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Castillo de Hohenzollern. Hechingen es una ciudad en la Jura de Suabia, dentro del distrito administrativo de Zollernalbkreis en el estado federado de Baden-Wurtemberg, Alemania. Hechingen es la cuna de la Dinastía Hohenzollern y la sede de la rama Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
- Municipio urbano de Alemania
- 48°21′06″N 8°57′48″E / 48.351666666667, 8.9633333333333
Hechingen ist die drittgrößte Stadt im Zollernalbkreis. [2] . Die ehemalige hohenzollerische Kreisstadt und ehemalige Residenz der Grafen und späteren Fürsten von Hohenzollern liegt zentral in Baden-Württemberg, am Westrand der Schwäbischen Alb, etwa 60 Kilometer südlich der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart und 90 Kilometer nördlich des Bodensees .
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Early history
Recent research shows that the battle of Solicinium, fought in 368 between the invading Alamanni and a Roman army led by Emperor Valentinian I, probably took place in the northern part of what is today Hechingen and the lost city Solicinium was located where the Roman museum of Hechingen is located today.
Middle Ages
Hechingen is the ancestral home of the Hohenzollern dynasty of princes, electors, kings, and emperors, of Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania. In 1176 the Counts of Hohenberg separated from the Counts of Hohenzollern and seized several cities from the Hohenzollerns. In 1218 the Burgraves of Nuremberggained independence from them. The city was founded in 1255 by the Counts of Hohenzollern as their new capital city. The Hohenzollerns had great land holdings near Strasbourg and...
Renaissance and Reformation
In 1567, the county was divided in three and became the counties of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch. (The latter was rejoined to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1634.) Hechingen became the residence of the counts of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Their territory, which consisted of Hechingen and 26 villages, did not change substantially until the 19th century. Eitel Friedrich IV (1576–1605) made Hechingen a center of art, music, and Renaissance architecture....
The city of Hechingen has been an important economic center for the region for over a century. People from Mössingen, Sonnenbühl, Albstadt, and the Swabian Alps came to work. After the Second World War, IBM, BMW, and HP applied for building permits, which the city government denied. IBM and HP later built facilities in Sindelfingen-Böblingen. Notab...
Hechingen is twinnedwith: 1. Joué-lès-Tours, France (1973) 2. Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (1994) Since 1990, Hechingen also has friendly relations with Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany.
Elsa Einstein (1876–1936), cousin and wife of Albert Einstein- 528 m (1,732 ft)
- Zollernalbkreis
Hechingen, city, Baden-Württemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies in the Swabian Alp, southwest of Tübingen. From the 13th century it was the seat of the counts of Zollern (after 1623, princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen); it passed to Prussia in 1850.
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Hohenzollern-Hechingen - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre. Hohenzollern-Hechingen fue un condado y principado en el suroeste de Alemania. Sus gobernantes pertenecieron a una rama de la línea mayor suaba de la dinastía Hohenzollern . Historia. Antiguo palacio de Hechingen, hoy un museo.
Gate tower. The current castle was built by Hohenzollern scion Crown Prince Frederick William IV of Prussia. Traveling through southern Germany en route to Italy in 1819, he wished to learn about his family's roots, so climbed to the top of Mount Hohenzollern. He would write in 1844 as King: [8]
The family came from the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the late 11th century and took their name from Hohenzollern Castle. [5] . The first ancestors of the Hohenzollerns were mentioned in 1061.