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The arms were officially granted in 1898. | |||
Altwiesloch developed as a village in the 18th century around the local (12th century) castle. The village belomged to Wiesloch until 1842 when it became a separate municipality. In 1908 it was again merged with Wiesloch. | |||
The oldest known seal of the village is known since 1759 and shows the lion of the Pfalz (to which the region belonged at the time) with the letters A and W. After 1842 the village simply used the letters AW, without the lion. | |||
At the end of the 19th century the State Archives of Baden proposed the above arms, with a vulture's head derived from the arms on a seal of Heinrich Schwedinger von Wiesloch from 1245. The Von Wiesloch family were the first owners of the castle around which the village developed. The vulture was used as a crest on the arms of the Von Wiesloch family. As no colours were known they were arbitrarily chosen. | |||
Even though the arms are more looking like an eagle's head, they are described as a vulture. | |||
[[Literature]] : John and Wüst, 1996 | [[Literature]] : John and Wüst, 1996 | ||
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[[Category:Rhein-Neckar Kreis]] | [[Category:Rhein-Neckar Kreis]] | ||
[[Category:Heidelberg]] | [[Category:Heidelberg]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1898]] | |||