senger plane carrying 69, mostly children and a few adult chaperons collided with a cargo plane in mid air, at about 30,000 feet (9,144 m). The debris fell throughout the northern �berlingen suburbs. Seventy one people died in the accident, including the children, their chaperons, and the pilot and co-pilot of the Boeing cargo plane. One of the largest portions of the debris landed in a glade by Brachenreuthe, and the victims of the crash are commemorated there with a string of over-sized "pearls."
By the 1950s, �berlingen had established itself as a premier tourist destination on Lake Constance, particularly for those interested in the health cure. �berlingen was Baden-W�rttembergs first Kneippheilbad, a homeopathic cure using water therapy, diet, aroma therapy, and exercise, based on the principles of health developed by Sebastian Kneipp. The city's mile long shore promenade ends at the new health resort (opened 2003), the Bodensee Therme (spa).
In 2005, the city and its collaborators, Deisendorf and Lippertsreute, won the gold medal in the competition, Our City Blooms (Unsere Stadt bl�ht auf).
Andelshofen was first mentioned in 1239 as Andelsowe. The site was the property of the Knights of St. John (Order of Malta). In 1552 and again in 1634, the site was burned to the ground, and later rebuilt. Judicial authority over the village lay with �berlingen. In 1805 Baden annexed Andelshofen, and it was reorganized into a part of the �berlingen administrative district. In 1927, the commune was dissolved and Andelshofen was incorporated into the commune of �berlingen. Its various hamlets came under the administrative jurisdiction of other small towns: Hagenweiler to Lippertsweiler, Schonbuch to the commune of Bambergen.
Aufkirch was first mentioned in 1242 as Ufkilche. The site was the location of the original Parish Church of �berlingen, St. Michael. The church with its surrounding territory was transferred in 1311 to the Engelberg Abbey,
