Hohenzollern-Hechingen
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Hohenzollern-Hechingen | ||||||
State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) | ||||||
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Motto Latin: Nihil Sine Deo (Nothing without God) |
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Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1848
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Capital | Hechingen | |||||
Languages | German | |||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | |||||
Government | Principality | |||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||
• | Partition of County of Hohenzollern |
1576 1576 |
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• | Raised to Principality | 1623 | ||||
• | Incorporation into Kingdom of Prussia |
1850 1850 |
Hohenzollern-Hechingen was a small principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.
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History[edit]
The County of Hohenzollern-Hechingen was created in 1576, upon the partition of the County of Hohenzollern, a fief of the Holy Roman Empire. When the last count of Hohenzollern, Charles I of Hohenzollern (1512–1579) died, the territory was to be divided up between his three sons:
- Eitel Frederick IV of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1545–1605)
- Charles II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1547–1606)
- Christopher of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1552–1592)
Unlike the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg and Prussia, the Hohenzollerns of southwest Germany remained Roman Catholic. The County was raised to a principality in 1623.
The principality joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806 and was a member state of the German Confederation between 1815 and 1850. The democratic Revolution of 1848 was relatively successful in Hohenzollern, and on 16 May 1848, the Prince was forced to accept the establishment of a constitution. However, the conflict between monarch and democrats continued, and on 6 August, Hohenzollern was occupied by Prussian forces. On 7 December 1849, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin sold the country to his relative, King Frederick William IV of Prussia. On 12 March 1850, Hohenzollern-Hechingen officially became part of Prussia, and formed together with Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen the Province of Hohenzollern.
Rulers[edit]
Counts of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1623)[edit]
- Eitel Frederick IV (1576–1605)
- John George (1605–1623) became Prince in 1623
Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1623–1850)[edit]
- Eitel Frederick V (1623–1661)
- Philip Christopher Frederick (1661–1671)
- Frederick William (1671–1735)
- Frederick Louis (1735–1750)
- Josef Frederick William (1750–1798)
- Hermann (1798–1810)
- Frederick (1810–1838)
- Constantine (1838–1850) died 1869; last male member in dynastic line
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- 1850 disestablishments
- Hechingen
- House of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- States of the Confederation of the Rhine
- States of the German Confederation
- Former states and territories of Baden-Württemberg
- Swabian Jura
- Early Modern history of Germany