List of coats of arms with wheels (Germany)
The list of coats of arms with wheels is a collection of the common wheel figures in coats of arms and shields . The symbolic power of the wheel is in the foreground and should show the visual history of the wheel.
This list is compiled without the Mainzer Rad , as it has its own article and list .
List of coats of arms with wheels
status | Place name | District / district-free city |
state | annotation | Coat of arms since | |
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local community | Beesten | Emsland | Lower Saxony | The origin of the bike is unknown. | ||
local community | Berkatal | Werra-Meißner district | Hesse | The origin of the bike is unknown. | ||
District |
Biberau to Schleusegrund |
Hildburghausen | Thuringia | Probably a symbolic watermill wheel | ||
local community | Binsfeld | Bernkastel-Wittlich | Rhineland-Palatinate | The golden wheel stands both as a symbol for agriculture and for the peddling trade that used to be widespread in Binsfeld. | ||
district | Lake Constance district | Lake Constance district | Baden-Württemberg | |||
local community | Booed | Osnabrück | Lower Saxony | The origin of the bike is unknown. | ||
city | Braunsbedra | Saalekreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Symbolic replica of the first wooden impeller. | ||
local community | Breunigweiler | Donnersbergkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | The wheel is reminiscent of the Men of Bolanden . | ||
former district | Donaueschingen district | formerly Donaueschingen | Baden-Württemberg | |||
district | Donnersbergkreis | Donnersbergkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | The two wheels come from the earlier district coats of arms of Kirchheimbolanden and Rockenhausen . The Lords of Bolanden used to lead the red and the Hohenfels side line the blue. | ||
local community | Dörzbach | Hohenlohe district | Baden-Württemberg | The blazon does not contain any information about the origin of the bike. | ||
local community | Erolzheim | Biberach | Baden-Württemberg | The origin of the bike is unknown. | ||
local community | Fußgönheim | Rhine-Palatinate District | Rhineland-Palatinate | The wheel is reminiscent of the Men of Bolanden . | ||
city | Geseke | Soest | North Rhine-Westphalia | The wagon wheel was added to the coat of arms as a symbol of the former Störmede office. | ||
city | Gutersloh | Gutersloh | North Rhine-Westphalia | The wheel stands for the flywheel of a spinning wheel - representative of the fine yarn spinning mill formerly located in Gütersloh, it symbolizes industry and progress. | ||
District |
Hausen before the height of Schlangenbad |
Rheingau-Taunus | Hesse | The origin of the bike is unknown. | ||
local community | Heimbuchenthal | Aschaffenburg | Bavaria | The combination of the corrugated beam with the gear indicates the hammer mill operated in the Höllhammer district in the 18th and 19th centuries. | ||
local community | Hohen-Sülzen | Alzey-Worms | Rhineland-Palatinate | Probably the coat of arms of the county Falkenstein derived | ||
local community | Imsbach | Donnersbergkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | The origin of the bike is unknown. | ||
local community | Jübek | Schleswig-Flensburg | Schleswig-Holstein | The locomotive wheel indicates that it was connected to the railway network in 1869. | ||
local community | Kammerstein | Roth | Bavaria | The wheels come from the coat of arms of a family of ministers who formerly resided at Kammerstein Castle . | ||
local community | Klein Rönnau | Segeberg | Schleswig-Holstein | |||
city | Markdorf | Lake Constance district | Baden-Württemberg | |||
city | Marktredwitz | Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains | Bavaria | The half wheel stands for the former place name Rad ewitz. | ||
local community | Marnheim | Donnersbergkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | According to a seal documented in 1626 , the coat of arms expresses the local lords of the Lords of Bolanden and von Wartenberg who have acquired the bailiff's rights . | ||
city | Mühlheim am Main | Offenbach | Hesse | A talking symbol and a reference to the city's history. | ||
local community | Natrup-Hagen | Osnabrück | Lower Saxony | The half of the wheel expresses the affiliation to the Osnabrück region. | ||
local community | Nattheim | Heidenheim | Baden-Württemberg | The origin of the bike is unknown. | ||
local community | Neckarzimmern | Neckar-Odenwald | Baden-Württemberg | Probably the five-spoke wheel alludes to the coat of arms of the Lords of Berlichingen , who owned Hornberg Castle near Neckarzimmern . | ||
city | Osnabrück | Osnabrück | Lower Saxony | The wheel as a mint mark of the Osnabrück Monastery has been in the seals since the 13th century. | ||
district | District of Osnabrück | Osnabrück | Lower Saxony | The Osnabrücker Rad is the most frequently used coat of arms in the Osnabrück district. It was introduced by the bishops of Osnabrück around 1200 and stands for the “chariot of God”, the throne chariot, and thus for the Christian Church. As a symbol for the gospels and the church, the majority believe that it can be traced back to the vision of the prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament. | ||
city | Rheda-Wiedenbrück | Gutersloh | North Rhine-Westphalia | Seal image of the Reckenberg office | ||
city | Spaichingen | Tuttlingen | Baden-Württemberg | The wheel emerges from the coat of arms of the Upper Grafschaft Hohenberg, in which Spaichingen was one of the most important communities. The half eight-spoke wheel, especially the spokes, also refer to the place name Spaichingen. | ||
city | Spangenberg | Schwalm-Eder | Hesse | The origin of the bike is unknown. | ||
District |
Störmede (to Geseke ) |
Soest | North Rhine-Westphalia | After Albert von Störmede bequeathed his fiefdom to his son-in-law Friedrich von Hörde, the wagon wheel from the family coat of arms of the von Hörde family was added to the local coat of arms. |
The wheels will often be straightening wheels . The cities or municipalities that had the wheel in their coat of arms had the privilege of high jurisdiction. Only the high judiciary had the right to carry out physical punishments (e.g. cycling).
Web links
Commons : Wheels in heraldry - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Altkreis = former district; Alt-RB = former administrative district; Local part = synonym for part of a municipality / part of town / part of town and other regional authorities below the municipality level; Office = synonym for collective municipality / collective municipality / administrative community