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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Lake Constance, Lake Zurich, Pfafers Abbey, Holzbrucke Rapperswil-Hurden, Rheintal, Rapperswil Castle, Stadtmuseum Rapperswil, County of Sargans, Paddle steamer Stadt Rapperswil, Stadtpfarrkirche Rapperswil, Seedamm, FC Gossau, Feldkirch-Buchs railway, St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal, Canton of Santis, Jona, Linth, Rathaus Rapperswil, Sudostbahn, Knie's Kinderzoo, Walensee, Appenzell Alps, North-Eastern Swiss Alps, Calanda, Heilig Husli, SC Bruhl, Eis-zwei-Geissebei, S5, St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, THURBO, Iberg Castle, S15, Gubsensee, Stausee Mapragg, S2, Ragatz, Wil Tower, Hochschule fur Technik Rapperswil, Schwendisee, Chapfensee, Schwagalp Pass, S40, Tamina, Hulftegg Pass, Gigerwaldsee, St. Gallen frank, Oberer Murgsee, Bettenauer Weiher, Wildhaus Pass, St. Gallen thaler, Werdenbergersee, Churfirsten, Unterwasser, Paxmal, Murgseen, Oberricken Pass, St. Anton Pass, Ruppen Pass, Seeztal, Schwarzsee, Wasserfluh Pass, Voralpsee, Constituency. Excerpt: Lake Constance (German: Bodensee) is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps, and consists of three bodies of water: the Obersee ("upper lake"), the Untersee ("lower lake"), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein. The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps. Specifically, its shorelines lie in the German federal-states of Bavaria and Baden-Wurttemberg, the Austrian federal-state of Vorarlberg, and the Swiss cantons of Thurgau and St. Gallen. The Rhine flows into it from the south following the Austro-Swiss frontier. Lake Constance was first mentioned by the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela about 43AD. He noted that the Rhine flows through two lakes, and gave them the Latin names Lacus Venetus (Obersee) and Lacus Acronius (Untersee). Pliny the Elder used the name Lacus Brigantinus, after the Roman city of Bri...
