Büdingen

BÜDINGEN Country : Germany State : Hessen District (Kreis) : Wetteraukreis (until 1972 [[Büdingen (kreis)|Büdingen]) Additions: 1972-4 Aulen-Diebach, Büches, Calbach, Diebach am Haag, Düdelsheim, Dudenrod, Eckartshausen, Lorbach, Michelau, Orleshausen, Rinderbugen, Rohrbach, Vonhausen, Wolf, Wolferborn Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.29050000000000153477230924181640148162841796875,"lon":9.112700000000000244426701101474463939666748046875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German

In Gold eine rot gequaderte Zinnenmauer mit schwarzem Tor und goldenem Gatter, hinter der ein zweistöckiger, im oberen Stockwerk mit einem silbernen Schild mit zwei schwarzen Balken belegter, roter Turm hervorwächst, beiderseits mit zwei gleichen, jeweils schwarze Balken auf Silber enthaltende Fahnen besteckt. Der Turm ist begleitet von zwei ebenfalls aus der Zinnenmauer herauswachsenden einstöckigen, roten Zinnentürmen, enthaltend, wie der Mittelturm im unteren Stockwerk, je eine Schießscharte Origin/meaning The arms were officially granted on December 13, 1982. Büdingen received city rights between 1321 and 1330 from the Counts of Isenburg, who ruled the town since 1250. The first seal dates from the early 13th century and shows the wall and towers with the banners and small shield of the Counts of Isenburg. It appears as arms first in 1652 and hasn't changed since. On the other hand, a seal from 1572 shows divided arms with on the right the castle and on the left the bars of Isenburg. These arms are not seen on later seals or images. The seal from the 13th century The seal from 1572 The municipal stamp shown in 1892 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. This page is part of the German heraldry portal Deutsche Wappensammlung Heraldry of the World German heraldry: National arms Arms of States Arms of historical territories and states Districts (Kreiswappen) Cities and municipalities German Colonies Ecclesiastical heraldry Military heraldry Corporate heraldry Studentika Other civic heraldry Total pages in the German section : 61,379 Of which images : 41,292 Selected collector's items from Germany: Heraldic postcards Heraldic stamps Heraldic albums Kaffee Hag albums Wappen-Sammlung Heraldic trade cards Arms, Flags and Types of Nations Heraldic coasters Heraldic cigar bands Heraldic artists Otto Hupp Münchener Kalender German heraldic literature Contact and Support Contact Facebook Instagram Donate with Paypal Donate with WhyDonate eBay shop Rare heraldic book downloads Partners: Meijerink heraldic bookshop Webaldic heraldic identifying programme Nederlands Genootschap voor Heraldiek Armorial de France Homunculus / Heraldicum Disputationes De Raaf heraldic design Your logo here ? Contact us © since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink Index of the site