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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 217 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FRIEDRICHSHAFEN , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, on the See also:east See also:shore of the See also:Lake of See also:Constance, at the junction of See also:railways to See also:Bretten and See also:Lindau. Pop. 4600. It consists of the former imperial town of Buchhorn and the monastery and See also:village of Hofen. The See also:principal See also:building is the See also:palace, formerly the See also:residence of the provosts of Hofen, and now the summer residence of the royal See also:family. To the palace is attached the Evangelical See also:parish See also:church. The town has a hydropathic See also:establishment and is a favourite tourist resort. Here are also the natural See also:history and antiquarian collections of the Lake Constance Association. Buchhorn is mentioned (as Buachihorn or Puchihorn) in documents of 837 and was the seat of a powerful countship. The See also:line of See also:counts died out in 1089, and the See also:place See also:fell first to the Welfs and in 1191 to the See also:Hohenstaufen. In 1275 it was made a See also:free imperial See also:city by See also:King See also:Rudolph I. In 1802 it lost this status and was assigned to See also:Bavaria, and in 1810 to Wurttemberg.

The monastery of Hofen was founded in 1050 as a See also:

convent of See also:Benedictine nuns, but was changed in 1420 into a provostship of monks. It was suppressed in 1802 and in 18o5 came to Wurttemberg. King See also:Frederick I., who caused the See also:harbour to be made, amalgamated Buchhorn and Hofen under the new name of Friedrichshafen.

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