Garmisch

	GARMISCH Country : Germany State : Bayern District (Kreis) : Garmisch-Partenkirchen Incorporated into: 1935 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 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":47.4934999999999973852027324028313159942626953125,"lon":11.083999999999999630517777404747903347015380859375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Rot auf silbernem Ross der golden gerüstete Heilige, den blauen Mantel mit silbernem Schwert dem am Boden liegenden Bettler zuteilend.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms show the local patron saint, St. Martin, cutting his cloak for a beggar. The composition already appeared on the seal of the city from 1447. The old seals show the beggar standing, whereas later seals show the beggar sitting as above.

Image gallery

The municipal stamp shown in 1892
The arms on a postcard (1900-1905)
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in an album from around 1950

Literature: Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s

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