The International Bodensee Conference

10 March 2022

Exactly 50 years ago, on 14 January 1972, government representatives of the states and cantons around Lake Constance (Bodensee) founded the Internationale Bodensee-Konferenz (IBK) to address issues of regional cross-border cooperation.

The IBK includes Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria (Germany), Vorarlberg (Austria), the cantons of Schaffhausen, Zurich, Thurgau, St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden (Switzerland) and the Principality of Liechtenstein.

The IBK’s Intergovernmental Commission is modelled on the longstanding and successful French-German-Swiss Intergovernmental Commission in the Upper Rhine Region. It will cover the entire spectrum of neighbourly relations at the state level.

The 50th anniversary in 2022 shows the long tradition of exchanges between the four neighbouring countries in the Lake Constance region.

(Source and Further information: Internationale Bodensee-Konferenz)