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'''OTTENHÖFEN IM SCHWARZWALD'''

State : [[Baden-Württemberg]]<br/>
District (Kreis) : [[Ortenaukreis]] (until 1972 [[Bühl (kreis)|Bühl]])<br/>
Additions : 1973 [[Furschenbach]]

[[File:ottenhof.jpg|center]]

====Official blazon==== 
In Rot ein achtspeichiges goldenes Rad.

====Origin/meaning====
The oldest known seal of Ottenhöfen dates from 1830 and shows a wheel in a crowned shield. A later 19<sup>th</sup> century seal shows the same arms. The arms were officially approved in March 1900.

The origin or meaning of the wheel is not known. It has been proposed that it is an old village sign, that it is a water mill wheel (derived from Mühlendorf), or that the spokes symbolise the 8 valleys around the village. 

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[[Literature]] : Zier, 1964; John and Heine, 1986.

[[Category:German Municipalities O|Ottenhofen im Schwarzwald]]
[[Category:Baden-Württemberg|Ottenhofen im Schwarzwald]]
[[Category:Ortenaukreis|Ottenhofen im Schwarzwald]]
[[Category:Bühl|Ottenhofen im Schwarzwald]]
[[Category:Granted 1900|Ottenhofen im Schwarzwald]]