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State : [[Hessen]]<br/> | State : [[Hessen]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Darmstadt-Dieburg]] (until 1975 [[Darmstadt (kreis)|Darmstadt]])<br/> | District (Kreis) : [[Darmstadt-Dieburg]] (until 1975 [[Darmstadt (kreis)|Darmstadt]])<br/> | ||
Incorporated into : | Incorporated into : 1977 [[Pfungstadt]] | ||
[[File: | [[File:eschollbrucken.jpg|center]] | ||
====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
In Blau ein goldener, mit einem roten Halseisen belegter Kleinschild, darunter drei silberne Rauten. | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | |||
The arms were adopted in 1960. | |||
The small shield shows the previous, unofficial, arms of the village, base don the seal from 1581. The symbol is not very clear, it proabaly is a so-called village symbol, but its meaning is not known. It has been previously described as a Ringflasche (ring-bottle) and currently as a Halseisen (neck-iron). This is a piece of iron used to chain prisoners around the neck and to an object. | |||
It has also been stated that the symbol originally consisted of two rings, symbolising th elocal castle and the manor, bot which were owned by the Lords of Eschollbrücken. | |||
In the new arms the village symbol was combined with thee diamonds, taken from the arms of the Lords von Waldbrunn, who owne dthe village in the 15th and 16th century. | |||
[[File:eschollb.jpg|center]] | |||
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[[Category:Darmstadt-Dieburg]] | [[Category:Darmstadt-Dieburg]] | ||
[[Category:Darmstadt ]] | [[Category:Darmstadt ]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1960]] | |||