The Constance Hopper , Bay of Constance or Constance Funnel ( German : Konstanzer Trichter ) is a bay in Lake Constance , to the east of Constance and north of Kreuzlingen . The leading outflow of the Upper Lake is the Seerhein , which begins in the Constance hopper.
6-548: The Constance Hopper the only part of the Obersee , where a territorial boundary has been defined by the neighbouring states, in this case, Germany and Switzerland . The Dominicans Island is located in the Constance Hopper. It is part of the city of Constance . 47°39′30″N 9°11′30″E / 47.65833°N 9.19167°E / 47.65833; 9.19167 This Baden-Württemberg location article
12-464: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Thurgau location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Obersee (Lake Constance) The Obersee (English: Upper Lake ), also known as Upper Lake Constance , is the much larger of the two parts of Lake Constance , the other part being the Untersee (English: Lower Lake ). The two parts are separated by
18-580: The Dornbirner Ach , Bregenzer Ach , Leiblach , Argen , Schussen , Rotach , Seefelder Aach , Stockacher Aach and Aach . At Konstanz (Constance), it drains through the Seerhein into the Untersee . The distinctive, northwestern arm and 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi)-large Lake Überlingen ( Standard German of Germany : Überlinger See ), named after Überlingen , is part of
24-671: The Bodanrück peninsula. The narrow, northwestern branch of Obersee is also called Überlinger See (English: Lake Überlingen ). The Obersee has an area of 473 km (183 sq mi) in size and extends for 63 km (39 mi) between Bregenz in the Southeast and Bodman-Ludwigshafen in the Northwest. Its maximum width is 14 km (8.7 mi). Its main inflow is the Alpine Rhine , with other tributaries being
30-678: The Upper Lake Constance, as well as the Bay of Bregenz , and the Constance Hopper . The countries that border the lake are Switzerland , with its cantons of Thurgau and St. Gallen , Austria , with its federal state of Vorarlberg , and Germany , with its federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria . The exact location of the border between the riparian states within the south-eastern part of Obersee have never been jointly agreed upon (see Lake Constance ); only
36-755: The smaller northwestern water of Lake Überlingen is completely within German territory. The southeastern end of the lake borders the Alps , the Appenzell Alps of Switzerland and the Allgäu Alps of Austria and Germany. A notable mountain with outlook is the Pfänder above Bregenz. The Romans called it Lacus Venetus , Lacus Brigantinus and Lacus Constantinus . In the Middle Ages the dominant term
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