Aschaffenburg

ASCHAFFENBURG

State : Bayern
Urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt) : Aschaffenburg
Additions : 1855 Nilkheim; 1901 Damm, Leider; 1939 Schweinheim; 1975 Gailbach; 1978 Obernau

===Official blazon---

• (de) In Silber eine rote Burg mit runden Seitentürmen und blauen Dächern; im kleeblattförmigen Torbogen der thronende, blau gekleidete heilige Martin mit silbernem Pallium und blauer Mitra, die Rechte segnend erhoben, mit der Linken den goldenen Krummstab haltend.

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Origin/meaning

The arms of Aschaffenburg were granted in 1836 by King Ludwig I of Bayern.

Aschaffenburg became a city in the 13^th century and was one of the main cities in the State of Mainz and a stronghold of the Archbishops of Mainz. The first seals (known since 1236) show an archbishop sitting on a throne in a Gothic piece of architecture. Later seals, dating from the 14^th-16^th century only show a bishop, not the gate or church. The seals never really changed until the 19^th century.

The arms however, changed considerably in the 17^th century. In an early 17^th century roll of arms the arms of Aschaffenburg are shown as a single cross. In 1633 only a letter A (compare Miltenberg) is shown as arms of Aschaffenburg.
The letter A also appears in a new seal from 1815. In 1836 the old seal was restored and the arms were changed accordingly and thus show the same picture as the oldest seal.

The arms by Tyroff (1835)
The arms on a municipal stamp (1892)	Seal from around 1900
The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910	Local emergency money from 1921 with the arms of Mainz and Bayern
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925	The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms on a 1960s matchox label	The arms on a manhole cover

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.