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
	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

1. ↑ 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