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Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Historical German principality / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hohenzollern-Hechingen was a county and principality in southwestern Germany, part of what is now Baden-Württemberg. Its rulers were members of a branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern family.
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Hohenzollern-Hechingen | |||||||||
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1576–1850 | |||||||||
Motto: Latin: Nihil Sine Deo (Nothing without God) | |||||||||
![]() Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1848 | |||||||||
Status | Principality | ||||||||
Capital | Hechingen | ||||||||
Common languages | Swabian German | ||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Partition of County of Hohenzollern | 1576 | ||||||||
• Raised to Principality | 1623 | ||||||||
• House extinction | 1869 | ||||||||
1850 | |||||||||
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