Hohenzollern-Haigerloch

Territory in the Holy Roman Empire
Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
coat of arms
Capitals / residences	Haigerloch
Dynasties	Hohenzollern
Language / n	German

Haigerloch Castle

Document on the legacy (1575)

Hohenzollern-Haigerloch was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation . The country existed almost unchanged from 1576 to 1767. Originally, the area around the town of Haigerloch belonged to the Haigerloch rule . In 1497 the rule fell to the county of Hohenzollern . Hohenzollern-Haigerloch was created through the division of an inheritance from the County of Hohenzollern in 1576 together with Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen .

history

→ for the prehistory see Haigerloch reign

With the inheritance contract of 1575, Karl I von Hohenzollern caused the property to be divided into the lines of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch in 1576. The county of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch was made up of Haigerloch and Wehrstein . The counties of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen rose to become principalities in 1623. In contrast, Hohenzollern-Haigerloch remained a county and in 1767 finally fell to the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

Christoph (* 1552; † 1592), the son of Karl I, was the first Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch and founded the line of the family. Haigerloch in the narrower sense consisted of the town of Haigerloch , other localities and Haigerloch Castle . Wehrstein with several localities also had a castle. Haigerloch was designated as the seat of government. When evaluating the inheritance compared to that of his brothers, Christoph was at a disadvantage. Christoph was first followed by the son Johann Christoph and then the other son Karl as regent. In the year of his death in 1592, Johann Christoph was not yet of legal age and therefore received related guardians. During the reign of Charles, the country was hit by the Thirty Years War .

In 1634 the Hohenzollern-Haigerloch line died out and the county fell to the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. In 1681 Franz Anton , a son of Meinrad I von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , established the line again. Franz Anton had two sons who worked as clergymen. After the line finally died out in 1767, the territory came back to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch

See also : List of the Counts of Haigerloch

• Christoph (1576–1592)
• Johann Christoph (1592-1620)
• Karl (1620–1634)

belongs to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1634–1681)

• Franz Anton (1681–1702)
• Ferdinand Anton (1702–1750)
• Franz Christoph Anton (1750–1767)

See also

• Tribe list of the Hohenzollern , there the line Hohenzollern-Zollern
• Tribe list of the Hohenzollern , there the line Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Web links

• Reign of Haigerloch and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch