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'Meersburg' is a town of Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany at Lake Constance.

It is famous for its charming medieval city. The lower town ("Unterstadt") and uptown ("Oberstadt") are reserved for pedestrians only and connected by two stairways and a steep street ("Steigstrasse").

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Main sights

Transportation

Mesmerism

Wining

External links

Main sights

The ancient castle was, based on the Swiss chronicles, built by the Merovingian Dagobert I in the seventh century.
There is an entity of half-timbered houses.
Also two medieval town-gates can be seen, which are the remainders of the fortification.

Transportation

Meersburg is the northern terminus of a car ferry to Constance. On the other hand Meersburg is connected to the region by the B 31, a large street which leads from Breisach (at the French border) to Lindau (at the Austrian border), bypassing largely all parts of Meersburg. To exit to Meersburg and to the car ferry, take B 33 to Meersburg and Constance.
Meersburg is also connected by pleasure boats on lake Constance to Ueberlingen (westwards), to Lindau, Bregenz (eastwards) and to Constance ("Konstanz") opposite.

Mesmerism

Famous 18th century doctor Franz Anton Mesmer ("to mesmerize") died in 1815 in Meersburg and is buried near by the old wall of the graveyard about 0.5 km northeast of the upper town-gate "Obertor" (see picture beneath).

Wining

The Meersburg vineyards at the northern banks of lake Constance are famous within Germany. A specialty is the rosy "Weissherbst" wine.

External links

★ The official Meersburg homepage

★ Meersburg-Webcam: 2 livecams show the historical marketplace

★ Meersburg: history and images (in German)

★ Meersburg: Pictures