Pinneberg

Heraldry of the World
Civic heraldry of Germany - Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)

PINNEBERG

State : Schleswig-Holstein
District (Kreis) : Pinneberg
Additions : 1905 Pinneberger Dorf; 1927 Thesdorf, Waldenau

Official blazon

In Rot über grünem Dreiberg, darauf ein silberner Wellenbalken, ein silberner, in drei zinnenbewehrten Stockwerken nach oben sich verjüngender, viereckiger Zinnenturm mit offenem Tor, in dem ein goldenes, hochgezogenes Fallgitter sichtbar ist, das Ganze oben beiderseits begleitet von je einem goldenen, sechsstrahligen Stern.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 25, 1960.

Pinneberg was first mentioned in 1351 as a village with a castle. The castle was the seat of a line of the Counts of Schaumburg, who named themselves after Pinenberg. The castle, which became a ruin in 1640 and was destroyed in 1720, is shown in the arms.

The town started to grow rapidly after the railroad was built in the middle of the 19^th century. In 1875 it became a city. The arms were first granted on November 20, 1900 and show the castle and two stars of unknown origin or meaning. The wavy base symbolises the Elbe river. Until 1900 Pinneberg used the arms of the Counts of Schaumburg (a nettle-leave) as its arms. The arms were slightly changed in 1960, changing the base into a wavy silver bar.