Dietzenbach

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DIETZENBACH

State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Offenbach

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted and devised in 1957. The old seal of Dietzenbach only showed the patron saint, St. Martin. The wave is a canting symbol (Bach=brook), the grapes symbolise the extensive wine-growing in the area.

Previously, in 1956 another arms were proposed, showing a sword cutting a cloak, symbolised by a golden point in red. St. Martin is often represented as a knight on a horse, cutting his cloak with his sword for a beggar walking beside him; hence the proposal :