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Hechingen
Hechingen
Coordinates	48°21′06″N 08°57′48″E / 48.35167°N 8.96333°E / 48.35167; 8.96333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Zollernalbkreis
Town subdivisions	9 Stadtteile
Mayor	Jürgen Weber
Basic statistics
Area	66.44 km2 (25.65 sq mi)
Elevation	528 m  (1732 ft)
Population	19,369  (31 December 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

Burg Hohenzollern

Hechingen is a town in the central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was the capital of the district of Hechingen and is is located under the hill and castle Burg Hohenzollern, aprox 60 kilometers south from Stuttgart.

[edit] History

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 junior line of the Hohenzollern dynasty until it was ceded to the senior, 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.

Hechingen has completely restored its lovely nineteenth century synagogue.^[1]

[edit] Economy

Hechingen is a important economical center for the region since over 100 years. Important enterprises, which have their seat in Hechingen are GAMBRO, ELCO, the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn, Sternenbäck and the enterprises developing after the JOSTRA Group grounded.

[edit] Politic

The mayor of Hechingen is Jürgen Weber. He was elected to be mayor untill 2011. The mayors of Hechingen were:

• 1929–1945 Paul Bindereif
• 1946–1948 August Pretzl
• 1948–1967 Paul Bindereif
• 1967–1995 Norbert Roth (CDU)
• seit 1995 Jürgen Weber (FWV)

[edit] Partner Cities

• Joué-lès-Tours, France, since 1973
• Limbach-Oberfronhna, Germany, since 1990
• Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary, since 1994

[edit] Notable 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
• Friedrich Kessler (1901-1998), law professor

[edit] External links

• Hechingen - Hohenzollern - JewishEncyclopedia

[edit] References

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