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'''Country''' : France [[File:france.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
'''Département''' : [[Bas-Rhin]][[File:Bas-Rhin.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>


'''DAMBACH-LA-VILLE'''
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Département : [[Bas-Rhin]]
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|'''French'''
| D'or au sapin de sinople terrassé de gueules, à l'ours de sable rampant contre le sapin.
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===Origin/meaning===
The name Dambach is derived from the German Tannenbach, or stream near the pine trees, hence the pine in the arms. The town is situated in the Vosges mountains, near the Bernstein forest and estate. Bernstein means bear-stone, hence the bear in the arms.  


===Official blazon===
Another explanation for the bear is the following story:<br>
D'or au sapin de sinople terrassé de gueules, à l'ours de sable rampant contre le sapin.
Just after the village was founded a child was lost in the hills surrounding the village, when she came to face a bear, who was eating wild grapes. After the bear was driven away, the villagers decided to start to cultivate the grapes and ever since viticulture has been part of the village.  


===Origin/meaning===
The name Dambach is derived from the German Tannenbach, or stream near the pine trees, hence the pine in the arms. The town is situated in the Vosges mountains, near the Bernstein forest and estate. Bernstein means bear-stone, hence the bear in the arms. Another explanation for the bear is the following story :<br>
Just after the village was founded a child was lost in the hills surrounding the village, when she came to face a bear, who was eating wild grapes. After the bear was driven away, the villagers decided to start to cultivate the grapes and ever since viticulture has been part of the village.


===Image gallery===
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File:Dambach-la-Villez1.png|alt=Blason de Dambach-la-Ville/Arms (crest) of Dambach-la-Ville|The oldest seal of Dambach-la-Ville
File:Dambach-la-Ville1.jpg|alt=Blason de Dambach-la-Ville/Arms (crest) of Dambach-la-Ville|The arms in Hozier (1696)
File:Dambach-la-Ville-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de Dambach-la-Ville/Arms (crest) of Dambach-la-Ville|The arms in Traversier (1842)
File:Dambach-la-Ville1865.jpg|alt=Blason de Dambach-la-Ville/Arms (crest) of Dambach-la-Ville|The arms in 1865
File:Dambach (Bas-Rhin)s.jpg|alt=Blason de Dambach-la-Ville/Arms (crest) of Dambach-la-Ville|The arms by [[Literature-France|Schœnhaupt, 1900]]
File:dambach.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Dambach-la-Ville/Arms (crest) of Dambach-la-Ville|The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932
File:Dambach-la-Ville2.jpg|alt=Blason de Dambach-la-Ville/Arms (crest) of Dambach-la-Ville|The arms on a cover (1985)
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Les armoiries des communes du Bas-Rhin. Tome II: Communes du département (Achenheim a Dimbsthal). 1950
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in Hozier (1696)
|align="center"|[[File:Dambach (Bas-Rhin)s.jpg|400 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms by [[Literature-France|Schœnhaupt, 1900]]
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|align="center"|[[File:dambach.hagfr.jpg|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|Literature]] : Les armoiries des communes du Bas-Rhin. Tome II : Communes du département (Achenheim a Dimbsthal). 1950
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Latest revision as of 04:31, 14 September 2024

Blason de Dambach-la-Ville/Arms (crest) of Dambach-la-Ville
DAMBACH-LA-VILLE

Country : France
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Département : Bas-Rhin
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Official blazon
French D'or au sapin de sinople terrassé de gueules, à l'ours de sable rampant contre le sapin.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The name Dambach is derived from the German Tannenbach, or stream near the pine trees, hence the pine in the arms. The town is situated in the Vosges mountains, near the Bernstein forest and estate. Bernstein means bear-stone, hence the bear in the arms.

Another explanation for the bear is the following story:
Just after the village was founded a child was lost in the hills surrounding the village, when she came to face a bear, who was eating wild grapes. After the bear was driven away, the villagers decided to start to cultivate the grapes and ever since viticulture has been part of the village.


Image gallery

Literature: Les armoiries des communes du Bas-Rhin. Tome II: Communes du département (Achenheim a Dimbsthal). 1950


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