Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Fürstentum Hohenzollern-Hechingen (German)
1576–1850
Flag of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Flag
Coat of arms of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Coat of arms
Motto: Nihil Sine Deo (Latin)
Nothing without God
Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1848
Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1848
StatusPrincipality
CapitalHechingen
Common languagesSwabian German
Religion
Roman Catholic
Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen 
• 1623
Johann Georg (first)
• 1838–1849
Constantine (last)
LegislatureLandesdeputation
Historical eraMiddle Ages
1576
• Raised to Principality
1623
• Incorporation into
    Kingdom of Prussia
1850
Population
• 1835
15,000[1]
• 1848
20,000[2]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zollern
Province of Hohenzollern

Hohenzollern-Hechingen (German: Fürstentum Hohenzollern-Hechingen) was a small principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.

  1. ^ The Metropolitan Magazine Volume 14. London: Saunders and Otley. 1835. p. 187.
  2. ^ A Pictorial Geography of the World: Comprising a System of Universal Geography, Popular and Scientific. Boston: C.D. Strong. 1848. p. 764.