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Sigmaringen
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| Sigmaringen | |
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| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Sigmaringen |
| Town subdivisions | 6 |
| Mayor | Daniel Rapp (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 92.85 km² (35.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 578-794 m |
| Population | 16,582 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 179 /km² (463 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | SIG |
| Postal codes | 72481–72488 |
| Area code | 07571 |
| Website | www.sigmaringen.de |
Sigmaringen is a city in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg on the upper Danube, formerly Hohenzollern, capital of the Sigmaringen district.
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Sigmaringen lies in the Danube valley, surrounded by wooded hills.
The surrounding towns are on the north, Winterlingen (in the district of Zollernalb) and Veringenstadt, on the east, Bingen, Sigmaringendorf, and Scheer, on the south, Mengen, Krauchenwies, Inzigkofen, and Meßkirch, and on the west, Leibertingen, Beuron, and Stetten am kalten Markt.
Sigmaringen was first documented in 1077 and was in the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen until the mid 1800s, after which it became a province of Prussia.
On September 7, 1944, following the Allied invasion of France, Henri Philippe Pétain and members of the Vichy government cabinet fled to Germany and established a government in exile at Sigmaringen. Pétain returned to France in April 1945. French writers Céline, Lucien Rebatet and Roland Gaucher, fearing for their lives because of their political and anti-Semitic writings, fled along with the Vichy government to Sigmaringen. Céline's novel D'un château l'autre (English: Castle to Castle) describes the fall of Sigmaringen.
Sigmaringen is renowned for its wonderfully preserved castle.
Sigmaringen was the birthplace of Ferdinand of Romania (1865-1927), King of Romania (1914-1927) and Frederick Miller (1824-1888), founder of the Miller Brewing Company.
It is presently one of the residences of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, the present representative of the house, who will be the Pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Romania after the death of Michael of Romania, the current Pretender.
- http://www.sigmaringen.de
- Sigmaringen castle
- Modefachschule Sigmaringen (Modedesign Ausbildung)
- Pictures of Sigmaringen (German/English)
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| Bad Saulgau | Beuron | Bingen | Gammertingen | Herbertingen | Herdwangen-Schönach | Hettingen | Hohentengen | Illmensee | Inzigkofen | Krauchenwies | Leibertingen | Mengen | Meßkirch | Neufra | Ostrach | Pfullendorf | Sauldorf | Scheer | Schwenningen | Sigmaringen | Sigmaringendorf | Stetten am kalten Markt | Veringenstadt | Wald |
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