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Meßkirch | |
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Location of Meßkirch within Sigmaringen district  | |
 Location of Meßkirch | |
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| Coordinates:47°59′34″N9°6′45″E / 47.99278°N 9.11250°E /47.99278; 9.11250 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Sigmaringen |
| Subdivisions | 11 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2018–26) | Arne Zwick[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 76.22 km2 (29.43 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 616 m (2,021 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,725 |
| • Density | 114.5/km2 (296.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 88601–88605 |
| Dialling codes | 07570, 07575, 07578 |
| Vehicle registration | SIG |
| Website | www.messkirch.de |
Meßkirch (German:[ˈmɛsˌkɪʁç]ⓘ;Swabian:Mässkirch) is a town in the district ofSigmaringen inBaden-Württemberg inGermany.
The town was the residence of the counts of Zimmern, widely known through Count Froben Christoph'sZimmern Chronicle (1559–1566).
The municipality is composed of following villages and hamlets:
| Coat of arms | District | Inhabitants(2010) | Area |
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| Meßkirch (main locality) with Igelswies  andSchnerkingen | 5660 | 2465 ha |
 | Dietershofen♯ with Buffenhofen | 147 | 405 ha |
 | Heudorf† | 338 | 787 ha |
 | Langenhart | 235 | 435 ha |
 | Menningen‡ with Leitishofen♯ | 458 | 916 ha |
 | Rengetsweiler | 406 | 505 ha |
 | Ringgenbach♯ | 203 | 499 ha |
 | Rohrdorf | 800 | 1611 ha |
♯TheRinggenbach river flows through Dietershofen, then Ringgenbach, before its confluence into theAblach east of Leitishofen
†Heudorf is a location on theUpper Swabian Baroque Route
‡Menningen-Leitishofen was formerly a stop on the extantRadolfzell–Mengen railway
Meßkirch is the birthplace of composerConradin Kreutzer, archbishopConrad Gröber, writer andGeorg Büchner Prize winnerArnold Stadler and, most famously, the philosopherMartin 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 isMaster of Meßkirch. HisAdoration of the Magi can be seen in the church of St. Martin.Katharina von Zimmern (1478-1547), the last abbess of theFraumünster Abbey in Zürich, was born in Meßkirch.
TheBodenseesender radio transmitter in the nearby village of Rohrdorf was turned off in February 2012.
In 1800, the city was the site of abattle of theFrench Revolutionary Wars.
Campus Galli is a project to construct an authentic medieval town with aCarolingianmonastery, that is located in woodlands near Meßkirch.
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