List of coats of arms in Baden-Württemberg

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This list shows the coats of arms of the state of Baden-Württemberg with its nine city and 35 districts today, but also the 37 coats of arms of the districts, which were dissolved by the district reform in 1973.

State coat of arms

Coat of arms of the city districts in Baden-Württemberg

Coats of arms of the districts in Baden-Württemberg

Coat of arms of the former districts in Baden-Württemberg

By the end of 1972 there were 63 districts in Baden-Württemberg. In the course of the district reform of Baden-Württemberg on January 1, 1973, almost all districts were dissolved. The districts of Emmendingen, Göppingen and Heidenheim remained. From the area of ​​the rest, 32 new districts were formed.

Of the 60 disbanded counties

  • six had no coat of arms, namely Muellheim , Münsingen , Pforzheim , Reutlingen , Rottweil and Saulgau ;
  • had ten coats of arms, which were taken over from their legal successors of the same name (Biberach, Böblingen, Calw, Freudenstadt, Heilbronn, Lörrach, Ludwigsburg, Ravensburg, Tübingen, Tuttlingen), in addition the Ortenaukreis took over that of the district of Offenburg and the Alb-Donau-Kreis that of the District of Ulm ;
  • had seven legal successors of the same name, but they adopted changed coats of arms (Esslingen, Karlsruhe, Konstanz, Rastatt, Schwäbisch Hall, Sigmaringen, Waldshut).

The lost coats of arms were as follows:

In 1959, the General State Archives proposed a coat of arms for the district of Müllheim: a golden post covered with three rafters in red, next to a gold miner's lamp on the right and a silver grape on the left. However, the coat of arms was not approved by the district, which then remained without a coat of arms until its dissolution.

Coat of arms of the Württemberg upper offices

Before 1934, Württemberg was divided into 61 senior offices. These were renamed in 1934 in circles. On October 1, 1938, 27 of them were dissolved and assigned to the neighboring districts. Some of them had already adopted coats of arms:

  • The main offices of Balingen , Freudenstadt , Göppingen and Schwäbisch Hall already had the coats of arms that they also had as districts.
  • Oberamt Böblingen : A single-engine silver airplane under a silver shield head covered with a black deer pole in blue. - The coat of arms was changed in 1947.
  • Oberamt Heilbronn : In a split shield with a lowered, curved tip in front a silver ear in black, behind in red a silver hammer turned to the left, below in gold a hanging blue grape; a blue anchor in the silver heart shield. - The coat of arms was changed in 1955.
  • Oberamt Kirchheim : Under a golden shield head, inside a black deer pole, awakened by black and gold. - The Oberamt or the Kirchheim district was dissolved in 1938.
  • Upper Office Neckarsulm : In silver on the right three black stag poles one above the other, on the left a black Teutonic Cross. - coat of arms adopted on April 11, 1930; District disbanded in 1938.
  • Oberamt Nürtingen : Under a golden shield head, inside a black stag pole, split; in front, in gold, a red, left-hand horn with gold fittings and a black fetter, to which a blue alarm clock is attached to a black ribbon; behind in gold three black hip horns with gold fittings one below the other. - The coat of arms was changed in 1949.

