Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and TyrolHandbook for travellers . luggage (gratis). The Lake of Constance (1305; Ger. Bodensee, Lat. Lacus Brigantinvs)^an immense reservoir of the Rhine, 207 sq. M. in area, is, from Bregenzto the influx of the Stockach, 40 M. long, about 71/2 M. wide, and betweenFriedrichshafen and Uttweil 825 deep. In beauty of scenery the Bodenseecannot vie with the other Swiss lakes; but its broad expanse of water, it^picturesque banks and green hills, the chain of the Appenzell Alps in thedistance, the snow-clad Sentis in particular, and several sno
Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and TyrolHandbook for travellers . luggage (gratis). The Lake of Constance (1305; Ger. Bodensee, Lat. Lacus Brigantinvs)^an immense reservoir of the Rhine, 207 sq. M. in area, is, from Bregenzto the influx of the Stockach, 40 M. long, about 71/2 M. wide, and betweenFriedrichshafen and Uttweil 825 deep. In beauty of scenery the Bodenseecannot vie with the other Swiss lakes; but its broad expanse of water, it^picturesque banks and green hills, the chain of the Appenzell Alps in thedistance, the snow-clad Sentis in particular, and several snow-peaks of theVorarlberg Alps, visible in clear weather, present a very pleasing rough weather sea-sickness is not uncommon. The best fish are •Felchenand trout, and the best wine grown on the banks is the ?Meershurger\ Friedrichshafen (Deutsches Haus; Drei Konige, well spokenof; Sonne; Midlers Restaurant), the S. terminus of the Wiirtem-berg Railway (to Stuttgart 41/4-6 hrs.), is a busy place in lake-baths attract many visitors, especially from Swabia, and it. CONSTANCE. Z. Route 10. 31 boasts of a Curhalle^ with pleasant grounds on the lake. The Har-hour with its Lighthouse is 1 M. from the railway-station. Travellers going on by steamer keep their seats until the train reachesthe terminus near the quay (restaurant, with terrace). Those arriving bysteamer may take tickets on landing, and enter the train at once. The Constance steamer steers to the W. On the N. hank arethe village of Immenstaad, the chateaux of Herrsherg and Kirch-berg; then the village of Hagnau. On the arm of the lake, theUeberlinger See, we see the picturesque little town of Meershurg;then the island of Mainau (p. 33j, and in the distance steamer passes the promontory which separates the UeberlingerSee from the bay of Constance, and reaches (IV2 l^r.) — Constance (comp. Plan, p. 29). — *Insel-Hotel (PI. a; C, 3), for-merly a Dominican monasterv (p. 32). on the
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