Hechingen
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Zollernalbkreis
Town subdivisions	9 Stadtteile
Mayor	Jürgen Weber
Basic statistics
Area	66.44 km² (25.7 sq mi)
Elevation	528 m  (1732 ft)
Population	19,369  (31/12/2006)
- Density	292 /km² (755 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	BL
Postal codes	72375–72379
Area code	07471
Website	www.hechingen.de Coordinates: 48°21′06″N 08°57′48″E / 48.35167, 8.96333 Image File history File links Karte_Deutschland. ... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... Location Coordinates , , Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE1 Capital Stuttgart Minister-President Günther Oettinger (CDU) Governing parties CDU / FDP Votes in Bundesrat 6 (of 69) Basic statistics Area  35,752 km² (13,804 sq mi) Population 10,741,000 (11/2006)[1]  - Density... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Tübingen is one of the four Administrative Districts (Regierungsbezirke) of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the south-east of the country. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgomeister, literally translated meaning master of the citizens) is the English form, rendering (often the Anglo-Saxon equivalent Mayor is substituted) various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate and/or chairman of the executive council of a sub-national level of administration... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen, abbreviated to PLZ), consist of five digits, which indicate the wider area (first two digits), and the postal district (last three digits). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Burg Hohenzollern

Hechingen is a town in the Zollernalbkreis of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located under the hill and castle Burg Hohenzollern. Jungingen is nearby. Download high resolution version (2059x1386, 322 KB) Explicitly allowed by the Swabia Tourist bureo, see http://www. ... Download high resolution version (2059x1386, 322 KB) Explicitly allowed by the Swabia Tourist bureo, see http://www. ... Burg Hohenzollern Burg Hohenzollern is a castle in the rough vicinity of Stuttgart, Germany. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, United States, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... The Zollernalbkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Location Coordinates , , Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE1 Capital Stuttgart Minister-President Günther Oettinger (CDU) Governing parties CDU / FDP Votes in Bundesrat 6 (of 69) Basic statistics Area  35,752 km² (13,804 sq mi) Population 10,741,000 (11/2006)[1]  - Density... For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). ... Burg Hohenzollern Burg Hohenzollern is a castle in the rough vicinity of Stuttgart, Germany. ... Jungingen is a ditrict of Ulm in the German Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg with a population around 3,200. ...

Hechingen was the ancestral home of the House of Hohenzollern and the seat of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, a Swabian county (and later principality) of the House of Hohenzollern. Hohenzollern redirects here. ... Hohenzollern-Hechingen is a branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty, less known however than the Franconian branch which became Burgraves of Nuremberg and later ruled Brandenburg, Prussia and ultimately Germany in the centuries to 1918. ... Germany, showing modern borders. ... Hohenzollern redirects here. ...

The town was retained by the Swabian or senior line of the Hohenzollern dynasty until it was ceded to the junior, Prussian, line in 1850. Hechingen was subsequently administered within the Prussian Province of Hohenzollern. It became part of Württemberg-Hohenzollern after World War II and Baden-Württemberg in 1952. Anthem Preußenlied, Heil dir im Siegerkranz (both unofficial) The Kingdom of Prussia at its greatest extent, at the time of the formation of the German Empire, 1871 Capital Berlin Government Monarchy King  - 1701 — 1713 Frederick I (first)  - 1888 — 1918 William II (last) Prime minister  - 1848 Adolf Heinrich von Arnim... Hohenzollern and the other Provinces of Prussia in the German Empire. ... Württemberg-Hohenzollern is a historical state of West Germany. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Location Coordinates , , Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE1 Capital Stuttgart Minister-President Günther Oettinger (CDU) Governing parties CDU / FDP Votes in Bundesrat 6 (of 69) Basic statistics Area  35,752 km² (13,804 sq mi) Population 10,741,000 (11/2006)[1]  - Density...

People

• Karoline Kaulla (1739-1809), Court Jew
• Paul Levi (1883-1930), communist leader
• Samuel Ullman (1840-1924), poet
• Markus Wolf (1923-2006), spymaster
• Elsa Einstein (1876-1936), cousin and wife of Albert Einstein

Paul Levi Paul Levi (March 11, 1883 – February 9, 1930) was a German Communist politician. ... Samuel Ullman (1840 Hechingen, Germany - March 21, 1924) was an American businessman, poet, humanitarian. ... Markus Wolf. ... Elsa Einstein (18 January 1876-20 December 1936) was the wife and cousin of Albert Einstein. ... “Einstein” redirects here. ...

External links

• Hechingen - Hohenzollern - JewishEncyclopedia