Lake Constance

The popular tourist region of Lake Constance spans three countries. It is the third biggest lake in Central Europe and is on the path of the Rhine River.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
  • Also known as: Boden Zee”, “Bodensee”, “Brigantinus Lacus”, “Lac de Constance”, “Lake Boden”, “Lake Konstanz”, and “Lake of Constance

Lake Constance

Latitude of center
47.5833° or 47° 35′ north
Longitude of center
9.4667° or 9° 28′ east
Elevation
395 metres (1,296 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2659347
Wiki­data ID
Q4127
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lake Constance” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Bodenmeer
  • Albanian: Liqeni i Bodenit
  • Amharic: ኮንስታንጽ ሃይቅ
  • Arabic: بحيرة كونستانس
  • Aragonese: Laco de Constanza
  • Aragonese: Laco de Gostanza
  • Armenian: Բոդենի լիճ
  • Arpitan: Lèc de Constance
  • Azerbaijani: Boden gölü
  • Bashkir: Боден күле
  • Basque: Konstantzako aintzira
  • Bavarian: Bodnsee
  • Belarusian: Бодэнскае возера
  • Bosnian: Bodensko jezero
  • Breton: Lenn Konstanz
  • Bulgarian: Боденско езеро
  • Catalan: llac de Constança
  • Catalan: Llac de Constança
  • Cebuano: Bodensee
  • Chinese: 博登湖
  • Church Slavic: Бодєнꙁєи
  • Chuvash: Боден кӳлли
  • Croatian: Bodensko jezero
  • Czech: Bodamské jezero
  • Danish: Bodensøen
  • Dutch: Bodenmeer
  • Dutch: Bodensee
  • Dutch: Meer van Konstanz
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره كونستانس
  • Esperanto: Bodenlago
  • Estonian: Bodeni järv
  • Faroese: Bodensee
  • Finnish: Bodenjärvi
  • French: Bodensee
  • French: lac de Constance
  • French: Lac de Constance
  • Galician: Lago Constanza
  • Georgian: ბოდენის ტბა
  • German: Bodensee
  • German: Schwäbisches Meer
  • Greek: Λίμνη Κωνστάντζας
  • Greek: Λίμνη Κωνσταντίας
  • Greek: Μπόντενζεε
  • Hebrew: ימת קונסטנץ
  • Hungarian: Boden-tó
  • Icelandic: Bodenvatn
  • Inari Sami: Bodenjävri
  • Indonesian: Danau Konstanz
  • Interlingua: Laco de Constantia
  • Irish: Loch Konstanz
  • Italian: lago Bodanico
  • Italian: Lago Bodanico
  • Italian: lago di Costanza
  • Italian: Lago di Costanza
  • Japanese: ボーデン湖
  • Javanese: Tlaga Konstanz
  • Kirghiz: Боден көлү
  • Korean: 보덴 호
  • Korean: 보덴호
  • Latin: Lacus Bodamicus
  • Latvian: Bodenezers
  • Limburgan: Bodensee
  • Lithuanian: Bodeno ežeras
  • Low German: Bodensee
  • Lower Sorbian: Bodenjazor
  • Luxembourgish: Bodensee
  • Macedonian: Боденско Езеро
  • Malagasy: Bodensee
  • Malay: Tasik Constance
  • Marathi: कोन्स्टान्स सरोवर
  • Marathi: बोडन से
  • Marathi: बोडनसे
  • Mingrelian: ბოდენიშ ტობა
  • Mongolian: Боден нуур
  • Nepali: बोडनसी ताल
  • Northern Sami: Bodenjávri
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bodensjøen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bodensjøen
  • Norwegian: Bodensjøen
  • Occitan (post 1500): lac de Constança
  • Persian: دریاچه کنستانس
  • Piemontese: Bodensee
  • Polish: Bodensee
  • Polish: Jezioro Bodeńskie
  • Portuguese: lago de Constança
  • Portuguese: Lago de Constança
  • Romanian: Lacul Constanța
  • Romansh: Lai da Constanza
  • Russian: Боденское озеро
  • Serbian: Боденско језеро
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bodensko jezero
  • Skolt Sami: Bodenjäuʹrr
  • Slovak: Bodamské jazero
  • Slovenian: Bodensko jezero
  • Spanish: Bodensee
  • Spanish: Constanza
  • Spanish: lago de Constanza
  • Spanish: Lago de Constanza
  • Swahili: Ziwa la Konstanz
  • Swedish: Bodensjön
  • Swedish: Konstanzsjön
  • Swedish: Lac de Constance
  • Swiss German: Bodasee
  • Swiss German: Bodensee
  • Swiss German: Bodesee
  • Tamil: போடன்சீ ஏரி
  • Tatar: Боден күле
  • Thai: ทะเลสาบโบเดิน
  • Tosk Albanian: Bodensee
  • Turkish: Konstanz Gölü
  • Uighur: بودېن كۆلى
  • Ukrainian: Боденське озеро
  • Upper Sorbian: Bodamski jězor
  • Urdu: جھیل کونسٹانس
  • Uzbek: Boden ko‘li
  • Uzbek: Boden koʻli
  • Venetian: lago de Costansa
  • Vietnamese: Bodensee
  • Waray (Philippines): Danaw Konstanz
  • Welsh: Bodensee
  • Western Frisian: Boadenmar
  • Western Frisian: Bodensee
  • Western Panjabi: جھیل کونسٹانس
  • Wu Chinese: 博登湖
  • Yue Chinese: 博登湖

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