Babenhausen (Hessen)

	BABENHAUSEN Country: Germany State: Hessen District (Kreis): Darmstadt-Dieburg (until 1976 Dieburg) Additions: 1972 Harpertshausen 1972 Harreshausen 1972 Hergershausen 1972 Langstadt 1977 Sickenhofen Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":49.96419999999999816964191268198192119598388671875,"lon":8.949999999999999289457264239899814128875732421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The arms are based on the oldest seal of Babenhausen, which is known since 1310. The arms show in the first and fourth quarter the arms of the Lords of Hanau. The leopards are taken from the arms of the Lords of Hohenlohe. Babenhausen became a possession of Ulrich von Hanau in 1310 as a wedding present from his wife Agnes von Hohenlohe.

Even though the colours were sometimes shown wrongly, the arms have basically never changed since.

Image gallery

The seal from 1310
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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