Jungingen

:"See also Ulm-Jungingen for the village near Ulm"Infobox German Location
Wappen = Wappen Jungingen.pnglat_deg = 48 |lat_min = 19 |lat_sec = 44
lon_deg = 09 |lon_min = 02 |lon_sec = 33
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Tübingen
Landkreis = Zollernalbkreis
Höhe = 590
Fläche = 9.33
Einwohner = 1454
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 72417
Vorwahl = 07477
Kfz = BL
Website = [http://www.jungingen.de/ www.jungingen.de]
Bürgermeister = Harry Frick

Jungingen is a village in the Zollernalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located under the hill and castle Burg Hohenzollern, about 5 km east of Hechingen.

In former times, the city was located in "Hohenzollern-Hechingen", a principality of the House of Hohenzollern, and a fiefdom of Swabian counts.

Geography

Jungingen is located in the valley of the Starzel, a tributary of the Neckar.

Adjacent municipalities

The following towns and municipalities border on Jungingen, clockwise from the north (all part of the Zollernalbkreis):

Hechingen, Burladingen and Albstadt.

History

Jungingen was probably founded in the 4th century by Alemanni, named after a leader called "Jungo".

The village was first [http://www.jungingen.de/hp/geschichte/geschichte.html documented] in 1075.

The local castle was located on a hill called "Bürgle". In 1278 it was transferred to the Order of St. John, and around 1300 to the Duke of Württemberg. In 1311, it was destroyed in the Towns war, by Reutlingen, which also burned down the village.

The most famous people from Jungingen were two brothers who became Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order during the Baltic Crusades, Konrad von Jungingen and Ulrich von Jungingen.

Under [http://www.jungingen.de/hp/bilder/a_konrad.gifKonrad] , the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia was at the peak of its power (1393 - 1407) after an invasion force under Konrad conquered the island of Gotland in 1398, destroyed Visby, and drove the Victual Brothers out of Gotland and the Baltic Sea.

Ulrich died 1410 in the Battle of Grunwald.

External links

* [http://www.jungingen.de/ Offizielle Internetseite der Gemeinde]