- Hechingen
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Wappen = DEU Hechingen COA.svg
lat_deg = 48 |lat_min = 21 |lat_sec = 06
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 57 |lon_sec = 48
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Tübingen
Landkreis = Zollernalbkreis
Höhe = 528
Fläche = 66.44
Einwohner = 19369
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 72375–72379
Vorwahl = 07471
Kfz = BL
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 4 17 031
Gliederung = 9 Stadtteile
Adresse = Marktplatz 1
72379 Hechingen
Website = [http://www.hechingen.de/ www.hechingen.de]
Bürgermeister = Jürgen WeberHechingen is a
town in theZollernalbkreis ofBaden-Württemberg ,Germany . It is located under the hill andcastle Burg Hohenzollern .Jungingen is nearby.Hechingen was the ancestral home of the
House of Hohenzollern and the seat ofHohenzollern-Hechingen , aSwabia n county (and later principality) of theHouse of Hohenzollern .The town was retained by the Swabian or senior line of the Hohenzollern dynasty until it was ceded to the junior, Prussian, line in 1850. Hechingen was subsequently administered within the Prussian
Province of Hohenzollern . It became part ofWürttemberg-Hohenzollern afterWorld War II andBaden-Württemberg in 1952.Hechingen has completely restored its lovely nineteenth century synagogue. [http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/hechingen_synagoge.htm]
Notable people
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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 ofAlbert Einstein External links
* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=843&letter=H Hechingen - Hohenzollern - JewishEncyclopedia]
References
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