Homberg (Ohm)

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HOMBERG (OHM)

State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Vogelsbergkreis (until 1973 Alsfeld)
Additions : 1971 Appenrod, Bleidenrod, Büßfeld, Dannenrod, Erbenhausen, Gontershausen, Haarhausen, Höingen, Maulbach, Ober-Ofleiden, Schadenbach; 1972 Deckenbach, Nieder-Ofleiden

Wappen von Homberg (Ohm)

Official blazon

In Blau über einem silbernen Kleeblattbogen eine silberne Burg mit Mittelturm, beseitet von zwei kleineren Türmen mit roten Dächern; unter dem Kleeblattbogen der nach links schreitende bunte hessische Löwe.

Origin/meaning

The oldest seal of Homberg dates already from 1234, before the city officially received city rights. All seals until the 16th century show a castle or city wall, with the barred lion of the Counts of Hessen, to which the city belonged. In a seal from 1536 the lion was facing left, instead of the more common right. The present arms are based on this last seal.

Wappen von Homberg (Ohm)

The 13th century seal
Wappen von Homberg (Ohm)

Late medieval coins struck in Homburg

In the 17th until the 19th century the arms appear in many rolls of arms in wrong or different colours. First the lion was shown red in silver, later gold in blue (Nassau). This was also restored in the late 19th century when the above arms were adopted.

Wappen von Homberg (Ohm)

The arms on the brewery, 1517
Wappen von Homberg (Ohm)

The arms around 1870
Wappen von Homberg (Ohm)

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

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Literature : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; images and information from the Stadt Homburg (Ohm) council. Hessen.jpg