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Bodenseekreis
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| State: | Baden-W�rttemberg |
| Adm. Region: | T�bingen |
| Region: | Bodensee-Oberschwaben |
| Capital: | Friedrichshafen |
| Area: | 664.64 km� |
| Inhabitants: | 202,529 (2002) |
| pop. density: | 305 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | FN |
| Homepage: | http://www.bodenseekreis.de |
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The Bodenseekreis is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Baden-W�rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Constance, Sigmaringen and Ravensburg. To the south the Lake Constance forms the boundary to Switzerland and Austria.
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History The district was created in 1973, when the previous district Tettnang was merged with most of the district �berlingen.
Geography The district is located at the northern shore of the Lake Constance (german: Bodensee), which also gave the district its name. The landscape covered by the district is called Oberschw�bisches H�gelland and Westallg�uer H�gelland, and as the name suggest it is mostly hilly landscape.
Partnerships The district has a partnership with the Muldentalkreis[?] in Saxony, Germany, as will a with the Polish district Czestochowa[?].
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- Official website (http://www.bodenseekreis.de) (German)
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