Zollern

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Grafschaft Zollern
County of Zollern
State of the Holy Roman Empire
1052 – 1576
 

 
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Flag Coat of arms
Flag Coat of arms
Motto
Latin: Nihil Sine Deo
(English: Nothing without God)
Capital Hechingen
Language(s) German
Religion Roman Catholic
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 - Formed ca 1052
 - Partitioned 1576
 - Reunited as Prussian
    Province of Hohenzollern
 
1850

Zollern, or Hohenzollern, was a county of the Holy Roman Empire. Its ruling dynasty was the House of Hohenzollern, which started with Tassilo von Zolorin. The state is named after Hohenzollern Castle; its capital was Hechingen.

Burchard I of Zollern was born before 1025 and died in 1061.

Burchard's son was Frederick I of Zollern, born before 1055, died 1114/15 .

In 1534, Count Charles I of Hohenzollern (1512-1576) received the counties of Sigmaringen and Veringen as imperial fiefs.

In 1576, upon the death of Charles I, the County of Hohenzollern was divided up between his the three sons:

In this way, the counties of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch were established. Haigerloch fell to Sigmaringen in 1767; Hechingen and Sigmaringen were reunited only when they were ceded to Prussia in 1849/1850.

See House of Hohenzollern for a list of rulers.


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