The town of Sigmaringen (pop:. 17,000) enjoys a fantastic location: It lies right on river Danube on the edge of the Swabian Jura and is an entry point for Upper Swabia. Even the Celts recognized this locational advantage: they settled here from about 1,000 BC until the Romans arrived. By the year 50 BC the Romans had already established here a hub with 3 important Roman routes going through this town. From about 260 AD on the Alamanni replaced the Romans. In the year 1290 AD Sigmaringen was sold to the Habsburgs of Austria and in 1534 AD it became part of the (later) principality of Hohenzollern . The most obvious attraction of Sigmaringen is its castle from 1535 AD. In 1895-99, after a terrible fire, it was reconstructed. Another very negative time for the castle
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