617816 Coat of arms of Zollern (Hechingen), c.1898 (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Zollern, from 1218, Hohenzollern, was a county of the Holy Roman Empire; its ruling dynasty was the House of Hohenzollern, a Swabian noble family first mentioned in 1061. the name was taken from Hohenzollern Castle at the Swabian Alb (Schw瓣bische Alb); these arms (Geviert von Silber und Schwarz) are the arms used by the senior branch of the Hohenzollern family, ruling the minor German principalities of Hechingen, Sigmaringen and Haigerloch;); Prismatic Pictures ; German, out of copyright.