Unternehmensgruppe Fürst von Hohenzollern

Unternehmensgruppe Fürst von Hohenzollern is the marketing name for the entrepreneurial activities of Karl Friedrich von Hohenzollern, head of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. It is not a registered company or trademark in its own right; rather, it is an umbrella brand under which a portfolio of family-owned businesses is presented. The group was formally constituted on 18 January 2006 out of the former Hofkammer (court chamber) in Sigmaringen, an administrative body that had managed the family's assets since the era of the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The group comprises six companies across five industries, employing roughly 3,200 people. Its business areas are deliberately diversified and do not compete with one another. They include real estate (property management, facility management, rental and sales); a joinery and furniture workshop (Schreinerei am Nickhof, until 2004 the Fürstlich Hohenzollernsche Hofschreinerei und Restaurierungswerkstatt); tourism (Sigmaringen Castle in Baden-Württemberg and the Arber-Bergbahn in Bavaria, together around 100 employees); forestry (about 15,000 hectares of forest and 20,000 hectares of hunting land, with 35 employees, making the group the third-largest private forest owner in Germany); and investments and finance. The investment arm holds the industrial company Zollern GmbH & Co. KG, which has over 2,800 employees and produces steel profiles, castings, drive technology and machine components, as well as the wine and sparkling wine producer Prinz von Hohenzollern GmbH. Other listed participations on the group's website include EZS Sigmaringen GmbH & Co. KG, SLG Baustoffe GmbH & Co. KG, Burg Hohenzollern, COSI Dental GmbH and HZF Leistungen. The group's forestry division began direct marketing of game meat at the end of 2010. Headquartered in Sigmaringen, the group operates primarily in Germany, with forest holdings in Baden-Württemberg (including the former Hohenzollern lands and the Achberg exclave) and Bavaria (around the Großer Arber), as well as in Umkirch and Gernsbach. The group is privately held by the Hohenzollern family and is not listed on any stock exchange.

The Unternehmensgruppe Fürst von Hohenzollern traces its origins to the Hofkammer (court chamber) of the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, which administered the family's assets for centuries. On 18 January 2006, the Hofkammer was reorganised and rebranded as the Unternehmensgruppe Fürst von Hohenzollern, formalising the commercial activities of Karl Friedrich von Hohenzollern, head of the Swabian Hohenzollern line. Despite the name, no commercial register entry or registered trademark exists for the group; it functions as an umbrella brand for a set of family-owned companies. From its base in Sigmaringen, the group has developed six business areas across five industries. The forestry division manages approximately 15,000 hectares of forest and 20,000 hectares of hunting land, primarily in the former Hohenzollern lands in Baden-Württemberg, with additional holdings in Bavaria around the Großer Arber, as well as in Umkirch and Gernsbach. This makes the group the third-largest private forest owner in Germany. At the end of 2010, the forestry division began direct marketing of game meat. The tourism division operates Sigmaringen Castle, a landmark in Baden-Württemberg, and the Arber-Bergbahn in Bavaria, employing around 100 people. The joinery business, Schreinerei am Nickhof, was known until 2004 as the Fürstlich Hohenzollernsche Hofschreinerei und Restaurierungswerkstatt and has five employees. The real estate division handles property management, facility management, and rental and sales. The investment division holds significant industrial participations. Zollern GmbH & Co. KG, with over 2,800 employees, produces steel profiles, castings, drive technology and machine components. Prinz von Hohenzollern GmbH is a wine and sparkling wine producer. Other participations listed on the group's website include EZS Sigmaringen GmbH & Co. KG, SLG Baustoffe GmbH & Co. KG, Burg Hohenzollern, COSI Dental GmbH and HZF Leistungen. The group employs around 3,200 people in total and remains privately held by the Hohenzollern family.

• 2010

  Forestry division begins direct marketing of game meat.

• 2006

  Unternehmensgruppe Fürst von Hohenzollern formed on 18 January from the former Hofkammer in Sigmaringen.

• 2004

  Schreinerei am Nickhof, until then the Fürstlich Hohenzollernsche Hofschreinerei und Restaurierungswerkstatt, adopts its current name.

A diversified, family-owned German holding company rooted in the historic assets of the House of Hohenzollern, combining tradition with modern industrial and service businesses.

• Forestry and timber

• Game meat direct marketing

• Real estate services

• Sigmaringen Castle tourism

• Arber-Bergbahn cable car

• Joinery and furniture

• Steel profiles, castings, drive technology, machine components (Zollern GmbH & Co. KG)

• Wine and sparkling wine (Prinz von Hohenzollern GmbH)

1. 1Unternehmensgruppe Fürst von Hohenzollern – official websitehohenzollern.com
2. 2Unternehmensgruppe Fürst von Hohenzollern – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
3. 3Unternehmensgruppe Fürst von Hohenzollern – Wikidatawikidata.org