Burgholzhausen
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BURGHOLZHAUSEN
State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Hochtaunuskreis (until 1975 Obertaunuskreis)
Incorporated into : 1972 Friedrichsdorf
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Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on July 30, 1971.
The tower in the arms is taken from the old seal of the village. The arms are basically canting (Burg = tower/castle, Holz is wood). In the new arms of Friedrichsdorf the tower is added as the symbol for Burgholzhausen.
In 1956 some arms for Burgholzhausen were already proposed, a tower with a linden tree rising from the tower :
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Literature : Suleburc Chronic - Schriften zur Geschichte der Stadt Friedrichsdorf volume 28 (1997); Hessisches wappenbuch, Ortswappen, 1956