sentences:  The city is located in the state of Baden-Württemberg and situated at the banks of Lake Constance ("Bodensee" in German).The river Rhine, which starts in the Swiss Alps, passes through Lake Constance and leaves it, considerably larger, by flowing under a bridge connecting the two parts of the city.North of the river lies the larger part of the city with residential areas, industrial estates, and the University of Konstanz; while south of the river is the old town, which houses the administrative centre and shopping facilities in addition to the "Hochschule" or the "University of Applied Sciences".