Zollern

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Grafschaft Zollern County of Zollern State of the Holy Roman Empire 1052–1576 →   →   → Flag Coat of arms Motto Latin: Nihil Sine Deo (English: Nothing without God) Capital Hechingen Language(s) German Religion Roman Catholic Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Formed ca 1052 1052  - Partitioned 1576  - Reunited as Prussian     Province of Hohenzollern   1850

Zollern, or Hohenzollern, was a county of the Holy Roman Empire. Its ruling dynasty was the House of Hohenzollern, which started with Tassilo von Zolorin. The state is named after Hohenzollern Castle; its capital was Hechingen. Its coat of arms was that of the the ruling house.

Burchard I of Zollern was born before 1025 and died in 1061.

Burchard's son was Frederick I of Zollern, born before 1055, died 1114/15 .

In 1534, Count Charles I of Hohenzollern (1512-1576) received the counties of Sigmaringen and Veringen as imperial fiefs.

In 1576, upon the death of Charles I, the County of Hohenzollern was divided up between his three sons:

• Eitel Frederick IV of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1545–1605)
• Charles II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1547–1606)
• Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1552–1592)

In this way, the counties of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch were established. Haigerloch fell to Sigmaringen in 1767; Hechingen and Sigmaringen were reunited only when they were ceded to Prussia in 1849/1850.

See House of Hohenzollern for a list of rulers.