- Province of Hohenzollern
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = "Hohenzollernsche Lande"
conventional_long_name = Hohenzollern
common_name = Hohenzollern
subdivision = Province
nation =Prussia
image_map_caption = The Province of Hohenzollern (red), within theKingdom of Prussia , within theGerman Empire
capital =Sigmaringen
latd=48 |latm=05 |latNS=N |longd=9 |longm=13 |longEW=E
stat_area1= 1142
stat_pop1 = 73844
stat_year1 = 1939
p1 = Hohenzollern-Hechingen
flag_p1 = Flag of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Sigmaringen.png
p2 = Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
flag_p2 = Flag of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Sigmaringen.png
s1 = Württemberg-Hohenzollern
flag_s1 = Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg
today =Baden-Württemberg
year_start = 1850
year_end = 1946Hohenzollern ("Hohenzollernsche Lande" in full) was a "de facto" province of the
Kingdom of Prussia . It was created in1850 by joining the principalities ofHohenzollern-Sigmaringen andHohenzollern-Hechingen after both formerly independent states had handed over their sovereignty to Prussia, ruled by the Protestant branch of theHouse of Hohenzollern .Hohenzollern consisted of a single district, the
Regierungsbezirk Sigmaringen. The last census in1939 resulted 74,000 inhabitants; the capital wasSigmaringen . While Hohenzollern enjoyed all the rights of a full-fledged province of Prussia, including representation in the Prussian parliament, its military matters were governed by theRhine Province . The Regierungsbezirk Sigmaringen was further subdivided into seven Oberamtsbezirke, although only four of these remained by 1925, when they were merged and re-divided as two new Kreise.In
1946 , the French military administration made it a part of the state ofWürttemberg-Hohenzollern . Hohenzollern has been part of the German federal state ofBaden-Württemberg since1952 .After regional reforms in
1973 the Hohenzollern borders were finally eliminated, with the region now belonging to the districts of Sigmaringen andZollernalbkreis , which also contain land that was not previously Hohenzollern territory.
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