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The first arms were granted on October 5, 1818 and showed a church with two towers, standing on a hill. This obviously symbolised the monastery and the convent. On the seals of the municipality the church was shown without the hill. | The first arms were granted on October 5, 1818 and showed a church with two towers, standing on a hill. This obviously symbolised the monastery and the convent. On the seals of the municipality the church was shown without the hill. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1841.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in Kramer (1841) | |||
|align="center"|[[File:ottobeuren.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:ottobeuren.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
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On January 4, 1938 the present arms were granted, which are a combination of arms used by the monastery and the convent respectively. It took more than a century to change the arms, as already in 1835 the population of Ottobeuren voted for arms based on the arms of the monastery instead of the church. | |||
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[[Category:Unterallgäu]] | [[Category:Unterallgäu]] | ||
[[Category:Memmingen]] | [[Category:Memmingen]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1818]] | [[Category:Granted 1818]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1938]] | [[Category:Granted 1938]] | ||
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OTTOBEUREN
State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Unterallgäu (until 1972 Memmingen)
Additions : 1972 Betzisried, Guggenberg, Haitzen, Ollarzried
Official blazon
Gespalten; vorne in Rot ein halber silberner Adler am Spalt, hinten gespalten von Schwarz und Gold.
Origin/meaning
The arms are derived form the arms of the Benedictine monastery and convent in Ottobeuren.
The first arms were granted on October 5, 1818 and showed a church with two towers, standing on a hill. This obviously symbolised the monastery and the convent. On the seals of the municipality the church was shown without the hill.
 The arms in Kramer (1841) |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
On January 4, 1938 the present arms were granted, which are a combination of arms used by the monastery and the convent respectively. It took more than a century to change the arms, as already in 1835 the population of Ottobeuren voted for arms based on the arms of the monastery instead of the church.
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Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.