Sigmaringen Castle

The castle's origins date back to the 11th century, when the first fortress was built and first mentioned in a document in 1077. In the 13th century, ownership passed to the Counts of Montfort before being sold to the Habsburgs in 1290. After being pledged, the estate came into the possession of the Counts of Werdenberg in 1399, who converted the castle into a palace between 1460 and 1500. Following the extinction of the Werdenberg line in 1534, Sigmaringen fell to the House of Hohenzollern in 1535. Under Prince Karl II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who reigned from 1576 to 1606, the castle underwent transformations. During the Thirty Years' War, it suffered damage from a fire in 1633, which was repaired under Prince Meinrad I in 1658 and 1659.