Straßberg is a municipality of the Zollernalb district of

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History

From 1625 until 1803, when it was dissolved during

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, Straßberg was a possession of Buchau Abbey. The County of

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, which was first awarded the township, ceded it in 1806 to

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen () was a principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the junior House of Hohenzollern#Swabian branch, Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. The Swabian Hohenzollerns were elevated to princes in 162 ...

. In 1836, an was organized for the locality that was in 1854 merged into . In 1925, that district was dissolved and Straßberg was assigned to Landkreis Sigmaringen. Straßberg began a period of physical expansion in the 1950s to the south, and again in the 1970s to the east.

Geography

The municipality ('' Gemeinde'') of Straßberg is located in the Zollernalb district of

, one of the

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of the

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. It lies at the southwest edge of Zollernalb, along the border with Sigmaringen district. It is physically located in the , in the valley of the Schmeie. The water that streams then on to the

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. 9, though a portion of the municipality is located in the

Großer Heuberg Großer Heuberg (Great Heuberg) or Grosser Heuberg, often simply called Heuberg ( Swabian: ''Haiberg''), is the name of a sparsely populated plateau in the southwestern Swabian Jura with mountains of about 1,000 metres above sea level or even hig ...

to the west. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of

Normalnull ("standard zero") or (short N. N. or NN) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked (“meters above standard zero”). has been replaced by (NHN). History In 187 ...

(NN) to a low of NN. A portion of the Federally-protected

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is located in Straßberg's municipal area.

Smuggling until 1835

Within the

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there is the legendary ''Dreibannmarke'', also called the "Bahn", a 17th-century border, which today marks the border between three different municipalities, formerly in the three states of Württemberg, Baden, and Hohenzollern. The meadow at the Dreibannmarke served as a stopping place for traveling merchants, wagons and craftsmen. With care it is possible to identify traces of the border. After the inauguration of the firing ranges, a meadow was allocated to the Gypsies as a camping site at the edge of the restricted area. Until 1835 merchants were smuggled over the customs borders guarded by local hunters. Smuggling across the border (

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) in Meßstetten to, from Meßsteten- Heinstetten, Straßberg. 30.000 bibles (Martin Luther) to

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: Hans Ungnad von Weißenwolff, Freiherr von Sonneck, Hans III. (1493–1564), famous bible printer and smuggler in

Bad Urach Bad Urach () is a town in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 14 km east of Reutlingen, at the foot of the Swabian Jura (or Swabian Alps), and is known for its spa and therapeutic bath. Neighbouring comm ...

The smuggler was called Schwärzer in the local dialect due to the black camouflage color on his face.

Religions

The following religions are present in Straßberg: *

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* Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg before 1950 Kirchenkreis Hohenzollern Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland Old Prussian Mass in Hohenzollern possible by wish.Antonia Lezerkoss
''Kirche: Liturgie nach alter Preußenweise''.
Südwest Presse Online, 3 February 2017, retrieved 18 February 2018.
Dagmar Stuhrmann
''Kirche: Ausstellung „Evanglisch in Hohenzollern" macht Halt in Ebingen''.
Südwest Presse Online, 26 January 2017, retrieved 18 February 2018.

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, 13 February 2013, retrieved 18 February 2018.

Coat of arms

Straßberg's coat of arms is divided in half vertically into a section with a

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cross upon a

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field, and a white pitcher upon a red

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. The left half is the coats of arms of Buchau Abbey, impaled with the attribute of St.

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, Straßberg's patron saint. The coat of arms was awarded on 26 June 1950 by the post-WWII provisional

Württemberg-Hohenzollern Württemberg-Hohenzollern was a West Germany, West German state created in 1945 as part of the French Allied Occupation Zones in Germany, post-World War II occupation zone. Its capital was Tübingen. In 1952, it was merged into the newly founded ...

government. A corresponding flag was issued by the Zollernalb district office on 17 July 1968.

Transportation

The Tübingen–Sigmaringen railway runs through Straßberg. Local public transportation is provided by the .

Notable people

* Elsa Rainherin, burned as a witch in 1566. *

Jan von Werth Johann von Werth (1591 – 16 January 1652), also ''Jan von Werth'' or in French ''Jean de Werth'', was a German general of cavalry in the Thirty Years' War. Biography Werth was born in 1591 most likely at Büttgen in the Duchy of Jülich a ...

(1591-1651) married 1637 in Straßberg, St Verena * Katharina Geiger (1694-1743), accused witch * Hermann Antom Bantle (1872-1930) painter

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* Lothar Sieber (1922-1945) killed test pilot of Staßberg Kaiseringen on the Ochsenkopf. The rockets crashed down in Nusplingen near Stetten akM. * Claudia Welz (1974); theologian You Toube
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Citations

External links

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