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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The County of Thurn und Taxis, which was first awarded the township, ceded it in 1806 to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. In 1836, an Oberamt was organized for the locality that was in 1854 merged into Oberamt Gammertingen . In 1925, that district was dissolved and Straßberg was assigned to Landkreis Sigmaringen. Straßberg began a period of physical ...
www.wald-hohenzollern.de Wald ( German pronunciation: [valt] ⓘ ) is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany . Coat of arms
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.
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 ...