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The present arms were officially granted on March 13, 1939. | The present arms were officially granted on March 13, 1939. | ||
The arms of Fürth are not very old. The trefoil first appears in a seal of the governor of the city for the Bamberg Abbey, Hornung. His seal shows the trefoil held by a hand and surrounded on each side by a crescent. In the 18<sup>th</sup> century three combined trefoils are used in images and on borderstones. In 1818 the city uses for the first time a single trefoil, surrounding oak branches, see | The arms of Fürth are not very old. The trefoil first appears in a seal of the governor of the city for the Bamberg Abbey, Hornung. His seal shows the trefoil held by a hand and surrounded on each side by a crescent. In the 18<sup>th</sup> century three combined trefoils are used in images and on borderstones. In 1818 the city uses for the first time a single trefoil, surrounding oak branches, see images below. | ||
The meaning of the trefoil, however, is not known. | The meaning of the trefoil, however, is not known. | ||
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FÜRTH
State : Bayern
Urban District (Stadtkreis) : Fürth
Additions: 1900 Poppenreuth; 1901 Dambach, Oberfürberg, Unterfürberg; 1918 Atzenhof, Unterfarrnbach; 1923 Burgfarrnbach; 1927 Ronhof; 1972 Sack, Stadeln, Vach
Official blazon
In Silber ein dreiblättriges grünes Kleeblatt.
Origin/meaning
The present arms were officially granted on March 13, 1939.
The arms of Fürth are not very old. The trefoil first appears in a seal of the governor of the city for the Bamberg Abbey, Hornung. His seal shows the trefoil held by a hand and surrounded on each side by a crescent. In the 18th century three combined trefoils are used in images and on borderstones. In 1818 the city uses for the first time a single trefoil, surrounding oak branches, see images below.
The meaning of the trefoil, however, is not known.
1892.jpg) The municipal stamp shown in 1892 |
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms in a German album +/- 1910 |
 The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910) |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
 The arms in a German album |
 The arms in a 1936 album |
 The arms in the Abadie albums |
 The arms on a postal cancellation, 1958 |
-mus.jpg) The arms in the Deutsches Wappenmuseum |
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Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s