Fulda

	FULDA Country : Germany State : Hessen District (Kreis) : Fulda Additions: 1971/2 Bernhards 1971/2 Besges 1971/2 Bronnzell 1971/2 Dietershan 1971/2 Edelzell 1971/2 Gläserzell 1971/2 Haimbach 1971/2 Hamerz 1971/2 Istergiesel 1971/2 Johannesberg 1971/2 Kämmerzell 1971/2 Kohlhaus 1971/2 Lehnerz 1971/2 Lüdermünd 1971/2 Maberzell 1971/2 Malkes 1971/2 Mittelrode 1971/2 Niederrode 1971/2 Niesig 1971/2 Oberrode 1971/2 Rodges 1971/2 Sickels 1971/2 Zell 1971/2 Zirkenbach 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":50.5527000000000015234036254696547985076904296875,"lon":9.6768000000000000682121026329696178436279296875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Ein gespaltener Schild; vorne in Silber ein schwarzes, durchgehendes Kreuz, hinten in Rot ein grüner Dreiberg, aus dem eine grüne Lilienstaude mit drei silbernen Blüten herauswächst.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are a combination of the cross of the Fulda Abbey and the symbol of the patron saint of the Abbey and city, St. Simplicius. The oldest known seal of the city, which dates from the late 13^th century, shows an Abbot on a throne with at his feet a shield with the three lilies rising from a hill. A later seal shows only the patron saint, and in the 17^th century he was shown holding a banner with a cross. The above arms were adopted in the 19^th century and combine the cross and the lilies.

The combination of both first appears on a banner of the Abbey in 1300, but was never used before as arms of either the Abbey or the city.
Still, the city sometimes used two separate shields, one with the cross, the other with the lily.

Image gallery

The 'old' arms in an 1884 book
The 'new' arms in an 1884 book
The municipal stamp shown in 1892
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)
Seal of the city from around 1900-1920
Seal of the city from around 1900-1920
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in the Abdulla album, 1928
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in the Emmerlinge albums
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms as shown in the 1950s.
The arms in an album from 1968
Postal cancellation 1998

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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