german Houses: The Princely House of Hohenzollern
The Princely House of Hohenzollern House of Hohenzollern Today all present members of the Princely Family bear the title Prince/Princess of Hohenzollern and when in accordance with the House Law with the style of Serene Highness (HSH). The Head of the House and his spouse bear the stle of Highness (HH). The Zollern are among the oldest and most important Swabian noble families. The county Zollern was the ancestral homeland of the Hohenzollern's. The name was for many centuries Zollern. In the middle of the 14th Century, the Hohenzollern family name was first detectable written. In medieval writings spelling was Hohenzolr Hohenzolre respectively. The composite name was from 16 Century used consistently. Zollern could be derived from Söller which means as much as height and refers to the 855-meter high cone-shaped mountain castlehill near Hechingen, on which the ancestral Hohenzollern Castle is located. On a seal of 1246, the name is also written once Solre; Söller means ...