Sigmaringen (district)

Sigmaringen
District
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Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Tübingen
Capital	Sigmaringen
Area
• Total	1,204.35 km2 (465.00 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• Total	127,101
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	SIG
Website	landratsamt-sigmaringen.de

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

History

The area of the district was owned by several different states historically. Before 1800 it was split between many minor rulers, then it became the border area between the Baden and Württemberg, and embedded in between was the duchy Sigmaringen.

The duchy Sigmaringen became part of Kingdom of Prussia in 1849, at that time it had the Oberamt Sigmaringen and the Oberamt Gammertingen. Both were merged into the Landkreis Sigmaringen in 1925. In 1973 the district was enlarged by adding municipalities from the neighboring districts Saulgau, Stockach, Überlingen and Reutlingen. A roughly equal portion of the districts area came from all 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

External links

• Official website (German)