Giengen an der Brenz

GIENGEN AN DER BRENZ

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Heidenheim
Additions : 1972 Burgberg, Hohenmemmingen, Hürben, Sachsenhausen

Official blazon

German	In Blau ein aufgerichtetes goldenes Einhorn.
English	an der Brenz No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

Giengen was a possession of the Staufen family and received city rights in the middle of the 13^th century. Already the oldest seals, known since 1293, show the unicorn as the symbol for the city. Its meaning is not known. The arms of the city have always been the unicorn. The seals, however, showed the imperial eagle. Giengen was an imperial city and thus had the right to use the eagle. To distinguish the seal from seals of other cities, the letters G and I, later only G were added. In the 17^th century both the arms with the unicorn and arms with the imperial eagle were used together.

When the city became part of Württemberg the imperial eagle was no longer used.

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  The arms around 1500

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  The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530

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  The arms in a 16th century manuscript

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  The arms in a 17th century manuscript

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  The municipal stamp shown in 1892

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  The arms on an 1877 poster

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  The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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Literature: Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1964-1971.