Stammheim (Calw)

STAMMHEIM (CALW)

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Calw
Additions : 1972 Holzbronn
Incorporated into : 1975 Calw

Official blazon

German	In Rot ein goldener Ast-Schrägbalken, gekreuzt mit einem aus dem rechten Schildunterrand wachsenden, mit der Krümme nach links gekehrten goldenen Abtsstab.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on August 29, 1967.

The bend is a canting element for the Stamm- part of the name, which means tree trunk (or thick branch). The crosier refers to the powerful Hirsau Abbey, to which the area belonged in medieval times.

The composition dates from around 1930 when the local seal showed a shield with a tree trunk and a crosier behind the shield. This was continued in the second seal from 1938. Only in 1967 the two were combined in the shield.

The seal from 1930	The seal from 1939
The arms shown in an album from 1952

Literature: Jäger, 1986

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