Coat of arms of the city of Weißenburg in Bavaria

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Weißenburg in Bayern
Bavaria
Coat of arms of the large district town of Weißenburg in Bavaria
Blazon

"In red a silver castle with two tin towers, floating above a golden shield with a black double-headed eagle."

City colors
          White-red
Basic data
Introduction: 13th Century
Legal basis: Evidenced by seal management since 1241. Re-adoption of the old coat of arms in 1835
Supporting documents: Emblem of Emperor Friedrich III. of September 21, 1481. Signed by King Ludwig I of April 27, 1835
Changes: 1808 to 1835 with capital letter W in the small shield
Former municipalities
with their own coat of arms: 		Dettenheim , Holzingen , Oberhochstatt , Suffersheim

The coat of arms of the city of Weißenburg in Bavaria is the emblem of the large district town of Weißenburg in Bavaria in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen . It was also the coat of arms of the imperial city of Weißenburg for centuries .

Blazon

"In red a silver castle with two tin towers , floating above a golden shield with a black double-headed eagle ."

history

In an imprint of a seal from 1241, the oldest coat of arms of the then imperial city Weißenburg is handed down, which shows half an imperial eagle on the right column and a castle with half a tower at the gap and a piece of wall on the left. Friedrich III. awarded Weißenburg the coat of arms in its present form in 1481. In the original coat of arms the blazon reads “a red shield, inside a white statute with two thurne, standing between the same thurne in a yellow or gold-colored shield a black eagle with two heads…”. The capital letter W was used in place of the eagle from 1808 to 1835 . Until 1967 there was an angel holding a shield in the seals of the city .

  • Ellinger Tor : today's coat of arms (since 1481)

  • Ellinger Tor: The coat of arms from 1241

  • Ellinger Tor: The Reich coat of arms

  • New book of coats of arms by Johann Siebmacher ; The city's coat of arms can be seen in the middle of the second row from above

  • Relief on the Imperial City Hall , the left coat of arms is the city coat of arms

literature

  • Klemens Stadler : Deutsche Wappen , Volume 6, Bremen 1968, p. 92
  • Erich Keyser , Heinz Stoob : Bayerisches Städtebuch , Stuttgart 1971, Volume 1, pp. 570-573
  • Hans-Ulrich Ziegler : The seals and coats of arms of the imperial cities ; in: Reichsstädte in Franken, essays 1, (publications on Bavarian history and culture 15.1) , Munich 1987, pp. 224–225
  • Klaus Raab : Seal and coat of arms of the city of Weißenburg ; in: Uuizinburc - Weissenburg 867-1967 . Weissenburg 1967, pp. 42-56
  • Sigrid Rabiger : Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district. History, testimonials, information (Manz Heimatgeschichtliche Hefte) . Munich 1984, pp. 50-59
  • Karl Bosl (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 7: Bavaria (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 277). 3. Edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-520-27703-4 , pp. 799-801.
  • Erich Strassner : rural and urban district of Weißenburg i. Bay. (Historical book of place names of Bavaria, Middle Franconia 2) , Munich 1966, pp. 75–78
  • Hanns Hubert Hofmann : Gunzenhausen-Weißenburg (Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Franconia I / 8) , Munich 1960, pp. 70–72

Web links

Commons : Coat of arms of the city of Weißenburg in Bavaria  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b City history , www.weissenburg.de, City of Weißenburg in Bavaria
  2. ↑ WEISSENBURG IN BAYERN , www.ngw.nl (English)