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MINDELHEIM

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Unterallgäu (until 1972 Mindelheim)
Additions : 1965 Heimenegg; 1971 Gernstall; 1976 Mindelau, Unterauerbach, Westernach; 1978 Nassenbeuren, Oberauerbach

Wappen von Mindelheim/Arms (crest) of Mindelheim
Official blazon
German

In Silber über blauen Wellen schwebend eine schwarze Glocke mit goldenen Reifen und goldenem (auch schwarzen) Klöppel.

English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Mindelheim received city rights around 1250. The oldest seal is known from 1337, but is probably slightly older. The seal already shows a bell and some waves. The waves symbolise the Mindel river. The origin of the bell is not clear. It may be a bell of justice, an thus a symbol of the free justice in the city. The oldest use of the composition as arms dates from 1430, and the arms thus have not really changed since. From 1705-1750, as capital of the Principality Mindelheim, the city used the old arms as a breastshield on the Imperial eagle.

The colours are known as such since 1555, but many different colours have been used during the centuries.

Wappen von Mindelheim

The arms in Kramer (1841)
Siegel von Mindelheim

The municipal stamp shown in 1892
Wappen von Mindelheim

The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.





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