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Look for the white dormered Konzilgebäude Offline map Google map (Council Build-
ing; Click here ) , built in 1388, which served as a granary and warehouse before Pope
Martin V was elected here in 1417. Today it's a conference and concert hall.
The nearby Zeppelin Monument Offline map Google map shows the airship inventor
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in an Icarus-like pose. He was born in 1838 on the Insel,
an islet a short stroll north through the flowery Stadtgarten Offline map Google map
park, where there's a children's playground .
Niederburg
Best explored on foot, Niederburg, Konstanz' cobbled heart, stretches north from the
Münster to the Rhine. The twisting lanes lined with half-timbered town houses are the
place to snoop around galleries, antique shops and 13th-century Kloster Zoffingen
Offline map Google map (Brückengasse 15) , Konstanz' only remaining convent, still in
the hands of Dominican nuns.
On the Rheinsteig is the medieval Rheintorturm Offline map Google map (Rhine Gate
Tower; Click here ) , a defensive tower with a pyramid-shaped red-tile roof. About 200m
west along the river is the more squat, 14th-century Pulverturm Offline map Google map
(Gunpowder Tower; Click here , with 2m-thick walls.
Cross the street to the orange-red, baroque Domprobstei Offline map Google map
(Rheingasse 20) , once the residence of the cathedral provosts.
NEIGHBOURHOOD
Rathaus
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(City Hall; Kanzleistrasse) Slightly south of the Münster, the flamboyantly frescoed
Renaissance Rathaus occupies the former linen weavers' guildhall. Behind you'll find a
peaceful arcaded courtyard.
LANDMARK
Rosgartenmuseum
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( www.rosgartenmuseum-konstanz.de ; Rosgartenstrasse 3-5; adult/concession €3/1.50, 1st
Sun of the month & after 2pm Wed free; 10am-6pm Tue-Fri, to 5pm Sat & Sun) The
one-time butchers' guildhall now harbours the Rosgartenmuseum, spotlighting regional
art and history, with an emphasis on medieval panel painting and sculpture.
MUSEUM
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