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'''BURKHEIM'''

State : [[Baden-Württemberg]]<br/>
District (Kreis) : [[Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald]] (until 1973 [[Freiburg (kreis)|Freiburg]])<br/>
Incorporated into : 1975 [[Oberrotweil]] (1977 [[Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl]])

[[File:burkheim.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]

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|'''German'''
| In Silber eine rote Zinnenmauer mit fünf Türmen und geöffnetem Tor.
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|'''English''' 
| blazon wanted
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===Origin/meaning===

Burkheim received city rights in 1300 and was at the time a possession of the Lords of Üsenberg. The oldest seal of the city dates from the same time and shows a canting castle (from Burg-heim, Burg=castle). The present style of the castle dates from a seal from 1500. The image was placed in a shield and adopted as arms in 1962. 

The colours are derived from the colours of Austria, as the city belonged to Austria from 1330-1797.

{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z1.jpg|center|300 px|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from 1370
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z2.jpg|center|300 px|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from 17647
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z3.jpg|center|300 px|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from the 18th century
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z4.jpg|center|300 px|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from the 18th century
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z5.jpg|center|300 px|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from 1886
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z6.jpg|center|300 px|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from 1896
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}g.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the city ([http://www.gevelstenen.net/kerninventarisatie/images/Burkheim-D/Mittelstad09d.jpg source])
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.



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[[Category:German Municipalities B]]
[[Category:Baden-Württemberg]]
[[Category:Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald]]
[[Category:Freiburg]]
[[Category:Granted 1962]]