Meßkirch

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Location of the town of Meßkirch within Sigmaringen district
Meßkirch

Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Sigmaringen
Town subdivisions	11
Mayor	Arne Zwick
Basic statistics
Area	76.22 km² (29.4 sq mi)
Elevation	616 m (2021 ft)
Population	8,490 (31/12/2006)
- Density	111 /km² (288 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SIG
Postal codes	88601–88605
Area codes	07570, 07575, 07578
Website	www.messkirch.de
Coordinates: 47°59′34″N 9°6′45″E / 47.99278, 9.1125

Meßkirch is a town in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Meßkirch was the residence of the counts of Zimmern, widely known through Count Froben Christoph's Zimmern Chronicle (1559–1566).

The Renaissance castle at Meßkirch

[edit] Notable residents

The town is the birthplace of the preacher Abraham a Sancta Clara (born in nearby Kreenheinstetten), the composer Conradin Kreutzer, archbishop Conrad Gröber, writer and Georg Büchner Prize winner Arnold Stadler and, most famously, the philosopher Martin Heidegger.

Master of Meßkirch: Adoration of the Magi, c. 1538

The town's name is also connected with a Renaissance painter whose provisional name is Master of Meßkirch. His Adoration of the Magi can be seen in the church of St. Martin.

[edit] Culture

The Bodenseesender radio transmitter is located in the nearby village of Rohrdorf.

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v • d • e Holy Roman Empire — Swabian Circle (1500–1806)

Ecclesiastical princes	Augsburg \| Kempten \| Konstanz \| Lindau

Bench of Secular princes	Baden: Baden, Durlach, Hochberg \| Buchau \| Heiligenberg \| Hohenzollern-Hechingen \| Klettgau \| Liechtenstein \| Thengen \| Waldburg: Scheer, Trachburg, Waldsee, Wolfegg, Wurzach, Zeil \| Württemberg

Bench of Prelates	Baindt \| Buchau \| Elchingen \| Ellwangen \| Gengenbach \| Gutenzell \| Heggbach \| Irsee \| Kaisheim \| Mainau \| Marchtal \| Neresheim \| Ochsenhausen \| Petershausen \| Roggenburg \| Rot \| Rottenmünster \| Salmanweiler \| St. George's in Isny \| Schussenried \| Söflingen \| Ursberg \| Weingarten \| Weißenau \| Wettenhausen \| Zwiefalten

Bench of Counts and Lords	Altshausen \| Baar \| Bondorf \| Eberstein \| Eglingen \| Eglofs \| Fugger: Jakob, Johann, Markus \| Gundelfingen \| Gutenstein \| Hausen \| Heiligenberg \| Hohenems \| Hohengeroldseck \| Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen \| Justingen \| Kinzigerthal \| Königsegg and Aulendorf \| Lustenau \| Meßkirch \| Mindelheim and Schwabegg \| Oberdischingen \| Öttingen: Baldern, Öttingen, Wallerstein \| Rechberg \| Rothenfels and Stauffen \| Stühlingen and Hohenhöwen \| Tettnang and Langenargen \| Thannhausen \| Wiesensteig

Bench of Cities	Aalen \| Augsburg \| Biberach \| Bopfingen \| Buchau \| Buchhorn \| Dinkelsbühl \| Eßlingen \| Gengenbach \| Giengen \| Heilbronn \| Isny \| Kaufbeuren \| Kempten \| Leutkirch \| Lindau \| Memmingen \| Nördlingen \| Offenburg \| Pfullendorf \| Ravensburg \| Reutlingen \| Rottweil \| Schwäbisch Gmünd \| Schwäbisch Hall \| Überlingen \| Ulm \| Wangen \| Weil \| Wimpfen \| Zell

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Sigmaringen (district)

Bad Saulgau \| Beuron \| Bingen \| Gammertingen \| Herbertingen \| Herdwangen-Schönach \| Hettingen \| Hohentengen \| Illmensee \| Inzigkofen \| Krauchenwies \| Leibertingen \| Mengen \| Meßkirch \| Neufra \| Ostrach \| Pfullendorf \| Sauldorf \| Scheer \| Schwenningen \| Sigmaringen \| Sigmaringendorf \| Stetten am kalten Markt \| Veringenstadt \| Wald