Sigmaringen (district)

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
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Adm. regionTübingen
CapitalSigmaringen
Area
 • Total1,204.35 km2 (465.00 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[1]
 • Total130,873
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationSIG
Websitelandratsamt-sigmaringen.de

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
  1. Bad Saulgau
  2. Gammertingen
  3. Hettingen
  4. Mengen
  5. Meßkirch
  6. Pfullendorf
  7. Scheer
  8. Sigmaringen
  9. Veringenstadt
  1. Gammertingen
  2. Mengen
  3. Meßkirch
  4. Pfullendorf
  5. Bad Saulgau
  6. Sigmaringen
  7. Stetten
  1. Beuron
  2. Bingen
  3. Herbertingen
  4. Herdwangen-Schönach
  5. Hohentengen
  6. Illmensee
  7. Inzigkofen
  8. Krauchenwies
  9. Leibertingen
  10. Neufra
  11. Ostrach
  12. Sauldorf
  13. Schwenningen
  14. Sigmaringendorf
  15. Stetten am kalten Markt
  16. Wald

References
  1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2018". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). July 2019.

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