Complex sentence: Ruling the minor German principalities of Hechingen, Sigmaringen and Haigerloch, this branch of the family decided to remain Roman Catholic and from 1567 onwards split into the Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch branches.
Split into simpler sentences: Ruling the minor German principalities of Hechingen, Sigmaringen and Haigerloch, this branch of the family was Roman Catholic. In 1567 it split into the Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch branches.