The Counts of Nellenburg founded Stockach in the 13th century, the town receiving
town privileges in 1283. In 1401 to the Landgraviate of Nellenburg owned the towns of
Engen,
Tengen,
Radolfzell, Stockach, 125 villages, 9 abbeys and 4 mailing stations. The Counts of Nellenburg became extinct in 1422 and their estates were acquired by the
House of Habsburg in 1465; hence Stockach was a part of
Further Austria until 1805. In the
Swabian War of 1499 the troops of the
Three Leagues besieged the town but failed to capture it. During the
War of the Spanish Succession, Elector
Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria set fire to Stockach. During the
French Revolutionary Wars of the
Second Coalition two battles were fought here between the
French First Republic and the
Habsburg monarchy in
1799 and
1800. In 1810 Stockach finally fell to the
Grand Duchy of Baden. in Stockach|thumb ==Politics==