Meßkirch

Meßkirch
Meßkirch
Location of the town of Meßkirch within Sigmaringen district
Coordinates	47°59′34″N 9°6′45″E / 47.99278°N 9.1125°E / 47.99278; 9.1125Coordinates: 47°59′34″N 9°6′45″E / 47.99278°N 9.1125°E / 47.99278; 9.1125
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Sigmaringen
Town subdivisions	11
Mayor	Arne Zwick
Basic statistics
Area	76.22 km2 (29.43 sq mi)
Elevation	616 m  (2021 ft)
Population	8,291 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	109 /km2 (282 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SIG
Postal codes	88601–88605
Area codes	07570, 07575, 07578
Website	www.messkirch.de

Meßkirch is a town in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Meßkirch was the residence of the counts of Zimmern, widely known through Count Froben Christoph's Zimmern Chronicle (1559–1566).

The municipality is composed of following villages and hamlets:

Coat of arms	District	Inhabitants (2010)	Area
	Meßkirch (main locality) with Igelswies and Schnerkingen	5660	2465 ha
	Dietershofen with Buffenhofen	147	405 ha
	Heudorf	338	787 ha
	Langenhart	235	435 ha
	Menningen with Leitishofen	458	916 ha
	Rengetsweiler	406	505 ha
	Ringgenbach	203	499 ha
	Rohrdorf	800	1611 ha

The Renaissance castle at Meßkirch

Notable residents

The town is the birthplace of the preacher Abraham a Sancta Clara (born in nearby Kreenheinstetten), the composer Conradin Kreutzer, archbishop Conrad Gröber, writer and Georg Büchner Prize winner Arnold Stadler and, most famously, the philosopher Martin Heidegger. Also included are the well-known brewers Johann Nepomuk Schalk and his sons Herrmann and Oscar who began the Schalk Brewery in Newark, New Jersey, the first to bring lager beer to New Jersey.

Master of Meßkirch: Adoration of the Magi, c. 1538

The town's name is also connected with a Renaissance painter whose provisional name is Master of Meßkirch. His Adoration of the Magi can be seen in the church of St. Martin.

Culture

The Bodenseesender radio transmitter is located in the nearby village of Rohrdorf.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf. 

External links

• Official website
• Old photos of Meßkirch and of the Oldtimer car Veritas
• Renaissance castle at Meßkirch