The Zollernalbkreis is a Landkreis (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg , Germany . The district is located in the Swabian Alb , and contains the second highest elevation of this range, the 1,011-metre (3,317 ft) high Oberhohenberg . In the south-east the district nearly reaches to the river Danube .
21-798: Bisingen ( German pronunciation: [ˈbiːzɪŋən] ) is a municipality in the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg , Germany . Bisingen is one of the oldest settlements of the area, verified by several findings of the Neolithic Age , the Bronze Age , the early Iron Age and the La Téne time period. The founding of Bisingen and Wessingen is ascribed to the Alemanni around 300 A.D., and Steinhofen, Thanheim & Zimmern being founded around 500 A.D. The first recorded mention of Bisingen and Wessingen
42-450: A red field on the left and a yellow one on the right. Inside the red portion is a yellow miter while in the yellow half is half of a red gear wheel. These are, respectively, references to the Lords of Bisingen and to Bisingen's industry. This pattern was first approved by the provisional government of Württemberg-Hohenzollern on 14 September 1953. The Zollernalb district office reapproved
63-410: A forced labor camp [ de ] operated at Bisingen. After the war, Bisingen began expanding dramatically. The town itself grew until the 1970s to the north and east, and politically over the same decade with the merging of Wessingen and Zimmern into Bisingen in 1972, followed by Thanheim in 1974. When Baden-Württemberg reformed its districts in 1973 [ de ] , Hechingen's district
84-683: A low of 485 meters (1,591 ft) Normalnull (NN) on the Klingenbach to a high of 912 meters (2,992 ft) NN at the top of the Zeller Horn . Portions of the Federally-protected Hohegert [ de ] , Irrenberg-Hundsrücken [ de ] , and Zollerhalde [ de ] nature reserves are located in Bisingen. The municipality ( Gemeinde ) of Bisingen covers 32.84 square kilometers (12.68 sq mi) of
105-626: Is a category of protected area ( nature reserve ) within Germany's Federal Nature Conservation Act (the Bundesnaturschutzgesetz or BNatSchG ). Although often translated as 'Nature Reserve' in English, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) refers to them as 'Nature Conservation Areas'. It meets the criteria of an IUCN Category IV Habitat and Species Management Area . The use of
126-483: Is no standard sign used across Germany. Nature reserves in the "old states" of the Federal Republic of Germany are marked by green signs with the silhouette of a white-tailed eagle . In the new federal states of the former East Germany they are marked with a pentagonal yellow sign bearing an image of a long-eared owl . The reunification of Germany the 36th Environmental Minister's Conference in 1991 recommended
147-521: Is possible to identify traces of the border. After the inauguration of the firing ranges, a meadow in Meßstetten was allocated as a camping site at the edge of the restricted area. Until 1835 merchandise was smuggled over the customs borders guarded by local hunters. Hans Ungnad von Weißenwolff, Freiherr von Sonneck, Hans III. (1493–1564) Bible printer and smuggler in Bad Urach Coffee smuggler Haux had
168-698: Is wood in the Tuttlinger Fruchtkasten. Steel was produced in Tuttlingen by the Schwäbische Hüttenwerke in Ludwigstal, which produces now iron brakes. In Meßstetten-Michelfeld sand was found in an old arm of Danube . Christian Kiesinger (1876–1969) father of Kurt Georg Kiesinger had a factory. Ooidal iron ore (Bohnerz aus Eisenroggenstein) was found. After the Franco-Prussian War
189-577: The Kingdom of Prussia . The Oberamt was dissolved in 1925 and mixed with Oberamt Haigerloch [ de ] into the new Landkreis Hechingen [ de ] . Over the 1930s, the population of Romani that had grown up in Steinhof to escape persecution in Württemberg was, despite the efforts of local lawyer Julius Klink, expelled. During the later part of World War II , from August 1944 to March 1945,
210-525: The Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg , a state of the Federal Republic of Germany . The abandoned villages of Hofen and Weiler are located within Bisingen. Weiler was first mentioned in 1328 as "Wiler hinter Zollern" and vanished by the 15th century; it likely belonged to the Maria Zell [ de ] pilgrimage church. Bisingen's municipal coat of arms is divided party per pale into
