Complete system of the city of Aach
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The entire city of Aach in Aach , a city in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg , consists of the area of the 12th / 13th centuries. Century by the cathedral chapter Konstanz and King Rudolf I von Habsburg on a broad mountain spur founded city above the village and the source of the Aach .
The place with numerous noble families was fortified by means of a city wall , an upstream moat and two city gates . Most of the fortifications have been preserved. A continuous ring-shaped street layout opens up several large open spaces that also served as marketplaces. They shape and structure the cityscape.
The noble houses and mansions were almost completely destroyed in the Thirty Years' War in 1632 , in the Coalition War in 1799 and in the town fire in 1884. Only the numerous former public buildings in the western half of the city that were spared from the fire bear witness to the old city structure.
The building structure that exists today is a testimony to the profound structural change that Aach has experienced over the centuries. Together with Engen , Tengen and Blumenfeld , Aach belongs to a group of small medieval towns in Hegau , which are characterized by their well-preserved boundaries and their exposed topographical location. This is why the city of Aach is an overall facility within the meaning of Section 19 of the Monument Protection Act, the preservation of which is of particular public interest .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 44 " N , 8 ° 51 ′ 6" E