Abtswind

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ABTSWIND

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Kitzingen
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft : Wiesentheid

Official blazon

German	In Gold ein schwarzer Abtstab, unten überdeckt mit einem springenden roten Fuchs.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on August 10, 1966.

The arms combine a crosier with the fox from the arms of the Dornheim family. The village was likely founded by the Abbey of Münsterschwarzach, which ruled the village until the 16^th century. In the 16^th century the village became a possession of the Lords Fuchs von Dornheim. The latter used the canting fox (Fuchs) as their arms. The arms thus refer to both the abbey and the Lords.

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.