Untersee (Lake Constance)
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The Untersee, also known as Lower Lake Constance, is the smaller of the two lakes that together form Lake Constance. The boundary between Switzerland and Germany runs through it. The lake surrounds se
View from an aeroplane above Rickenbach (CH) of the Untersee and the island of Reichenau (D) with Lake Überlingen (D), the northwestern part of the Obersee (D/CH/A) behind.
Extinct Hegau volcanoes Hohentwiel (front) and Hohenstoffeln (back) and Zeller See
The Island of Reichenau, as seen from the Seerücken, with Rheinsee in the front and Gnadensee in the back
The Rheinsee near Berlingen
Reichenau Island
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Reichenau Island is an island in Lake Constance in Southern Germany. It lies almost due west of the city of Konstanz, between the Gnadensee and the Untersee, two parts of Lake Constance. With a total
Untersee (Lake Constance)
…that together form Lake Constance. The boundary between Switzerland and Germany runs through it. The lake surrounds several islands, the largest being Reichenau Island. The Lower Lake Constance measures 63 km2 (24 sq mi) and is situated about 30 cm (12 in) lower than the Obersee. The Romans called it Lacus Acronius…
Aerial view of Reichenau Island
15th-century towers on the Romanesque church of Sts Peter and Paul in Reichenau-Niederzell
South West Reichenau Island
South East Reichenau Island