Hirsau

HIRSAU

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Calw
Incorporated into : 1975 Calw

Official blazon

German	In Rot ein aufgerichteter goldener Hirsch, zwischen den Vorderläufen einen schräglinken goldenen Abtsstab haltend.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted in 1927.

The deer (hirsch) is a canting element (the name means deer-meadow). The crosier refers to the powerful Hirsau Abbey, around which the village developed. The arms of deer and crosier were also used by the local council since the dissolution of the Abbey in 1535 (the Abbey was destroyed in 1692).

The arms on the local council seal 1691

The arms shown in an album from 1952

Literature: Jäger, 1986

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