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Friedrichshafen is a town on the northern side of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in southern Germany, near the borders with Switzerland and Austria. The town became nationally renowned as fair location and the city of airship building. The Friedrichshafen hotels are located near the harbour station, which houses the Zeppelin Museum, the town’s most famous sight. While staying in a Friedrichshafen hotel you should not miss the world’s largest exhibition about aeronautic history.

The church Schlosskirche with its two characteristic onion-domed towers ranks as Friedrichshafen’s symbol. While you are in your hotel, you should have a look at the interior’s abundant stucco decoration. When visiting the Upper Swabia School Museum, some of the guests might feel swept back into their own school time. They can then relax again while strolling along the waterside promenade. After a short walk from your hotel you will reach the Graf Zeppelin House, which is Friedrichshafen’s culture and congress centre.

The seaport festival has been celebrated in Friedrichshafen since the post-war period and every year results in the hotels being fully booked. Friedrichshafen’s inner city is traffic-calmed, but it will nevertheless be easy for you to reach your hotel, with 15 bus lines traversing between the harbour and the city’s station. The hotels’ occupancy rate highly increases while the several fairs are taking place. Amongst them are the aquatic sports fair “InterBoot” and the aeronautics fair “Aero”. Airship building has a long tradition, reaching back until the beginning of the 20th century. The most important regional employers are the oxygen factory, erected in 1913, the automobile supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG and the engine constructor MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, which have been formed of traditional enterprises connected with airship production

Total population: 58,271 (December 2006)
Postal codes: 88 045 - 048