421 Zähringia, provisional designation 1896 CZ, is a stony asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 September 1896, by astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in Germany. The asteroid was named for the House of Zähringen, a medieval noble family that ruled parts of Swabia and Switzerland.

The first occultation of a star by 421 Zähringia was observed in 2021.

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  • , Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2001)
  • , query form ( 16 December 2017 at theWayback Machine)
  • , Google books
  • – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
  • – Minor Planet Center
  • atAstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site····
  • at theJPL Small-Body Database·····