--- title: "Friedrichshafen – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Friedrichshafen, Germany: Friedrichshafen is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/friedrichshafen" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/friedrichshafen.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Blackshape_Prime%2C_AERO_Friedrichshafen_2018%2C_Friedrichshafen_%281X7A4815%29.jpg/1920px-Blackshape_Prime%2C_AERO_Friedrichshafen_2018%2C_Friedrichshafen_%281X7A4815%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany · Baden-Wurttemberg # Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. ![Friedrichshafen](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Blackshape_Prime%2C_AERO_Friedrichshafen_2018%2C_Friedrichshafen_%281X7A4815%29.jpg/1920px-Blackshape_Prime%2C_AERO_Friedrichshafen_2018%2C_Friedrichshafen_%281X7A4815%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Friedrichshafen · Matti Blume The place Friedrichshafen is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (Kreisstadt) of the Bodensee district in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Friedrichshafen has a population of about 63,000. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrichshafen), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Friedrichshafen 8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Schussen The Schussen is a 59-kilometre-long tributary of Lake Constance, which drains to the High Rhine, in the southern portion of Upper Swabia in Baden-Württemberg. 5.8 km · tributary of the Lake Constance in Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schussen) 2. Obersee The Obersee, also known as Upper Lake Constance, is the much larger of the two parts of Lake Constance, the other part being the Untersee. The two parts are separated by the Bodanrück peninsula. 5.5 km · the larger of the two lakes of Lake Constance · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obersee_(Lake_Constance%29) 3. Zeppelin University Zeppelin University is a private research university in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The university is accredited by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg. 3.8 km · private university in Baden-Württemberg, Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin_University) 4. Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen The Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen is a museum in Friedrichshafen in Germany, the birthplace of the Zeppelin airship. The museum houses the largest collection on airship travel in the world, and chronicles the history of the Zeppelin airships. 100 m · museum · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin_Museum_Friedrichshafen) 5. Rotach The Rotach is a 39-kilometre-long tributary of Lake Constance, which drains to the Rhine, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The river source is near the municipality of Wilhelmsdorf. 900 m · tributary of Lake Constance in Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotach) 6. Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen The Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen is an aerospace museum located in the German town of Friederichshafen near Lake Constance. The museum exhibits the aircraft designs of Claude Dornier, the Dornier company and aerospace products of Airbus. 3.4 km · technical museum in Friedrichshafen, Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Museum_Friedrichshafen) 7. Burg Altraderach Altraderach Castle, also called the Old Castle or Little Heathen Palace, is a levelled castle in the area between Unterraderach and Raderach. The still easily visible burgstall lies in the parish of Kluftern in the borough of Friedrichshafen in the county of Bodenseekreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. 6 km · castle in Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altraderach_Castle) 8. Zeppelinstadion Zeppelinstadion is a multi-use stadium in Friedrichshafen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches. 2 km · football stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelinstadion) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see The From [Wikivoyage: Friedrichshafen](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Friedrichshafen), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do 1. Waterfront Walk along the expansive waterfront from east of the harbour to the Palace Church (in the west). 2. Canoeing 3. Climbing 4. Airship Messestraße 132 (at the airport next to the exhibition centre), info@zeppelinflug.de. 5. Swim If you are in Friedrichshafen during the warm period of the year it is worth going to the Strandbad, the local open-air swimming bath. From [Wikivoyage: Friedrichshafen](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Friedrichshafen), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat 1. Regenbogen Imbiss Friedrichstraße 75. 2. Izmir Kebap Paulinenstraße 4. 3. Laguna Stadtgarten, Friedrichstraße 18. 4. Restaurant "Cafe Eckenerstraße 100. 5. Asia Imbiss Fernost Garten Ehlersstraße 25. From [Wikivoyage: Friedrichshafen](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Friedrichshafen), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Friedrichshafen **Airports:** Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 3 km · Memmingen Allgau (FMM), 68 km · Zürich (ZRH), 73 km\ **Stations:** Friedrichshafen Airport, 3.2 km · Friedrichshafen Stadt, 800 m · Friedrichshafen Hafen station, 100 m · Friedrichshafen Ost station, 1.4 km\ - Memmingen → Friedrichshafen 64 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · €9–13 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/memmingen-to-friedrichshafen) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Memmingen&to=Friedrichshafen) - Stuttgart → Friedrichshafen 127 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · €20–28 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/stuttgart-to-friedrichshafen) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Stuttgart&to=Friedrichshafen) - Rheinmünster → Friedrichshafen 163 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · €23–32 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rheinmunster-to-friedrichshafen) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rheinm%C3%BCnster&to=Friedrichshafen) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Friedrichshafen) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Friedrichshafen Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Friedrichshafen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in }} You can also to fly to Zürich Airport () in Switzerland and take one of the hourly trains to Romanshorn, and then take the ferry across Lake Constance. - Get in Since the last ferry during the off-season departs around 19:30 this is not an option for late arrivals. - Get in There is a ferry port in the very centre of Friedrichshafen with many frequent services to other ports on Lake Constance shores: A 45-minute car ferry service links Friedrichshafen to Romanshorn on the Swiss side of the lake. - Get in A 40-minute Speedboat (Bodensee Katamaran) (pedestrians and cyclists only) links Friedrichshafen and Konstanz. - Get in There is a train station close to where the speedboat docks in Konstanz, where trains from many Swiss destinations, including Basel and Zürich, call. From [Wikivoyage: Friedrichshafen](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Friedrichshafen), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. 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