Biesheim
BIESHEIM
Département: Haut-Rhin
| French | D'azur au saumon d'argent posé en bande, la queue ployée vers le chef; à la filière cousue de gueules. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted in 1965.
The salmon in the arms refers to the importance of fishing in the Rhine river for many centuries. The red border means "disaster-stricken village and martyred in 1945".
 The arms in a street mosaic (Image Ralf Fischer) |
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Literature: Image taken from <a href=http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages>here]], with permission; Wilsdorf et al, 1978.