Bad Frankenhausen
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BAD FRANKENHAUSEN
State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Kyffhäuserkreis
Additions : 1973 Seehausen; 1994 Udersleben; 2007 Esperstedt
German |
In Rot eine goldene Burg mit breitem Torturm und zwei kleinen Mauertürmen, die goldbeknauften Dächer golden-rot quergestreift; der Hauptturm mit offenem Tor und über den Torbogen hochgezogenem Fallgatter; in der Toröffnung schwebend ein blauer Schild mit goldenem Löwen. |
English | Frankenhausen No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted in 1932.
The arms are based on the oldest seal of the city, known since 1384. The arms show a city gate with in the gate the arms of the counts of Schwarzburg, who bought the city in 1340 from the Counts of Beichlingen.
The municipal stamp shown in 1892 |
Seal from around 1900 |
Seal from around 1900 |
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
Postal cancellation 1998 |
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Literature : Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s; Benzing et al, 1984; Ulle, 1997