Blazons

  1. ↑ Baden-Württemberg : In a golden shield three striding black lions with red tongues.
  2. ↑ Baden-Baden : In gold, a red sloping bar.
  3. ^ Freiburg im Breisgau : In silver, a continuous red cross.
  4. ^ Heidelberg : In black on a green three-mountain, a red-armored, red-tongued and red-crowned golden lion.
  5. ↑ Heilbronn : A red-armored and red-tongued black eagle in gold, covered with a breastplate divided by red, silver and blue.
  6. ↑ Karlsruhe : In red, a golden sloping bar framed in silver on both sides, on which the word FIDELITAS is written in black Latin capital letters.
  7. ↑ Mannheim : In a split shield in front in gold an upright red double hook (wolf tang), behind in black a red armored, red-tongued and red crowned double-tailed golden lion.
  8. ^ Pforzheim : In a split shield in front in gold a red sloping bar, in the back divided by red, silver, blue and gold.
  9. ↑ Stuttgart : In gold a rising black horse.
  10. ^ Ulm : Divided by black and silver.
  11. ↑ Alb-Donau-Kreis : In silver a double-headed black eagle, covered with a split breast shield, in the front three black stag poles lying on top of each other in gold, at the back divided diagonally five times by red and silver.
  12. ↑ District of Biberach : In a split shield in front in gold a half red-armored black eagle at the gap, behind in red a golden abbot with the crook to the left with a silver velum.
  13. ↑ Bodenseekreis : In blue over three silver wavy threads an eight-spoke golden wheel without rims (mill wheel).
  14. ↑ District of Böblingen : In gold under a black stag pole, a three-lobed red flag with three black rings.
  15. ↑ District Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald : In the split shield in front a silver bar in red, behind in gold a red diagonal bar, in the golden heart shield a black eagle.
  16. ↑ District of Calw : In gold on a blue three-mountain, from which a silver spring gushes, a standing, blue-crowned and blue-tongued red lion.
  17. ↑ Landkreis Emmendingen : In a split and half-split shield on the right a red diagonal bar in gold, on the top left in silver a black Sechsberg, below in blue a silver wing.
  18. ↑ Enzkreis : A blue wave bar in gold, accompanied by two blue diamonds at the top and bottom.
  19. ↑ Landkreis Esslingen : In gold over a (awakened) shield base roughened with black and gold, a red-armored and red-tongued black eagle, covered with a golden horn on a golden fetter.
  20. ↑ Freudenstadt district : In gold, sitting on a black branch, a left-facing, courting, red-armed black grouse.
  21. ↑ District of Göppingen : In gold, under a lying black stag pole, an upright, red-armored and red-tongued black lion.
  22. ↑ Heidenheim district : In a split shield in front a red bar in gold, behind in black a golden tin tower.
  23. ^ Heilbronn district : In red, a mutilated silver eagle.
  24. ↑ Hohenlohekreis : In silver over a raised red shield base, inside a six-spoke silver wheel, two striding, red-tongued black leopards with folded tails.
  25. ↑ Karlsruhe district : In the four-sided shield 1. a red diagonal bar in gold, 2. a polished silver cross in blue, 3. diagonally roughened silver and blue, 4. three inclined black deer sticks in gold.
  26. ↑ District of Konstanz : In a square shield 1. and 4. in blue a silver fish (whitefish) placed diagonally upwards, 2. in silver a continuous red cross, 3. in gold three blue deer poles.
  27. ↑ Landkreis Lörrach : In a split shield above in silver a growing red lion turned to the left, split below, in front in gold a red diagonal right bar, behind in blue a silver oblique left wave bar.
  28. ^ Ludwigsburg district : In gold, under a black stag pole, a red armored and red-tongued black eagle (imperial eagle).
  29. ↑ Main-Tauber-Kreis : In red three middle rising silver tips ('Fränkischer Rechen'), above a six-spoke silver wheel, underneath a black cross with paw ends (Deutschordenskreuz).
  30. ↑ Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis : In a split shield in front of silver and blue roughened diagonally, behind in red a six-spoke silver wheel.
  31. ↑ Ortenaukreis : In silver a double-headed red-armored black eagle, covered with a golden heart shield, in which the silver-armored St. George on a black horse, below him a green dragon.
  32. ↑ Ostalbkreis : In gold, a red post covered with a golden abbot's staff, in front an upright black lion, behind a half black eagle at the gap.
