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Sigmaringen is a Landkreis (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Reutlingen, Biberach, Ravensburg, Bodensee, Constance, Tuttlingen, and Zollernalbkreis.

Sigmaringen
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Tübingen
Capital	Sigmaringen
Area
• Total	1,204.35 km2 (465.00 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2020)[1]
• Total	130,946
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SIG, SLG, STO, ÜB
Website	landratsamt-sigmaringen.de

History

The area of the district was owned by several different states historically. It was split between many minor rulers before the German Mediatisation of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. By 1806 it had become a border area between the Grand Duchy of Baden, the Kingdom of Württemberg, and the much smaller principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen embedded between them.

In 1849 Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen became part of the Prussian Province of Hohenzollern (along with the principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen). At that time it had the Oberämter [de] of Sigmaringen and Gammertingen, which were merged into the Landkreis of Sigmaringen in 1925. After WWII it became part of the French-controlled state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern until 1952 when it became part of the modern Land of Baden-Württemberg. In 1973 the district was enlarged by adding municipalities from the neighboring districts: Saulgau, Stockach, Überlingen and Reutlingen. A roughly equal portion of the district's area came from each of the three historic states.

Geography

The district is located in the mountains of the Swabian Alb, Linzgau and Upper Swabia.

Coat of arms

The deer in the coat of arms is the symbol of the duchy of Sigmaringen as well as that of the city of Sigmaringen. This symbol probably is from the Counts of Peutengau-Hirschberg who were the Lords of Sigmaringen until 1253. Hirsch is the German word for deer. The red color with the white bar below the deer derives from the Austrian coat of arms, as part of the district belonged to Austria historically.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	Municipalities
Bad Saulgau Gammertingen Hettingen Mengen Meßkirch Pfullendorf Scheer Sigmaringen Veringenstadt	Gammertingen Mengen Meßkirch Pfullendorf Bad Saulgau Sigmaringen Stetten	Beuron Bingen Herbertingen Herdwangen-Schönach Hohentengen Illmensee Inzigkofen Krauchenwies Leibertingen Neufra Ostrach Sauldorf Schwenningen Sigmaringendorf Stetten am kalten Markt Wald

References

External links

• Official website (German)

На других языках

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[de] Landkreis Sigmaringen

Der Landkreis Sigmaringen liegt im Süden Baden-Württembergs. Der Landkreis bildet zusammen mit dem Bodenseekreis und dem Landkreis Ravensburg die Region Bodensee-Oberschwaben im Regierungsbezirk Tübingen. Der Landkreis wird auch als Dreiländerkreis bezeichnet, weil sein Territorium zu ähnlichen Anteilen zu den historischen Ländern Baden, Württemberg und Hohenzollern gehörte.

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- [en] Sigmaringen (district)

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[ru] Зигмаринген (район)

Зигмаринген (нем. Sigmaringen) — район в Германии. Центр района — город Зигмаринген. Район входит в землю Баден-Вюртемберг. Подчинён административному округу Тюбинген. Занимает площадь 1204,36 км². Население — 133 259 чел. Плотность населения — 111 человек/км². Официальный код района — 08 4 37.

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