231-615: The area of Germany. The lowest percentage areas are in the states of Hesse (1.8%) and Rhineland-Palatinate (1.9%). The percentage coverage in the old and new states is identical. About 60% of all nature reserves are smaller than 50 hectares in area. In such small areas experts say that the achievement of conservation goals is at risk, because negative influences from the surrounding area cannot be sufficiently mitigated. The number and size of nature reserves has increased considerably in recent decades. In 1995 there were only 5,314 Naturschutzgebiete in Germany with an area of 6,845 km . Even
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#1732897690996252-491: The black-and-white checkered symbol of Hohenzollern in the left half, and the triple black deer antler on the yellow ground as the symbol of Württemberg . Almost all of the district's area belonged to these two states historically. In the area of Zollernalbkreis, Swabian German is spoken. In former times, Yiddish , Pleißne and Romani was also spoken. The Pleißne was spoken by hawkers selling items such as baskets, brushes, and whips, and belongs to Rotwelsch . It
273-506: The mining was stopped. In Germany coal mining stopped 2018. black stone was mined for Operation Desert (German fuel project) . Black coal is mined from the Posidonia Shale. Jet work (to make black jewellery which was very fashionable), was called Beinschnitzen. 48°17′N 8°56′E / 48.283°N 8.933°E / 48.283; 8.933 Naturschutzgebiet A Naturschutzgebiet (abbreviated NSG )
294-719: The pattern for municipal use on 30 June 1982. Bisingen is connected to Germany's network of highways by Bundesstraße 27 and to its railways by the Tübingen–Sigmaringen railway . Public transport is provided by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau [ de ] . Zollernalbkreis The district was created on January 1, 1973, when the two previous districts Balingen and Hechingen were merged. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Tübingen , Reutlingen , Sigmaringen , Tuttlingen , Rottweil and Freudenstadt . The coat of arms shows
315-804: The primary products mined. The Goldhöhle mine was in Erlaheim near Mildersbach, Schwefelkies , in Geislingen. It later collapsed. In former times iron ore was mined on the Heuberg. Fidel Eppler was the name of the mine inspector. The buttress wood was bought in Truchtelfingen and used by Lautlingen miners at the Hörnle area. In Oberdigisheim Geppert in 1738 SHW-Ludwigsthal produced iron ore. From an old 3.5 km mine in an ooidal iron ore seam (Doggererzflöz) in Weilheim
336-473: The term Naturschutzgebiet or terms that could be confused with it for anything other than the legally protected areas is forbidden under this law. Because legal restrictions are placed on activity within German nature reserves they have to be signed on the ground. Only by this means can e.g. walkers know that they are entering a nature reserve and may not e.g. leave the tracks and paths. For historical reasons there
357-455: The use of the owl symbol in future in the whole of Germany to designate nature reserves. This recommendation was not universally adopted by the states, in whom the jurisdiction for conservation policy was vested. For that reason there are de facto three different signs being used alongside one another in Germany today. At the end of 2008 there were 8,413 nature reserves in Germany with a total area of 1,271,582 hectares. That corresponds to 3.6% of
378-560: Was as a consequence dissolved, and Bisingen was assigned to the new Zollernalb district . Bisingen's industrial capacity began expanding in the 1980s, and this growth continued well into the 1990s. Bisingen is physically located along the northern edge of the Swabian Jura , between the Hundsrücken and the Hohenzollern mountains. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from
399-606: Was in 786 A.D.: the Franconian Count Gerold in der Baar gifted goods from Pisinguin (Bisingen) and Uassingun (Wessingen) to the St. Gallen monastery . The towns of Bisingen, Thanheim [ de ] , Wessingen [ de ] , and Zimmern [ de ] were part of Oberamt Hechingen [ de ] , a district [ de ] of the Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and, from 1850,
420-628: Was killed on 21 July 1831 in Pfaffental. Ébénistes make case furniture , either veneered or painted. Frommern was the world capital of furniture in the time of Wirtschaftswunder . In Frommern a line of high polished industrial production take up the ideas of the royal Hofebenist . In the Haus der Volkskunst of the Schwäbischer Albverein the traditional Himmelbett is use as a hotel bed. Sandstone, limestone, black coal and sand have been
441-522: Was used as a code. Within the Heuberg Training Area 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
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