Boppard

	BOPPARD Country: Germany State: Rheinland-Pfalz District (Kreis): Rhein-Hunsrück Kreis (until 1969 Sankt Goar) Additions: 1975 Bad Salzig 1975 Buchholz 1975 Herschwiesen 1975 Hirzenach 1975 Holzfeld 1975 Oppenhausen 1975 Rheinbay 1975 Udenhausen 1975 Weiler 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":50.22999999999999687361196265555918216705322265625,"lon":7.58800000000000007815970093361102044582366943359375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Gold ein rot bezungter und rot bewehrter schwarzer Adler mit silbernen Krallen, belegt mit einem Herzschild, darin in Silber ein rotes Balkenkreuz.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Boppard was already in the early 13^th century a free Imperial City and thus used the Imperial Eagle on its seals, the oldest known since 1216. The seal shows the eagle on a city wall. A second 13^th century seal also shows the eagle on a shield besides the local church and patron saint, St. Severus. In the 14^th century the eagle appears alone, in the 15^th century with an escutcheon with the cross of Trier. Boppard was sold to Trier in 1312.

Wappen von Boppard/Coat of arms (crest) of Boppard

The great seal of Boppard (source: Diederich, 1984)

In 1817 the arms were granted for the first time, in 1911 the arms were replaced by the eagle and the cross of Trier as an escutcheon. In 1962 the arms were granted without the escutcheon, but after the mergers in 1975 the escutcheon was restored again, but only in 1985.

Image gallery

The arms in the late 15th century
The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495)
The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530
Seal from around 1900
Seal from around 1900
The arms on a postcard, 1900-1905
The pre 1911 arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms of 1911 in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms from 1962 until 1975.

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: 1920s

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