Bamberg

	BAMBERG Country: Germany State:Bayern District (Kreis):Urban District (Kreisfreie Stadt) Additions: 1970 Hallstadt (partly) 1972 Bug 1972 Gaustadt 1972 Wildensorg 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":49.8917000000000001591615728102624416351318359375,"lon":10.8864000000000000767386154620908200740814208984375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Rot ein stehender Ritter in silberner Rüstung mit einem roten Kreuz auf der Brust und einem silbernen Langschwert am Gurt; in der Rechten eine Lanze mit silbernem Fähnlein, darauf ein rotes Kreuz, die Linke gestützt auf einen blauen Schild mit silbernem Adler.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1953 and are based on the oldest known seal, known since 1211, see below.

The knight is St. George, the patron saint of the city, the small shield shows the arms of the Counts of Andechs-Meranien, who ruled the city in the 13^th century. In the 15th and 16^th century the seal sometimes showed Emperor Heinrich II instead of St. George. From the late 15^th century the composition was also used as arms of the city. Previously the city used the lion of the Abbey and State of Bamberg (see below) as city arms. Even though the composition of the arms thus did not change since the 15^th century, the colours of the eagle changed regularly.

The former independent State of Bamberg, ruled by the Archbishops of Bamberg, was a small, but quite powerful part of the German Empire. The bishops owned many towns and villages, and the arms of the State of Bamberg can be found in many arms in Bayern.

Image gallery

The seal of Bamberg from 1211.
The arms in a 15th century manuscript
The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495)
The arms in a manuscript from 1514
The arms in a manuscript from 1565
The arms in a manuscript from 1584
The arms in a 16th century Spanish manuscript
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a manuscript from 1576 (arms are from the Diocese of Bamberg)
The arms in 1650
The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)
The arms by Tyroff (1835)
Seal from around 1900
Seal from around 1900
The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms on emergency money (1917)
The composition of the arms on emergency money (1923)
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms on a 1960s matchox label

Literature: Stadler, 1990.

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