  33. ↑ Landkreis Rastatt : In a square shield 1. in gold a red wine ladder, 2. in blue a golden grape, 3. in blue a golden rose with blue velvet with green sepals, 4. in gold a red sloping bar.
  34. ↑ District of Ravensburg : In blue a red armored and red tongued golden lion.
  35. ↑ Rems-Murr-Kreis : In gold, between two oblique-left blue wavy strips, an oblique-left black deer pole.
  36. ^ Reutlingen district : In green, two golden diagonal bars, each accompanied by two small six-pointed golden stars; between the inclined bars three larger six-pointed golden stars.
  37. ↑ Rhein-Neckar-Kreis : In a split shield in front in blue a silver wavy bar covered with a wavy black thread, behind in gold a red crowned, red-tongued, red-armored black lion.
  38. ↑ Rottweil district : The red armored and red-tongued black imperial eagle in gold, covered with a breast shield divided by silver and red, holding a lying stag pole with the ends turned down in its claws.
  39. ↑ Schwäbisch Hall district : In silver, diagonally crossed from a shield base quartered with silver and black, a black kettle hook (Kräuel) and a black raftsman's hook, in between a red disc with a silver cross (Heller) inside.
  40. ↑ Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis : Square of silver and blue, in the first field a red eagle armed with blue.
  41. ^ Sigmaringen district : In red above a lowered silver bar, a striding golden stag.
  42. ↑ Landkreis Tübingen : In silver on a slanted black spear growing from the lower edge, a three-lobed red flag.
  43. ^ Tuttlingen district : In a divided shield above in gold a lying black stag pole, below in blue a four-spoke golden wheel below.
  44. ↑ Landkreis Waldshut : Divided by a silver sloping beam, above in green a slanted golden abbot growing from the rear edge of the shield, below in blue a golden turbine wheel.
  45. ↑ Zollernalbkreis : in a split shield in front of silver and black, in the back three black stag poles lying in gold.
  46. ↑ Aalen district : In a split shield in front in gold a half black imperial eagle at the gap, behind in red a golden miter.
  47. ↑ Backnang district : split under a golden shield head covered with a black stag stick, in front a blue imperial orb with a golden cross in silver, behind in blue a golden double cup (gift cup).
  48. ↑ Landkreis Balingen : Under a golden shield head, inside a black deer pole, a two-towered silver castle in red with an open gate and golden portcullis.
  49. ↑ Landkreis Bruchsal : In a split shield in front in blue a cut silver cross, behind in gold a red waistband shoe.
  50. ↑ District of Buchen : A golden beech leaf crossed diagonally in red with red fruit and a golden ear of corn, floating above it a six-spoke silver wheel.
  51. ↑ District of Bühl : In a shield divided diagonally to the left, two blue plums with a green branch and green leaf above in gold, below a golden grape with a golden stem and golden leaf in red.
  52. ↑ Crailsheim district : Under a silver shield head, inside a striding, looking, red armored black lion, split; in the front an upright black curl in gold, in the back quartered in silver and black.
  53. ↑ Donaueschingen district : In a split shield on the right in blue three golden ears of corn, on the left in gold two black, interlocking gears.
  54. ↑ District Ehingen : In a split shield in front in silver three red diagonal bars, behind in red a silver bar.
  55. ↑ Landkreis Esslingen (old) : In gold under a lying black deer pole, a red armored black eagle, whose chest is covered with three green labels standing next to each other.
  56. ↑ Freiburg district : In a split shield in front a silver bar in red, behind in gold a red sloping bar; in the golden heart shield a red-armored black eagle with a red breast shield, inside a silver six-mountain.
  57. ↑ District of Hechingen : In silver on a tinned red shield base a red-armored and red-tongued black eagle, which holds a shield with its fangs made of silver and black.
  58. ↑ District of Heidelberg : In a split shield in front in black a red-crowned, red-tongued, golden lion, behind in silver a continuous cut blue cross.
  59. ↑ Upper Black Forest district : In green above a double silver wave bar in the base of the shield a silver three-mountain, above a jumping silver deer.
  60. ↑ District Horb : In a split shield in front in red a silver bar, behind in gold three black stag poles lying on top of each other.
  61. ↑ Landkreis Karlsruhe (old) : In a split shield in front a red diagonal bar in gold, behind in blue a silver atom symbol over a lowered silver wave bar.
