Holzgerlingen

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HOLZGERLINGEN

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Böblingen

Official blazon

In Rot eine silberne Lilie.

Origin/meaning

The arms show a fleur-de-lis of relatively young origin. The first time a fleur-de-lis appears in the town is on a stone in the local church from 1473. In later times the fleur-de-lis was sometimes used as a village sign, but did not appear in the seals of the village until the 19^th century. It was not known as the local arms (there are no historical arms known). The figure was placed from the seal into the arms in 1927. The origin of the fleur-de-lis is unknown. It has been stated that it is the symbol of the St. Mary, but that cannot be proven.