Meßkirch

Meßkirch (German: [ˈmɛsˌkɪʁç] ⓘ; Swabian: Mässkirch) is a town in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Meßkirch
Town
Coat of arms of Meßkirch
Coat of arms
Location of Meßkirch within Sigmaringen district
Meßkirch is located in Germany
Meßkirch
Meßkirch
Meßkirch is located in Baden-Württemberg
Meßkirch
Meßkirch
Coordinates: 47°59′34″N 9°6′45″E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionTübingen
DistrictSigmaringen
Subdivisions11
Government
 • Mayor (2018–26) Arne Zwick[1]
Area
 • Total76.22 km2 (29.43 sq mi)
Elevation
616 m (2,021 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total8,513
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
88601–88605
Dialling codes07570, 07575, 07578
Vehicle registrationSIG
Websitewww.messkirch.de
The Renaissance castle at Meßkirch

The town was the residence of the counts of Zimmern, widely known through Count Froben Christoph's Zimmern Chronicle (1559–1566).

Geography

The municipality is composed of following villages and hamlets:

Coat of armsDistrictInhabitants (2010)Area
MesskirchMeßkirch (main locality)
with Igelswies Igelswies and
Schnerkingen		56602465 ha
DietershofenDietershofen♯
with Buffenhofen		147405 ha
Wappen HeudorfHeudorf†338787 ha
Wappen LangenhartLangenhart235435 ha
Wappen MenningenMenningen‡
with Leitishofen♯		458916 ha
RengetsweilerRengetsweiler406505 ha
RinggenbachRinggenbach♯203499 ha
Wappen RohrdorfRohrdorf8001611 ha

♯The Ringgenbach river flows through Dietershofen, then Ringgenbach, before its confluence into the Ablach east of Leitishofen

†Heudorf is a location on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route

‡Menningen-Leitishofen was formerly a stop on the extant Radolfzell–Mengen railway

Notable residents

Meßkirch is the birthplace of composer Conradin Kreutzer, archbishop Conrad Gröber, writer and Georg Büchner Prize winner Arnold Stadler and, most famously, the philosopher Martin Heidegger. Also included are the well-known brewers Johann Nepomuk Schalk and his sons Herrmann and Oscar who began the Schalk Brewery in Newark, New Jersey, the first to bring lager beer to New Jersey. The town's name is also connected with a Renaissance painter whose provisional name is Master of Meßkirch. His Adoration of the Magi can be seen in the church of St. Martin. Katharina von Zimmern (1478-1547), the last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey in Zürich, was born in Meßkirch.

Culture

The Bodenseesender radio transmitter in the nearby village of Rohrdorf was turned off in February 2012.

History

In 1800, the city was the site of a battle of the French Revolutionary Wars.

Campus Galli

Campus Galli is a project to construct an authentic medieval town with a Carolingian monastery, that is located in woodlands near Meßkirch.

References
Master of Meßkirch: Adoration of the Magi, c. 1538
  1. Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 15 September 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
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