Browse / Germany / Baden-Württemberg / Illmensee
Illmensee
Baden-Württembergvillage
Illmensee
Total population
2,002
Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Illmensee is a municipality of the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
Illmensee was mediatized to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1803, whose government assigned the township to the district of Pfullendorf. It was reassigned in 1843 to the district of Heiligenberg, which was dissolved in 1938 into the district of Überlingen. Illmensee expanded dramatically after World War II, particularly in the 1960s, when the municipality industrialized. In 1973, as part of , the district of Überlingen was merged into a new one based at Sigmaringen.
Geography
The municipality (Gemeinde) of Illmensee is situated at the southeastern corner of the district of Sigmaringen, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Illmensee lies along Sigmaringen's border with the district of Ravensburg to the east and the Bodensee district to the south. The municipality is physically located in a depression formed by the Würm glaciation in the . The municipality's three lakes, the Illmensee itself, , and the lakes, are glacial lakes that were also formed by the Würm glaciation. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of Normalnull (NN) to a low of NN. The Federally-protected nature reserve is located in Illmensee's municipal area.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves892
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves813
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves747
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves716
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves695
- Red KiteMilvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves660
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves611
- Eurasian CootFulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves595
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.2 — 2026-04-264 km NNW of Quarten, Switzerland
- M 4.2 — 2024-06-042 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
- M 3.4 — 2022-10-16Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- M 3.8 — 2022-09-012 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
- M 4 — 2022-07-092 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
- M 4 — 2020-10-255 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Baden-Württemberg
- Herdwangen9.6 mi away · pop. 1,589
- Mühlhofen10.1 mi away · pop. 1,422
- Weißenau12.5 mi away
- Weingarten13 mi away
- Blochingen14.2 mi away
- Hundersingen14.7 mi away
- Scheer14.9 mi away · pop. 2,636
- Meßkirch15.2 mi away · pop. 8,659
- Kau15.9 mi away
- Stockach16.9 mi away · pop. 16,182
- Michelwinnaden17.5 mi away
- Rotheidlen17.6 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Illmensee, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
0.1 mi
0.1 mi
0.2 mi.png)
0.2 mi.png)
0.2 mi.png)
0.2 mi
0.3 mi.png)
0.5 mi.png)
0.5 mi.png)
0.5 mi.png)
0.6 mi.png)
0.6 mi.png)
0.6 mi.png)
0.7 mi.png)
0.7 mi.png)
0.7 mi.png)
0.7 mi.png)
0.7 mi.png)
0.7 mi
0.8 mi
0.8 mi
0.8 mi
0.8 mi.png)
0.8 miPhotos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Official Identifiers
Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office
- AGS
- 08437056
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,091
- Wikidata
- Q83035
Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office — Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439