Background
Christoph was the third surviving son of Count Karl I of Hohenzollern (1516-1576) from his marriage to Anna (1512-1579), daughter of Ernst, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.
Christoph was the third surviving son of Count Karl I of Hohenzollern (1516-1576) from his marriage to Anna (1512-1579), daughter of Ernst, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.
Christoph studied law together with his brother Karl II (1547-1606) studied in Freiburg im Breisgau and Bourges.
When Karl I died in 1576, the County of Hohenzollern was divided into Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch. Christoph, the youngest son, received the Lordship of Haigerloch, which had been acquired in 1497. lieutenant included Enisheim Castle and the towns of Imnau and Stetten.
Christoph cared intensely about the administration of his country.
He soon began an extensive reconstruction of his Haigerloch Castle. He felt that the medieval castle was not representative for a ruler of his era.
However, he died before the work could be completed. When Count Christoph Stanislaus of Nellenburg died in 1591, Christoph inherited the Lordship of Wehrstein with the castle of the same name and the village of Dettensee.
Christoph inherited because Christoph Stanislaus"s brother had been married to a countess of Hohenzollern.
The other claimant was Anna Maria of Wolfentein, who had had a failed marriage with a citizen of Bregenz named Fezenn.