Salmünster

SALMÜNSTER

State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Main-Kinzig Kreis (until 1973 Schlüchtern)
Incorporated into : 1974 Bad Soden-Salmünster

Official blazon

German	blazon wanted
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Salmünster received city rights in 1320 from Emperor Ludwig of Bayern. A seal was first mentioned in the 15^th century, but it does no longer exist. The oldest existing seal dates from the 17^th century, and shows the local patron saint, St. Bonifatius, behind a shield with the arms of the State of Fulda (black cross), to which the city belonged. In the 19^th century the above arms appear, in which the saint has been reduced to a mitre.

The arms in an 1884 book	Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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