Waldkappel

WALDKAPPEL

State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Werra-Meissner Kreis (until 1973 Eschwege)
Additions : 1971 Bischhausen, Burghofen, Eltmannsee, Friemen, Gehau, Harthmuthsachsen, Hasselbach, Mäckelsdorf, Rechtebach, Rodebach; 1972 Kirchhosbach, Schemmern, Stolzhausen; 1974 Hetzerode

Official blazon

German	Im roten Schild auf dreigeteiltem grünen Berg eine blaube­ dac hte silberne Kapelle vor vier grün en Eichen.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, the name means Wood-Chapel. The chapel first appears on the oldest seal of the city, dating from 1581. A later, 17^th century seal also shows only a chapel. In rolls of arms from the 17^th century the arms, however, are shown as a chapel among trees. The composition on the shield thus differed from the composition on the seal. The arms were slightly changed in the late 19^th century, but have otherwise not been changed.

The arms in a manuscript from +/- 1730	The arms in an 1884 book
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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