Weingarten

Weingarten is a metropolis with a population of 24,000 in Wurttemberg, in the District of Ravens burg, within the valley of the Schussen River. Together with the southern neighbor cities of Ravens burg and Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance it paperwork one of 14 medium sized infrastructural centers in Baden Wurttemberg. The metropolis is seat of the University Of Applied Sciences Of Ravens burg Weingarten and of the Teachers' College of Weingarten.

The metropolis was formerly called Altdorf and was renamed to Weingarten in 1865. Before that, Weingarten turned into the call of Weingarten Abbey handiest, which lay on the Martinsburg above the town. The name Altdorf is derived from the Frankish alach for church. Near the antique city, an Alemannic burial area turned into excavated in 1954 to 1957, dating from the 5^th century. In the 8^th century the vicinity has become part of the Frankish empire. Around the 9^th century the Elder Welfs have become counts of the Schussengau and mounted their seat in Altdorf.