Meinrad II founded a blast furnace works

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Meinrad II ( 1673-1715) was the reigning Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1689 to 1715.     
In 1708, Meinrad founded a blast furnace works in Laucherthal.   
The furnace works is now owned by Zollern GmbH, a company which is still partially owned by the descendants of the Princes of Hohenzollern.

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Meinrad II was still a minor when he succeeded his father in 1689 and he stayed under the guardianship of his mother and his uncle Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch.