Unsere Stadt auf einen Blick Radolfzell am Bodensee

1 7 Abendmarkt Around 826, Abbot Erlebald from Reichenau islandpermitted the Veronese Bishop Radolf, who was from an Alemannic family, to build a church and a clerical residence on the shores of the Lower Lake on ground that was previously inhabi­ ted and had been owned by the island’s monaste­ ry since the 8th century. It was here in the „Cella Ratoldi” named for him that the founder came to spend his last years (†847) after giving up his di­ ocese in Verona in 840. Where „Radolf’s Cell” and a manor house belonging to the Reichenau stood, an important trading hub developed, assisted by pilgrimages to Radolfzell’s patron saints (Haus­ herren) and the granting of market rights in 1100. Following municipal reform in Baden-Württem­ berg in 1972, Radolfzell was enlarged through the incorporation of the villages of Böhringen (1975), Güttingen (1975), Liggeringen (1974), Markel­ fingen (1974), Möggingen (1974) and Stahringen (1974), and received the status of “large district town” as of 1 January 1975. Since 1974, Radolfzell has been twinned with the town of Istres in sou­ thern France, and since 1999 with the Swiss town of Amriswil. Radolfzell has a total surface area of 5857 ha (including 1899 ha of forests and 2365 ha of agricultural land) at an elevation of between 395 m and 675 m. G E S C H I C H T E U N D G E S C H I C H T E N A U S R A D O L F Z E L L / H I S T O R Y O F R A D O L F Z E L L