alpine skier