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Hohenzollern Castle
A hilltop castle south of Stuttgart that served as the ancestral seat of the Prussian royal and German imperial House of Hohenzollern.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Sigmaringen
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · Europe
About Sigmaringen
Sigmaringen sits on the route: 10 minutes from Bingen, 55km from Blautopf.
Sigmaringen is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with about 17,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Bingen, about 4 km away.
Sigmaringen (German pronunciation: [ˈziːkmaʁɪŋən] ; Swabian: Semmerenga) is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district.
Sigmaringen is renowned for its castle, Schloss Sigmaringen, which was the seat of the principality ofRead more
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen until 1850 and is still owned by the Hohenzollern family.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Sigmaringen?
Within an hour or so of Sigmaringen: Hohenzollern Castle (33 km), Lichtenstein Castle (35 km), Erwin Hymer Museum (43 km), Mainau Island (43 km).
Are there any good drives near Sigmaringen?
The nearest famous roads are Solituderennen, Schwägalp Pass and Schwarzwaldhochstraße.
Where is Sigmaringen?
Sigmaringen is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, about 4 km from Bingen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 16,592
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Baden-Wurttemberg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 48.0883, 9.2303
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Sigmaringen
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Lichtenstein Castle
A romantic 19th-century 'fairy-tale castle' clings to a sheer cliff edge above the Echaz valley on the Swabian Alb.
35 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Erwin Hymer Museum
Unique museum celebrating road trip culture with vintage camper vans, caravans, and dream routes from around the world.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Mainau Island
A Mediterranean flower island on Lake Constance bursts with palms, butterfly house and a baroque palace garden.
43 km · about 50 min drive
castle
Meersburg Castle
Germany's oldest inhabited castle overlooks Lake Constance from a vineyard terrace in a charming medieval old town.
44 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
The world's largest airship collection, in the Bauhaus harbour station of the town where the giants were built, including a walk-through, full-scale reconstruction of the Hindenburg's passenger quarters.
52 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Blautopf
An impossibly blue, 21 m-deep karst spring pot in Blaubeuren, mouth of one of Germany's largest cave systems; the colour comes from light scattering in limestone-saturated water.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Sigmaringen
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 77 kmSolituderennenA 11.4km road circuit through the forest west of Stuttgart that drew 300,000 spectators to Grand Prix races in the 1960s. The public roads still run the old lap past Schloss Solitude, and the course is entirely drivable today.
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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