  62. ↑ District of Kehl : Square shield with heart shield. In the 1st and 4th field in gold 3 red rafters, in the 2nd field in silver a red trefoil cross, in the 3rd field in silver a red crenellated wall with gate and pointed tower with button, on the right of the wall a black pot helmet with a black one Swan body as a helmet ornament, in the heart shield in silver a black anchor lying obliquely to the left, accompanied by two gold-inseminated red roses.
  63. ↑ Landkreis Konstanz (old) : Square shield, in the first and fourth fields in blue a silver fish swimming to the top left, in the second and third fields in silver a continuous red cross.
  64. ^ Künzelsau district : In silver, a black leopard standing between the coats of arms of Würzburg and Mainz.
  65. ↑ Lahr district : In gold, a red bar, the whole thing covered with a red crowned and red-tongued black lion.
  66. ↑ Leonberg district : In gold, a black lion holding an upright red key with a cross instead of the handle with its front paws.
  67. ↑ Mannheim district : In blue, a red-crowned, red-armored, red-tongued silver lion, holding a golden key (beard in front and below) in front paws.
  68. ↑ Mergentheim district : In silver a black cross, covered with a silver heart shield, inside two black striding leopards.
  69. ↑ District Mosbach : In a divided and half-split shield above in gold a growing red-tongued and red-armored black eagle with a silver breast shield, in it the Latin capital letters OM. Below the front field of silver and blue roughened diagonally to the right, behind a six-spoke silver wheel in red.
  70. ↑ District of Nürtingen : Under a silver shield head, inside a black deer pole, split; in front golden and black alarm clocks, behind in red three golden hip horns one above the other.
  71. ↑ Landkreis Öhringen : In a split shield in front in silver two striding left-facing black leopards, behind in red two crossed silver keys (beards upwards and outwards).
  72. ↑ Landkreis Rastatt (old) : In gold, a red sloping bar, accompanied at the top by a red wine ladder, at the bottom by a blue-covered red rose with green sepals.
  73. ↑ District of Säckingen : In a split shield in front in red a silver abbot's staff, the crooks set with green precious stones, behind in gold a red lightning bolt running from bottom left to top right.
  74. ↑ Schwäbisch Gmünd district : In gold, a soaring, black, red-tongued lion.
  75. ↑ Schwäbisch Hall district (old) : In gold on a red Dreiberg a striding, sowing farmer with a blue, red-lined skirt, black breeches, shoes and hat; The stockings and the sack sack are silver.
  76. ↑ Sigmaringen district (old) : A golden stag striding over a red and black shield base, which is quartered in red.
  77. ↑ District Sinsheim : In gold, a red armored black eagle, covered with a breast shield split from gold and black; in front a red sloping bar, behind a red crowned and red armored golden lion.
  78. ↑ Stockach district : In a split shield in front in gold three four-ended blue stag sticks one on top of the other, behind in blue a red-armored, red-tongued golden lion, holding a silver halberd on a red handle with his four paws.
  79. ↑ Landkreis Tauberbischofsheim : In a square shield in 1) in gold a six-spoke red wheel, in 2) in black a red-tongued, red-armored and red-crowned golden lion, in 3) in black a flag, placed diagonally in red and silver and notched once in each field on a golden lance, in 4) a blue rose in gold.
  80. ^ Tettnang district : In silver over a blue wave shield base a three-lobed red flag.
  81. ↑ District of Überlingen : In a diagonally divided shield above in silver a black, angular sloping bar, below in blue a silver fish swimming to the left.
  82. ↑ Vaihingen district : In gold on a double-rowed beam of red and silver, a standing, blue-tongued and blue-crowned red lion, underneath a four-spoke, six-blade black mill wheel.
  83. ↑ Villingen district : In a split shield in front a red Maltese cross in silver, behind in blue a horizontal silver bar.
  84. ^ Waiblingen district : In gold, a three-headed red-armored black eagle.
  85. ↑ Landkreis Waldshut (old) : In a split shield in front in silver a green fir tree on a green three-mountain, in the back in red over a silver wave bar a silver turbine wheel.
  86. ↑ District of Wangen : In a split shield in front in gold a half, red armored and red-tongued black eagle at the gap, behind in red a silver right hand.
  87. ↑ Wolfach district : A red double hook in a shield divided by black and gold on the left.

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