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Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: Fürstentum Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) was a principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the senior Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern . The Swabian Hohenzollerns were elevated to princes in 1623.
Hohenzollern Castle (German: Burg Hohenzollern [bʊʁk hoːənˈtsɔlɐn] ⓘ) is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. [a] The third of three hilltop castles built on the site, it is located atop Mount Hohenzollern, above and south of Hechingen, on the edge of the Swabian Jura of central Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Sigmaringen was the main residence of the family of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1576 until 1850. Combined Coat of Arms of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Inner courtyard of the castle. Johann von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1578–1638), the son of Charles II was the count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1606 until 1623.
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen r. 1769–1785 1724–1785: Frederick William II King of Prussia Elector of Brandenburg r. 1786–1797 1744–1797: Constantine Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen r. 1838–1849 1801–1869: Anthony Alois Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen r. 1785–1831 1762–1831: Frederick William III King of Prussia r. 1797–1840 ...
From 1806 to 1849, Sigmaringen was the capital of the sovereign Principality Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and residence of the princes of Hohenzollern. As a result of the Sigmaringen Revolution of 1848, the Princes of Hechingen and Sigmaringen abdicated, whereby both principalities fell to Prussia in 1850. From 1850 to 1945, Sigmaringen was the ...
The Catholic ruling houses of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen had hereditary treaties with Prussia that went back to 1695 and 1707 respectively. During the German Revolutions of 1848–1849, when the principalities' future came into question, King Frederick William IV of Prussia was initially reluctant to take them over.
From 1827 to 1925 Veringenstadt belonged to Oberamt Gammertingen. 1850 it became as part of the principality Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen prussian, and belonged to the province of Hohenzollern. Ore was mined in the 18th and 19th century. [4] Since 1927 the municipality belongs to the district of Sigmaringen.
At that time it had the Oberämter of Sigmaringen and Gammertingen, which were merged into the Landkreis of Sigmaringen in 1925. After WWII it became part of the French-controlled state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern until 1952 when it became part of the modern Land of Baden-Württemberg. In 1973 the district was enlarged by adding municipalities ...