- Type
- Castle
- Origins
- 1650 · 17th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 48.0878°, 9.2169°
History
The castle on a rock above the Danube is first mentioned in 1077, when the anti-king Rudolf of Swabia besieged it in vain. From 1535 it was held by a branch of the Hohenzollerns, which took its name from the place as the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The Swedes burned the castle in 1632, and it was rebuilt in the following decades. After a fire in 1893 it was remodelled in a historicist style that gave it its present appearance. In autumn 1944 the Germans installed Marshal Pétain and members of the Vichy government here, and they stayed in Sigmaringen until April 1945. The castle remains the property of the Hohenzollern family.
What to see
The castle towers over the Danube and the old town, combining medieval fragments with Baroque and historicist wings. Guided tours cover state rooms with tapestries, portraits and furniture, and one of the largest private arms collections in Europe. There is also a carriage museum, and the courtyard looks out over the Danube valley.
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