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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. |
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. |
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The [[Bodenseesender]] radio transmitter is located in the nearby village of Rohrdorf. |
The [[Bodenseesender]] radio transmitter is located in the nearby village of Rohrdorf. |
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Revision as of 16:06, 20 February 2007
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).
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, and, most famously, the philosopher Martin Heidegger.
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.
47°59′N 9°07′E / 47.983°N 9.117°E
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