landmark
Mainau Island
A Mediterranean flower island on Lake Constance bursts with palms, butterfly house and a baroque palace garden.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Überlingen
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · Europe
About Überlingen
Überlingen works well as a base: 5 minutes from Dingelsdorf, 11km from Meersburg Castle.
Überlingen is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with about 22,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Dingelsdorf, about 4 km away.
Überlingen (German pronunciation: [ˈyːbɐˌlɪŋən] ; Low Alemannic: Iberlinge) is a German city on the northern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Baden-Württemberg near the border with Switzerland. After the city of Friedrichshafen, it is the second-largest city in the Bodenseekreis (district), and a central pointRead more
for the outlying communities. Since 1 January 1993, Überlingen has been categorized as a large district city (Große Kreisstadt).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Überlingen?
Within an hour or so of Überlingen: Mainau Island (7 km), Meersburg Castle (11 km), Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen (27 km), Autobau Erlebniswelt (28 km).
Are there any good drives near Überlingen?
The nearest famous roads are Schwägalp Pass, Furkajoch and Sattelegg Pass.
Where is Überlingen?
Überlingen is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, about 4 km from Dingelsdorf.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 21,507
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Baden-Wurttemberg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 47.7698, 9.1714
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Überlingen
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Meersburg Castle
Germany's oldest inhabited castle overlooks Lake Constance from a vineyard terrace in a charming medieval old town.
11 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
The world's largest airship collection, in the Bauhaus harbour station of the town where the giants were built, including a walk-through, full-scale reconstruction of the Hindenburg's passenger quarters.
27 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Autobau Erlebniswelt
Racing driver Fredy Lienhard's supercar and motorsport collection in a former Romanshorn industrial plant on Lake Constance: Ferraris, Le Mans prototypes and Indy cars.
28 km · about 30 min drive
waterfall
Rhine Falls
Europe's largest plain waterfall, spanning 150 meters wide and 23 meters high near the town of Schaffhausen.
43 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Erwin Hymer Museum
Unique museum celebrating road trip culture with vintage camper vans, caravans, and dream routes from around the world.
48 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Appenzell
A colourful village in rolling green hills known for its painted wooden houses, direct democracy traditions, and the dramatic Alpstein range.
52 km · about 60 min drive
restaurant
Berggasthaus Aescher
An 1846 guesthouse pressed under a 100 m overhanging cliff below Ebenalp, made world-famous by a National Geographic cover; cable car from Wasserauen, then a 15-minute walk to rösti on the terrace.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Überlingen
9 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 58 kmSchwägalp PassThe road under the north face of the Säntis, ending at the cable car station. Green alpine pasture country rather than high rock.
- 75 kmFurkajochA narrow, quiet Vorarlberg pass with a fine view over the Rhine valley, closed through the winter.
- 76 kmSattelegg PassA low, year-round pass between the Sihl valley and Einsiedeln, a useful and pretty link rather than a challenge.
- 78 kmTriesenbergWalser mountain village terraced 400 m above the Rhine on the hairpin road to Malbun; its balcony viewpoints take in the entire principality and the Swiss Alpstein across the valley.
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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