Sigmaringen

Sigmaringen
Coat of arms
Sigmaringen
Location of Sigmaringen within Sigmaringen district
Coordinates: 48°5′12″N 9°12′59″E / 48.08667°N 9.21639°E / 48.08667; 9.21639Coordinates: 48°5′12″N 9°12′59″E / 48.08667°N 9.21639°E / 48.08667; 9.21639
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Sigmaringen
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Schärer
Area
• Total	92.85 km2 (35.85 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	18,271
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	72488
Dialling codes	07571, 07570 (Gutenstein), 07577 (Jungnau)
Vehicle registration	SIG
Website	www.sigmaringen.de

Sigmaringen 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 family.

Sigmaringen lies in the Danube valley, surrounded by wooded hills in the south of the Swabian Alb around 40 km away from Lake Constance.

The surrounding towns are on the north, Winterlingen (in the district of Zollernalb) and Veringenstadt, on the east, Bingen, Sigmaringendorf, and Scheer, on the south, Mengen, Krauchenwies, Inzigkofen, and Meßkirch, and on the west, Leibertingen, Beuron, and Stetten am kalten Markt. The city is made up from the following districts: Sigmaringen (inner-city), Gutenstein, Jungnau, Laiz, Oberschmeien and Unterschmeien.

Sigmaringen was first documented in 1077 and was in the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen until 1850, after which it became the Prussian Province of Hohenzollern.