Hohenzollern-Hechingen

State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806)

1576–1850


Flag	Coat of arms

Motto
Latin: Nihil Sine Deo
(Nothing without God)

Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1848

Capital

Hechingen

Languages

Swabian

Religion

Roman Catholic

Government

Principality

Historical era

Middle Ages

•

Partition of County of
Hohenzollern

1576

•

Raised to Principality

1623

•

Incorporation into
Kingdom of Prussia

1850

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Zollern

Province of Hohenzollern

Hohenzollern-Hechingen was a small principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.

History

The New Castle at Hechingen

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

Arms of a Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Counts of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1623)^[1]

Eitel Friedrich IV, Count 1576–1605 (1545-1605), eldest surviving son of Karl I of Hohenzollern
- Johann Georg, Count 1605–1623 (1577-1623), created Reichsfürst von Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1623

Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1623–1850)

Johann Georg, 1st Prince Mar 23-Sep 28 1623 (1577-1623)
- Eitel Friedrich V, 2nd Prince 1623–1661 (1601-1661)
- Philipp Christoph Friedrich, 3rd Prince 1661–1671 (1616-1671)
  - Friedrich Wilhelm, 4th Prince 1671–1735 (1663-1735)
    - Friedrich Ludwig, 5th Prince 1735–1750 (1688-1750)
  - Prince Hermann Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1665-1733)
    - Josef Friedrich Wilhelm, 6th Prince 1750–1798 (1717-1798)
    - Prince Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1720-1765)
      - Hermann, 7th Prince 1798–1810 (1751-1810)
        Frederick, 8th Prince 1810–1838 (1776-1838)
        Constantine, 9th Prince 1838–1850 (1801-1869), sons were without dynastic rights, the Counts of Rothenburg

After cession of territory to Prussia, the Prince continued to use his title.

Line became extinct 1869 at Prince Constantine's death, and titles passed to the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen line.

References

↑ Marek, Miroslav. "hohz/hohenz9.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.

External links

Almanach de Gotha info about Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Swabian Circle (1500–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire

Ecclesiastical	Augsburg Constance Ellwangen Kempten Lindau

Secular	Baden Buchau Heiligenberg Hohenzollern-Hechingen Klettgau Liechtenstein Tengen Waldburg Scheer Trauchburg Waldsee Wolfegg Wurzach Zeil Württemberg

Prelates	Baindt Buchau Elchingen 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

Counts 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 / Schwabegg Oberdischingen Öttingen Baldern Öttingen Wallerstein Rechberg Rothenfels and Stauffen Stühlingen and Hohenhöwen Tettnang / Langenargen Thannhausen Wiesensteig

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

Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish · Unencircled territories

States of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13)

Rank elevated
by Napoleon

Kingdoms	Bavaria Saxony Württemberg

Grand Duchies	Baden Hesse

Duchies	Nassau

States created

Kingdoms	Westphalia

Grand Duchies	Berg Frankfurt¹ Würzburg

Principalities	Aschaffenburg² Leyen Regensburg²

Pre-existing
states

Saxon duchies	Coburg-Saalfeld Gotha-Altenburg Hildburghausen Meiningen Weimar³ Eisenach³ Weimar-Eisenach⁴

Other duchies	Anhalt (Bernburg Dessau Köthen) Arenberg Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Strelitz Oldenburg

Principalities	Hohenzollern Hechingen Sigmaringen Isenburg Liechtenstein Lippe-Detmold Reuss Ebersdorf Greiz Lobenstein Schleiz Salm⁵ Schaumburg-Lippe Schwarzburg Rudolstadt Sondershausen Waldeck

¹ from 1810
² until 1810
³ until 1809
⁴ from 1809
⁵ until 1811

States of the German Confederation (1815–66)

Empires	Austria¹

Kingdoms	Prussia¹ Bavaria Saxony Hanover Württemberg

Electorates	Hesse-Kassel

Grand Duchies	Baden Hesse-Darmstadt Luxembourg Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Strelitz Oldenburg Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Duchies	Anhalt Bernburg² Dessau² Köthen³ Brunswick Holstein Limburg⁴ Nassau Saxe-Lauenburg Ernest Altenburg⁵ Coburg-Saalfeld⁶ Coburg-Gotha⁵ Gotha-Altenburg⁶ Hildburghausen⁶ Meiningen

Principalities	Hesse-Homburg Hohenzollern Hechingen⁷ Sigmaringen⁷ Liechtenstein Lippe Reuss-Gera (Junior Line) Reuss-Greiz (Elder Line) Schaumburg-Lippe Schwarzburg Rudolstadt Sondershausen Waldeck and Pyrmont

City-states	Bremen Frankfurt Hamburg Lübeck

¹ w/o areas listed under other territories ² Merged with Anhalt from 1863 ³ until 1847 ⁴ from 1839 ⁵ from 1826 ⁶ until 1826 ⁷ until 1850 ⁸ 1849–60 ⁹ as of 1849 ¹⁰ until 1837 ¹¹ until 1829 ¹² until 1848/57 ¹³ until 1848 ¹⁴ as of 1848 ¹⁵ as of 1829 ¹⁶ as of 1864

Authority control	GND: 4219195-6

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