Berneck (Altensteig)
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BERNECK
State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) :Calw
Incorporated into : 1975 Altensteig
Official blazon
In Silber drei (2:1) golden bewehrte, rot bezungte schwarze Adler.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted in 1930.
The arms are those of the Lords of Gültlingen. Lords of Berneck from the middle of the 14th century. The three eagles already appear on the seal of the village from 1561, but with the large eagle above the two smaller ones. Hupp also showed the eagles wrongly, as he based his image on the old seal (see below). The family always used the large eagle below.
Seal from around 1561 |
The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
Literature : Jäger, 1986