Castle family (dynasty) Hohenzollern

Castle family (dynasty) Hohenzollern, at the top of the hill, south of Hečingena, on the edge of the Swabian Jure in the central region of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, is the third castle was built in the same place. The first castle here was built in the early 11th century. The castle was completely destroyed in 1423 after a ten-month siege by the free imperial cities of Swabia. Another castle built from 1454 to 1461, he was bigger and stronger. At the end of the 18th century it was thought that the castle lost its strategic importance, is rusty and has collapsed some buildings