Reutlingen

REUTLINGEN

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Reutlingen
Additions : 1907 Betzingen, 1939 Sondelfingen; 1949 Ohmenhausen; 1971 Bronnweiler, Gönningen, Oferdingen, Reicheneck; 1972 Altenburg, Degerschlacht,Sickenhausen; 1974 Rommelsbach; 1975 Mittelstadt

Official blazon
German	In Gold ein rot bezungter schwarzer Adler (Reichsadler), belegt mit einem von Schwarz, Rot und Silber geteilten Brustschild.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Reutlingen was founded as a village in an Imperial Estate and received city rights early in the 13^th century (around 1209). The oldest known seal dates from around 1230 and already shows the imperial eagle in a shield.

In 1462 the eagle was shown on a base divided from black, red and silver. These bars were transferred as a breast shield in the 17^th century. The origin of the bars is not known. The arms have not changed since.

Image gallery

The arms around 1500
The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530
The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a manuscript 1550-1700
The arms in a manuscript from 1594
Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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