Messkirch

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Location of the town of Messkirch within Sigmaringen district
Messkirch


Messkirch
Coordinates	47°59′34″N 9°6′45″E / 47.99278°N 9.11250°E / 47.99278; 9.11250Coordinates: 47°59′34″N 9°6′45″E / 47.99278°N 9.11250°E / 47.99278; 9.11250
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Sigmaringen
Town subdivisions	11
Mayor	Arne Zwick

Basic statistics
Area	76.22 km² (29.43 sq mi)
Elevation	616 m (2021 ft)
Population	8,186 (31 December 2011)^[1]
- Density	107 /km² (278 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SIG
Postal codes	88601–88605
Area codes	07570, 07575, 07578
Website	www.messkirch.de

Messkirch (German orthography: Meßkirch) is a town in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

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

The municipality is composed of following villages and hamlets:

District	Inhabitants (2010)	Area
Messkirch (main locality) with Igelswies and Schnerkingen	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

The Renaissance castle at Messkirch

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.

Master of Messkirch: Adoration of the Magi, c. 1538

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.

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Culture

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

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References

^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). 9 October 2012.

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v t e Swabian Circle (1500–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire

Ecclesiastical	Augsburg Constance Ellwangen Kempten Abbey Lindau

Secular	Baden Buchau Heiligenberg Hohenzollern-Hechingen Klettgau Liechtenstein Tengen Waldburg Scheer Trauchburg Waldsee Wolfegg Wurzach Zeil Württemberg

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v t e Towns and municipalities in Sigmaringen

Bad Saulgau Beuron Bingen Gammertingen Herbertingen Herdwangen-Schönach Hettingen Hohentengen Illmensee Inzigkofen Krauchenwies Leibertingen Mengen Meßkirch Neufra Ostrach Pfullendorf Sauldorf Scheer Schwenningen Sigmaringen Sigmaringendorf Stetten am kalten Markt Veringenstadt Wald

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