Überlingen

Überlingen was a trading town on the northern shore of Lake Constance in Swabia, prospering under the Hohenstaufen through lake commerce.

It became a free imperial city by the end of the 14th century. Swedish and Saxon troops besieged it in 1632 and 1634; after the walls were breached in 1634, inhabitants fought through the streets until the attackers withdrew. France occupied it in 1643, but imperial troops retook it in 1644. In 1803 it lost its independence and passed to the Duchy of Baden.