Hechingen
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| Hechingen | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| 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 |
Hechingen is a town in the Zollernalbkreis of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located under the hill and castle Burg Hohenzollern. Jungingen is nearby.
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.
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.
[edit] 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
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