Meersburg

Sister cities

• Hohnstein
• Louveciennes
• San Gimignano

History

The name of the town means "Castle on the Sea", referring to a castle which, according to a tradition from 1548, was built here in 630 by the Merovingian king Dagobert I. The commune obtained the status of free city in 1299, though nominally still under the Bishop of Constance. In 1803 it was annexed to the Electorate of Baden. After World War II, Meersburg was in the French military occupation area in Germany.

Most-observed species

• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,208
• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,989
• Great Crested Grebe

  Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,916
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,840
• Mute Swan

  Cygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  2,778
• Black-headed Gull

  Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,699
• Great Cormorant/European Shag

  Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,558
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,374

Most recent

• M 4.2 — 2026-04-26
  4 km NNW of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany