Meßkirch (;
Swabian: ''Mässkirch'') is a town in the district of
Sigmaringen in
Baden-Württemberg
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in
Germany
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.
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:
♯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
The Upper Swabian Baroque Route (''Oberschwäbische Barockstraße'') is a tourist theme route through Upper Swabia, following the themes of "nature, culture, baroque". The route has a length of about 500 km (approximately 310 miles). It was ...
‡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
Martin Heidegger (; 26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher known for contributions to Phenomenology (philosophy), phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. His work covers a range of topics including metaphysics, art ...
. 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
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of the
French Revolutionary Wars.
Campus Galli
Campus Galli is a project to construct an authentic medieval town with a
Carolingian
The Carolingian dynasty ( ; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid c ...
monastery
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, that is located in woodlands near Meßkirch.
References
External links
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Old photos of Messkirch and of the Oldtimer car ''Veritas''Renaissance castle in Messkirch
Sigmaringen (district)
Baden
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