{"id":1045,"date":"2018-04-12T17:07:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalb-ravensburg.de\/wordpress2017\/ravensburg\/"},"modified":"2018-04-25T16:09:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T14:09:16","slug":"ravensburg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kalb-ravensburg.de\/en\/ravensburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravensburg"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”http:\/\/www.kalb-ravensburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2.jpg” image_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1523545805362{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Visit us in Ravensburg and you will discover a beautiful and historic city. Besides its spectacular skyline of medieval towers, the city boasts a fascinating history. Since at least the end of the 9th<\/sup> century a continuous settlement with a Frankish estate at its center has existed here in the narrowest part of the Schussental valley. The city began to thrive when the House of Welf from the neighboring city of Altdorf \u2013 the oldest still existing European noble family \u2013 constructed a new castle strategically located above the city in the second half of the 11th<\/sup> century.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”http:\/\/www.kalb-ravensburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4.jpg” image_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1523545819656{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]In the 13th<\/sup> century, political independence as a free imperial city followed the economic flourishing. This new-found independence was enabled by the departure of ducal domination when the House of Welf moved its power base to northern Germany. Neither the plague nor continuous war could stop Ravensburg becoming a pre-eminent European trade center. The city became a focal point for textile production and trade in southern Germany and was home to the illustrious \u201cGrosse Ravensburger Handelsgesellschaft\u201d, a trade corporation whose network of branches stretched across Europe to distant Valencia. The old city towers which still dominate the city\u2019s skyline today stem from this time period.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”http:\/\/www.kalb-ravensburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/5.jpg” image_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”http:\/\/www.kalb-ravensburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6.jpg” image_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1523545837120{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The shift of trade towards Western Europe in the first half of the 16th century dealt a blow to Ravensburg\u2019s trade empire. This, coupled with the devastation of the Thirty Years\u2019 War, meant that the city could not reclaim its former glory during the Baroque period. Just like the other free imperial cities, Ravensburg lost its political independence in 1803 and fell first under the influence of Bavaria, before becoming part of the Kingdom of W\u00fcrttemberg in 1810. Industrialization in the mid-19th<\/sup> century brought new wealth to the city, which became a center for machine production within the Kingdom.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”http:\/\/www.kalb-ravensburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1.jpg” image_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1523545850424{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]In the 20th<\/sup> century, further economic development was aided by Ravensburg\u2019s status as the administrative center of a large district. Today, the city and its surroundings boast a healthy economic structure consisting of a mix of production, trade, and service. The unemployment rate is very low. Ravensburg is widely appreciated as a shopping city with a wide variety of specialized businesses in a unique historical ambiance.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”http:\/\/www.kalb-ravensburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3.jpg” image_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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