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Lake Constance (Bodensee)

Cold-water walls, freshwater life, and Alpine horizons on one border-crossing lake

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Lake Constance (Bodensee)

Cold-water walls, freshwater life, and Alpine horizons on one border-crossing lake

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42 Quellen • Aktualisiert 5. Sept. 2026

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Official Lake Constance Tourism - Official four-country destination overview, year-round positioning, events, regions, and trip-planning links.
Official Lake Constance Tourism - Spring - Supports late-April blossom timing, milder outdoor conditions, and the restart of scheduled boat services.
Official Lake Constance Tourism - Summer - Supports summer lido, bathing, water-sport, event, and White Fleet planning.
Official Lake Constance Tourism - Autumn - Supports mild autumn conditions, harvest and wine experiences, and occasional stormy weather.
Official Lake Constance Tourism - Winter

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Quellen für den Guide zu Lake Constance (Bodensee)

Referenzlinks, die zum Erstellen und Aktualisieren dieses Guides verwendet werden.

42 Quellen • Aktualisiert 5. Sept. 2026

Verfasst von DiveJourney. Erstellt aus öffentlichen Quellen und dem Wissen lokaler Anbieter. Zuletzt aktualisiert 5. Sept. 2026.

Official Lake Constance Tourism - Official four-country destination overview, year-round positioning, events, regions, and trip-planning links.
Official Lake Constance Tourism - Spring - Supports late-April blossom timing, milder outdoor conditions, and the restart of scheduled boat services.
Official Lake Constance Tourism - Summer - Supports summer lido, bathing, water-sport, event, and White Fleet planning.
Official Lake Constance Tourism - Autumn - Supports mild autumn conditions, harvest and wine experiences, and occasional stormy weather.
Official Lake Constance Tourism - Winter

- Supports Christmas markets, winter cruises, nearby mountain trips, and thermal-bath planning.

Official Lake Constance Tourism - Getting Here - Official overview of rail approaches and the principal airports serving the Lake Constance region.

Official Lake Constance Tourism - Local Mobility - Supports travel by boat, ferry, train, bus, and other public transport without a private car.

Bodenseekreis Shipping Authority - Diving Rules - Official German-shore rules for Alpha flags, harbor and landing-stage exclusions, scooter prohibition, and seasonal dive-site permissions.

Landkreis Konstanz - Teufelstisch Diving Ban - Official permit requirements, qualification evidence, equipment standards, buddy rules, and depth limit for Teufelstisch exceptions.

Regierungspraesidium Freiburg - Markelfinger Winkel Nature Reserve - Official nature-reserve rationale and restrictions affecting bathing, diving, boating, and water sports in mapped zones.

Bodenseekreis Shipping Authority - Storm Warning Service - Official explanation of the orange-light strong-wind and storm-warning signals used around the lake.

Tauchteam Bodensee - Diving Lake Constance - Local-operator evidence for cold-water conditions, thermoclines, visibility, fish life, training suitability, technical terrain, seasonality, and emergency planning.

Tauchteam Bodensee - Uberlingen Parkhaus Post - Site-specific profile for the beginner slope, advanced wall and overhang, access logistics, visibility pattern, and required direction of travel.

Tauchteam Bodensee - Wallhausen Hochhaus Steilwand - Site-specific evidence that the wall is for experienced divers, begins in shallow water, and drops far beyond recreational limits.

Dreams of Diving - Lake Constance Dive Sites - Operator evidence for Meersburg Krebsgarten as a beginner and training site with crayfish, a shallow zone, variable visibility, and slippery entries.

Tauchbasis T3 Gohren - Operator and resort evidence for a private dive site, training platforms, equipment support, parking, and lake-based instruction on the eastern German shore.

Freedive Konstanz - Local specialist evidence for freshwater freediving orientation, equalization coaching, and training for certified freedivers.

Freedive Thurgau - Cross-border specialist source supporting PADI and SSI freediving instruction, training equipment, and coaching on the Swiss side.

Echt Bodensee - Diving - Regional tourism source describing Lake Constance as a demanding cold freshwater destination with changing visibility and depth.

International Commission for the Protection of Lake Constance - Official transboundary monitoring and mapping source for lake condition, bathymetry, water quality, and long-term environmental stewardship.

Kiel University - Lake Constance Geophysics - Academic source for approximate lake elevation, maximum depth, and basin-scale physical context.

PADI - Altitude Diver - Training-agency source defining dives above {{ 300 | distance:m }} elevation as altitude dives.

DAN Europe - Emergency Assistance - Official 24/7 diving-emergency hotline, first-response sequence, and medical coordination guidance.

German Federal Foreign Office - Visas for Germany - Official visa guidance, including the short-stay 90 days in any 180-day period framework and nationality-specific checks.

European Union - Travel Documents for Non-EU Nationals - Official EU travel-document and Schengen entry guidance for non-EU visitors.

Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen - Official information for the closest commercial airport to the eastern German shore.

SBB - Zurich Airport to Konstanz - Official rail-network source confirming a direct IR75 connection from Zurich Airport toward Konstanz.

Official Lake Constance Tourism - Konstanz to Meersburg Ferry - Official source for the year-round, 24-hour car-ferry link between Konstanz and Meersburg.

Official Lake Constance Tourism - Konstanz to Friedrichshafen Catamaran - Official source for the year-round passenger catamaran, normally taking about 52 minutes.

Echt Bodensee Card - Official guest-card information for participating accommodation on the German shore and regional public-transport benefits.

Uberlingen Tourism - Visitor Tax - Official 2026 visitor-tax rates and eligibility notes for Uberlingen, used as a transparent municipal example.

Bodensee Card PLUS - 3 Days - Official 2026 adult price and inclusion details for the optional three-day attraction card.

Bodensee Card PLUS - 7 Days - Official 2026 adult price and inclusion details for the optional seven-day attraction card.

Konstanzer Baeder - Strandbad Horn - Official lido source for access, supervision flags, season, shoreline scale, and public-transport options.

Official Lake Constance Tourism - Kressbronn Natural Lido - Official tourism source for the natural lido, bathing rafts, facilities, and introductory diving activity.

Uberlingen Tourism - Strandbad West - Official lido source for summer access, family facilities, public transport, and the location beside Bodensee-Therme Uberlingen.

UNESCO - Monastic Island of Reichenau - Official World Heritage description of Reichenau's Benedictine history, churches, architecture, and wall paintings.

Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen - Official museum source for the region's airship, technology, art, and cultural heritage.

Official Lake Constance Tourism - Top Experiences - Official planning source for the destination's major cultural, garden, museum, castle, and nature attractions.

Official Lake Constance Tourism - Island Hopping - Official itinerary source for Mainau, Reichenau, and other island combinations by boat and local transport.

Bodensee-Therme Uberlingen - Official source for lakeside thermal bathing, sauna, wellness, and recovery planning.

Destination hero photo by Christopher Politano - Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@poli_graphy