Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg is the largest city on Lake Constance. The German university city is located on the border to Switzerland and has a population of around 85.000 people.
The city of Konstanz was the birthplace of Ferdinand von Zeppelin. The later Count pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century and founded Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH.
The company still exists today. Passenger flights with airships depart from nearby Friedrichshafen airport today. These are therefore not a rarity in the sky above Konstanz.
A nine metre high statue stands at the entrance to the port of Constance. The Imperia was designed by the sculptor Peter Lenk and installed in 1993. It rotates on its own axis every 4 minutes. The concrete statue weighs 18 tons.
