Sigmaringen on the River Danube
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Sigmaringen (
Swabian: Semmerenga) is a town in southern Germany, in the state of
Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper
Danube, it is the capital of the
Sigmaringen district.
Sigmaringen is renowned for its castle, Schloss Sigmaringen, which was the seat of the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen until 1850 and is still owned by the Hohenzollern family.
State Archives, the former Prince's Building © Louis Bafrance/cc-by-sa-3.0
Surrounded by wooded hills Sigmaringen lies in the Danube valley, south of the
Swabian Alps and around 40 km north of
Lake Constance.
The surrounding towns are
Winterlingen (in the district of Zollernalb) and
Veringenstadt in the north,
Bingen,
Sigmaringendorf, and
Scheer in the east,
Mengen,
Krauchenwies,
Inzigkofen, and
Meßkirch in the south, and
Leibertingen,
Beuron, and
Stetten am kalten Markt in the west. The town is made up of the following districts: Sigmaringen town center, Gutenstein,
Jungnau, Laiz, Oberschmeien, and Unterschmeien.
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